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Originally Posted by ssiguy
It's sad that Lansing has had to come in and take over the reins. This is particularily true due to Lansing being controlled by the mostly-white, suburban Republicans who will yield financial power over mostly poor, black, Democrats of Detroit.
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I think people are being too sympathetic to the City of Detroit. Have any of you ever seen video of Detroit City Council meetings? If you take a look at them you will see that a lot of the troubles Detroit faces are due in large part to an incompetent city government.
Yes suburbanization, business flight, etc have had a huge negative impact on Detroit. But Detroit City Council and their fight against working with the region, etc have also been a huge huge part of the decline of Detroit.
And it is time they are called out to task about their inability to run a big city.
Detroit also needs a huge dose of regionalism where the city and suburbs have to work together whether they like it or not. It can't be done under Michigan law, but if it was possible, the State should just amalgamate Detroit and its suburbs and regionalize all major services and schools.