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Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson ripped it as a bad deal for his constituents because Rock Financial Showplace in Novi is not the backup plan, as it was in a Senate bill that passed.
And Rep. Shanelle Jackson, D-Detroit, said her bill was a compromise, and the differences with the Senate bill can be resolved in a conference committee.
Well, maybe.
If they can't, it could be the last and best chance to keep the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Show organizers say they need a resolution to produce an improved Cobo this summer or they'll take the show -- and the $500 million it generates for the region -- on the road.
Failed attempt
A similar attempt last winter to turn Cobo over to a regional authority went down in spectacular flames when the Detroit City Council nixed the agreement and then-Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. couldn't do anything to save it.
That wouldn't happen under legislation approved by the state House on Thursday.
The House plan would give Mayor Dave Bing veto power over a council rejection. The earlier bill was rejected 5-3 by the council.
Cockrel has rejoined the council and said Thursday that the House bill was a positive step but not "a slam dunk by any stretch of the imagination" to pass the council.
Under the plan, Cobo would be leased to a regional authority for 30 years.
The authority would pay Detroit $20 million for its parking facilities and get $9.4 million from the state.
The House plan would try to assure that Cobo-related jobs and contracts go to not only Detroiters, but also those in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
Patterson critical of plan
Besides not including the Novi facility as a backup, Patterson said a provision in the bill allowing Bing to sign contracts on Cobo until Oct. 1, when the regional authority would take over, was a big problem.
Bing would be bound by purchasing rules laid out in the city charter and laws, which include preferences for Detroit-based business, prevailing wages and other costly provisions, Patterson said.
Patterson threw cold water on the House plan.
"I thought they were serious about saving the auto show," Patterson said. "The only thing they were serious about was lining their own pockets."
Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, hadn't seen the House bill and withheld comment.
"We will be expediting action on this next week," said Matt Marsden, Bishop's spokesman.
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