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In reply to the discussion: So Detroit- what went wrong? [View all]mstinamotorcity2
(1,451 posts)mis-managed city funds. We have had a loss in population over several years. Those of us who have lived here most of our lives have watched our city go from having thriving businesses with owners of all cultural backgrounds. To a culture of well I will take a little bit off the top. And by the time it was time to take care of the city's needs there was little money to do so. Theft went all the way to the school cafeterias. When ever the citizens would bring in new people who would do the jobs with integrity, old school thieves would engineer to get them fired. Like former school superintendent, Debra McGriff, she came in and started finding the instances of theft in the school administration and was quickly ostracized. There was also a lack of vetting. They were stuck on political name recognition. No one gearing our young into city Government that are truly vested in the city. There are some who welcome the Federal Government, to oversee it in a well structured manner. Not with EFM. They are really ambulance chasers. We have a fire sale going on you wouldn't believe. But there is really no consideration for those that are left here meeting the challenges of our neighborhoods. They always show abandoned homes and blocks with low residency. They won't show you where it may be one house on the block and that homeowner keeps the whole block cut and free of debris. They never show the low income neighborhoods with cut grass, block clubs, citizen participation. No you will never see that. but it does exist. So what went wrong??? Everything.