Time to push Detroit's rebuilding further

Major rebuilding and development projects have been put on hold for a good part of this new year. Now, with the mayoral fiasco behind Detroit, it's time for the redeveloping, rebuilding, and restarting of the city to commence.

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"It's time to move forward and refocus the business community, the city leaders, the residents of Detroit and our entire region on working together towards building the kind of Detroit that we all know can and will be accomplished," said Gilbert, who, like most other business leaders, remained silent as the Kilpatrick scandal played out.

David Brandon, chief executive of Domino's Pizza and chairman of the corporate leadership group Detroit Renaissance, also urged the region to move forward.

"The new rule in Detroit should be, 'Don't talk the past -- create the future.' Detroit now needs political leaders who list integrity as the No. 1 item on their job description."

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The Detroit News and another Freep writer chimed in on moving forward, too.
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