Issues
The Issues series (8.8 MB, 2008-2009) documents the Cockrel administration's response to various issues and events, including safety planning for the 2008 Angel's Night (the period from October 29-31, formerly known as Devil's Night, in which 40,000 Detroiters volunteer to promote public safety and prevent acts of vandalism and arson), federal bridge loans to the auto industry (with correspondence to President George W. Bush, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, and Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers Ed Montgomery), Cobo Center expansion plans, and Standard & Poor's and Moody's decisions to downgrade the ratings of Detroit's general obligation bonds and unlimited tax debt status.