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Originally Posted by LMich
I'm actually shocked anyone is seriously arguing for a split, in a environment where cratering budgets and how we fund local government in this state is facilitating the need for more and closer intra and inter-county relationships, not fewer. If anything, the times are requiring stronger and fewer local governments, not more.
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Granted, this probably made a little more sense in the 1990s, before the state shut down Recorders Court, but Detroit has duplicated nearly every service provided by the county. Why does Detroit pay for a sheriff when it has by far the largest police force in the state of Michigan? Recorder's Court was already effectively the county court system for a Detroit county, so why did they need to abolish it and join Wayne County's system? Detroit operates its own public transit system, so it doesn't need Wayne County for that. Detroit operates its own water and sewage department, so it doesn't need Wayne County for that either.