EDIT: Alternatively http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/21642911-418/city-defi....
Keep in mind that Detroit had loaned money from other states that aren't likely to get it back.
It's a pity that with all the hand waving over Open Gov initiatives that things like this are still buried, while I can easily find out all the different colors of street lamps implemented for the past 10 years for xyz neighborhoods…
Though a quick search has led me to find TIF Projection Reports for Chicago[0] from searching "debt obligation" in metro Chicago data [1], but I can't seem to find any past dealings (not sure how to look for it). I want to try to put the revenue generated from taxes (across different sectors if possible), servicing of obligations, population changes, and projected obligations in perspective, and compare to other cities/municipalities/states.
[0] https://data.cityofchicago.org/Community-Economic-Developmen...
[1] https://www.metrochicagodata.org/browse?limitTo=datasets&q=d...
There's gotta be money in opening this can of worms up, right?