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Donavan McKinney: “A lot of these dollars, taxpayer money is supposed to go to…”

Featuring: Donavan McKinney, Michigan House of Representatives, District 11

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CAN DETROIT ELECT A PROGRESSIVE? | Donavan McKinney

Published | Video Starts at 05:38

And so that's why you'll see them on the big billboards you see them on TV year round, you'll see them with big mailers. Like literally that costs money and a lot of it, A lot of these dollars, taxpayer money is supposed to go to the day-to-day operations of the district. And so we are going to restructure how that works on day one and then we're going to put it towards staff salaries and we're going to put it towards … (05:38–05:48)

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Asserts that taxpayer money should be used for district operations, not self-promotion.

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