Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and City Council

members met Friday but failed to reach a

compromise on development agreements for

the city's three casinos to build permanent

gambling halls.

Kilpatrick told reporters after the meeting that

he won't budge from the plan he originally

negotiated with the casinos.

"We're not going to go back and nickel and

dime these developers to death," Kilpatrick

said.

The agreement in principle, which Kilpatrick

negotiated in March, calls for the MGM Grand,

Greektown and MotorCity casinos to each build

a 400-room hotel, give the city $34 million

apiece and let the city keep $150 million they

paid for riverfront property they will not use.

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