Detroit schools board doesn't decide on putting Pistons arena funding on the ballot

Members of the Detroit board of education said they need more information before deciding on a request that it place a question on the ballot in November giving Detroit residents a say in the use of tax money to finance the Little Caesars Arena and Detroit Pistons' move downtown.

The board asked its legal counsel to provide more research on the issue, and its finance committee will look into the financial impact of the project.

The board, which oversees the Detroit Public Schools Community District, had been asked to place the question on the ballot by activist Robert Davis and City Clerk candidate D. Etta Wilcoxon, who argue the project shouldn't be funded with public money without Detroit residents voting on it.

Three members of the Detroit board -- LaMar Lemmons, his wife, Georgia Lemmons and Deborah Hunter-Harvill -- asked earlier this week that tonight's meeting be scheduled to consider the request.

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