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In reply to the discussion: all I can tell you about Detroit is those complaining have never worked there [View all]IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)This was allowed to happen over four decades, and we've had BOTH in office (all ignoring Detroit for different reasons).
I have issues with a lot of Snyder stuff - the union thing alone gets my blood boiling! - but at least he is TRYING to do something.
Trust him? HELL NO! But I will give him credit for taking on an IMPOSSIBLE project.
We are in the middle of a FUCKING DISASTER in Detroit, with an EIGHTEEN PERCENT INFANT MORTALITY RATE. (That is 18 per 1000; it is just how they do it.) FIFTY PERCENT of the students DON'T GRADUATE, and if you call because someone has an emergency, they will DIE if you wait for an ambulance.
I do not give a fig if you think we should keep doing what HASN'T BEEN WORKING. I *EXPECT* that for certain things (including the health and welfare of children, which is a passion of mine) *EVERYONE* will chip in and help out.
I am working on an initiative to help decrease the infant mortality rate in Detroit and Chicago. I don't care who you vote for - I want those children TO LIVE.
Snyder is trying. That is ten steps ahead of the last FIVE governors (Dem and Rep) we have had in Michigan. It is a thankless task, and he will get ZERO votes for it. (Seriously - Detroit is True Blue.) But I do think he is doing the right thing, and I think his "emergency manager" will be the political cover that is needed for the Non-Corrupt folk to Clean House. They will be able to "protest" the ouster of the problem people, and hopefully get things turned around.
In the meantime, if you have $7K, you can come buy an abandoned house in one of the neighborhoods. We have entire city blocks with two occupied houses - heck, we've got some you can pick up for $1K.
No one is trying to steal Detroit - at the moment, you can't even give it away!