DETROIT — A bankruptcy expert who represented Chrysler during its successful restructuring has been chosen to steer Detroit out of the financial abyss that has swallowed the distressed city, which was once one of the nation’s most prosperous.

Governor Rick Snyder announced Thursday that he had chosen Kevyn Orr, a partner in the Cleveland-based law firm of Jones Day, to be Detroit’s emergency manager, a position that gives him broad powers to control all spending. The move makes Detroit the largest city in the nation to have its finances placed under state control.

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salemreader

03/15/2013 07:06 AM

Michigan has tried this many times before.  It alienates entire communities, removes elected representatives, and has never helped solve the problem except once in a town with a population of 320.  Is Gov Snyder that stupid that he wont admit it?

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Cogito-et-Scribo

03/15/2013 07:24 PM

Let's accept for the sake of argument that your thesis is correct.  What specific alternative course of action do you propose?

begolfing

03/15/2013 12:50 PM

Democrats at work