Ficano, Granholm amp Cobo expansion

Cobo Hall should expand, but on the cheap. That’s the message Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano were pumping during the North American International Auto Show.

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The centerpiece of the plan involves extending both a tri-county hotel tax and a statewide tax on liquor for seven years beyond their 2015 expiration date. It would also depend upon state lawmakers agreeing to pony up $150 million in state funds to compensate the loss of liquor tax revenue to the state’s 83 counties.

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