Detroit is a dysfunctional city - with poor political leadership, a police department with poor leadership, an ineffective city council...can it be saved????
Can Detroit be saved - looking at the newspapers headlines and TV investigative reports, it doesn't look like it can be saved - at this time..
Scott Lewis, of WXYZ / ABC TV, aired a report about the Detroit Pulic Lighting Department and its decaying infrastructure, that injured a city worker - dark streets, light poles with missing covers, light poles that have been knocked over and left, and a underground system that is a danger to employees and residents.
And the City has not done preventive let alone preemptive repair work for year - leaving the city constantly in danger of major power failures.
Detroit is a dsyfunctional city..........
Former Mayor Kilpatrick a curse on the City, got a standing ovation at a book signing at a church in Detroit - leaving suburbanites, city residents and lovers of Detroit to ponder if some Detroiters can ever realize the damage he has done - whether he can 'man up' and take responsibily for his criminal behavior and tell the truth to himself, family and the public. He continually blames, the media, the prosecutor, the judges, and Detroit haters - for his problems, while still lying to his supporters and the public.
Mayor Bing and City Council want to 'move on' but don't realize the City can't move on until the Kilpatrick trials are finished - with years left to go.
Detroit can save itself, if it stands up and realize that after 30 years of bad leadership, it needs to open the City to all who want to contribute - by ending 'local (racial) preferences' in hirings and giving preference to companies who are located in Detroit (creating sham companies) to get City contracts. 'Local preference' has damaged the City by requiring companies to hire Detroit residents, in order to get City of Detroit contracts.
Detroit has a 60+ illeteracy rate, a 60+ plus school dropout rate - Detroit needs to hire qualified people and companies that can contribute to the rebuilding of Detroit.
Detroit has a multitude of problems - including a failed and poor school system etc etc etc - but it can be saved, by being inclusive and that should be the goal.
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