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REPLAY: Dearborn State of the City

Check out our chat from Mayor Jack O'Reilly's State of the City, held Monday night at Dearborn City Hall.

Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly held his State of the City address Monday night in the City Council chambers.

In his speech, O'Reilly addressed both the issues facing Dearborn, as well as upcoming developments and successes–and new ways for residents to measure city progress.

O'Reilly unveiled the city's Performance Dashboard, which he explained is "a meaningful tool to measure our efforts and assess how we are doing as an organization.

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"Essentially, it's our report card."

O'Reilly focused heavily on the city government's transparency on issues, as well as their commitment to giving residents results for their tax dollars.

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"We cannot worry first about satisfying this group vs. that group," he said. "We worry first about our whole community. We pursue what's best for the future of our city because we know that's what is best for all of us in the long run."

Check out the replay from our live chat for more details from the speech, or watch it on CDTV or the City of Dearborn's website.

CDTV's schedule for airing the State of City, beginning March 7, is as follows:
•    Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays :  7 a.m., 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
•    Tuesdays and Thursdays: 8 a.m., noon and 4 p.m.
•    Saturdays: 9 a.m., 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.
•    Sundays: 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

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