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By Steve Neavling The rhetoric-laced drama unfolding over who controls Detroit’s finances took a big twist today when a judge quickly dismissed a lawsuit by the city’s attorney that challenged the state’s financial intervention. Now city and state officials can get back to fixing a budget that has run a deficit every year for more […]
By Steve Neavling If anything is certain in Detroit, politics are frustratingly childish and counterproductive. And Detroit City Council didn’t disappoint today. Despite threats from Mayor Dave Bing and his staff that the city is about to run out of money to pay for basic services by week’s end, council pounced on the chance to […]
By Steve Neavling If you believe Mayor Dave Bing and Gov. Rick Snyder’s warnings, the city of Detroit may grind to a halt by week’s end, shutting down buses, trash pickup and government offices. The mayor is expected to warn city council this morning that an internal lawsuit challenging broad and imposing state oversight could […]
By Editorial Columnist Greg Murray On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, I appeared before the Detroit City Council to share my belief that the so-called “consent” agreement between the state and Detroit actually violates the Headlee Amendment. It is my position that the “consent” agreement included unconditional terms Detroit had no choice but to acquiesce to. One […]