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What's going on here?
Steve Neavling of Motor City Muckraker writes in a free lance piece for Metro Times:
Despite escalating legal problems, mounting attorney costs, and a significant decline in demolitions, the tax-funded Detroit Land Bank has dished out significant raises and more than doubled its staff of full-time employees, from 56 in August 2014 to 125 in January 2017, according to records obtained by Metro Times under the Freedom of Information Act. During that period, payroll costs ballooned from $3.9 million to at least $6.8 million, which does not account for overtime by hourly employees.
When Duggan took office in January 2014, the Land Bank had only five employees. Half of the current employees live outside of the city, even though the Land Bank's mission is to convince people to move to Detroit. Of the 10 officials who make more than $100,000 a year, six live in the suburbs, the records show.