Driving a Motor City Revival
Detroit can only improve from here, if city officials change a lot of bad habits and policies.
Detroit can only improve from here, if city officials change a lot of bad habits and policies.
But it's up to politicians and voters to fight for reforms
About 40 percent of the lights in the city don't work
Gives speech to Detroit Economic Club
Judge says yes to Chapter 9 protection, as well as pension cuts
Will dispute amount that fund claims it owes them
Will determine whether city can restructure billions in debt
Decision expected in next few weeks
Desert Hot Springs stops just short of it, hoping to save money to avoid declaration
Despite the popular election, Mike Duggan will not actually be in charge
Snyder won't say who he wants to win
Had previously said they were "sacrosanct"
Testifying at bankruptcy hearing
Did city do enough to try to avoid bankruptcy?
Until the Motor City fixes its services, liberal and libertarian renewal ideas will remain fantasy
The municipal bankruptcy mess is heading to a local government near you.
Will state lawmakers heed the lesson of Stockton?
Two city council members embroiled in separate scandals on the same day. Meanwhile, voters deal with recalls and public pension representatives resist bankruptcy
Lots of money thrown around, some of it belonging to taxpayers
As the county sheriff, he would probably know.
Author Harry Veryser on how Austrian economics can fix Motor City.
Tax increases worked so well for Detroit, right?
Currently having them appraised
Eating up even more of the city's budget than it did before
How much people received is not known because it was not disclosed
Says years of litigation would be "horrendous"
The loss of jobs and development is the symptom, not the disease
Seem to think the problem is job creation and development and not taxes and spending for some reason
Reason-Rupe Poll shows a desire to make city workers more responsible for their own retirements