<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
	<channel>
		<title>Mayor Bing: We’re Getting There</title>
		<description>Discuss Mayor Bing: We’re Getting There</description>
		<link>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there</link>
		<lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:52:42 +0000</lastBuildDate>
		<generator>JComments</generator>
		<atom:link href="http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/component/jcomments/feed/com_content/5391" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
		<item>
			<title>COMMENT_TITLE_R E Mayor Bing: We’re Getting There</title>
			<link>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-54</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Of course Council backed Bing's request that the state "right a historic wrong" by refunding $220 million in revenue sharing it promised when the city agreed to reduce its income tax rate in 1998. That's when then-Gov. John Engler agreed to keep Detroit's revenue sharing level at $334 million a year through 2007. It's when then-Mayor Dennis Archer gradually reduced its income tax rate for residents and non-residents alike. Detroit contends it honored its part of the agreement, and they contend the state cut revenue sharing levels across the board when the economy began to go south. The State isn't about to fork over $220 million to an near empty city that has failed at fiscal integrity on so many levels. The contention of the State owing the City money is no more legitimate than the State's, that Detroit can't manage it's own affairs effectively and therefore the State will not be complicit in malfeasance and failure. Councilwoman JoAnn Watson states, "I don't appreciate the governor trotting out 'Well you may need an emergency manager. We may review your finances' every time (the $220 million) gets mentioned. It's like extortion." "This is no time for us to be acting like we don't deserve it, or we don't think we can get it," "Stand up and protect this city. It's about the debt that is owed to this city properly. That all sounds good councilwoman. There's just one problem with that approach. No one with an IQ above 60 believes anything short of extortion will make Detroit alter it's absurd quest for failure. Giving the City money is insane - doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome. The city is insolvent and the schools are incapable of educating more than 25% of the students as long as parents allow 75% of the students to quit. What part of that don't you get? Why would anyone with a brain invest in failure?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>I. Believe</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-54</guid>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>COMMENT_TITLE_R E Mayor Bing: We’re Getting There</title>
			<link>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-53</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It’s amazing to me how many experts are coming out the woodwork right now. They know absolutely nothing about what’s going on in the city day to day.” Translation: We have our own way of doing things and it's amazing that anyone would question how we do what we do. It's worked well enough thus far to get us where we are today. It's not like they know more, or do things better than we do. Bing said as long as the city is moving in the right direction to stabilize itself fiscally, it’s okay to disagree. Translation: As long as we blow smoke about the city moving in the right direction, when it's doing absolutely nothing close to moving in the right direction, we will disagree with any attempt to interfere with any effort to dispel that delusion.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>William H.</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-53</guid>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>COMMENT_TITLE_R E Mayor Bing: We’re Getting There</title>
			<link>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-51</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bing may be right when he says, “I think the majority of the people were very happy to see us come together to fight against an emergency manager coming here,” “Nobody wants that.”  But then again how many times do majority of the people in Detroit want anything that raises the bar - and an EFM would do that. There seems to be a shared delusion that the City can suddenly turn on the magic and come up with a fix - something it hasn't been able to do for decades. He's right that no one wants an EFM - including the State. It's not their mess and it will cost a fortune to sort it all out and still not reach a solution. Think about it. Where would the commitment, the cooperation, the willingness to sacrifice, come from? Someone is in denial if they think Detroit will fix this on their own or allow anyone else to force them into fixing the mess. It will never happen.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bill Ding</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-51</guid>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>COMMENT_TITLE_R E Mayor Bing: We’re Getting There</title>
			<link>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-49</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bing may be fooling himself that it's all coming together however there's simply no proof of that. Getting people to the table is not that same as reaching agreement. There is obviously resentment or mistrust about the consent decree. Detroit principals or key stakeholders don't care for any court order that they perceive as meddling by, or provoked by, outsiders. After all when the court orders injunctive relief against Detroit, the defendant, and agrees to maintain jurisdiction over the case to ensure that the settlement is followed you're not going to see a welcome mat. Detroit does not see injunctive relief as a remedy. Detroit will be instructed to do or not do something that could result in the typical Detroit failure to obey court order. In this case it really could lead the court to find Detroit in Contempt and to impose other penalties. In the past, Detroit has regarded itself as untouchable in such matters so this is shaping up to be a game of chicken.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Justin Lindsay</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-49</guid>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>COMMENT_TITLE_R E Mayor Bing: We’re Getting There</title>
			<link>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-48</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Does anyone really believe that everyone Bing brings together isn't expecting a bailout of some kind. It is likely that they still believe that the Gov is bluffing and would never send in an EFM which puts the burden on the Gov and the State. Does the Gov want to meet his Waterloo or will he fold? Do they suspect he has no stomach for that kind of defeat - since he can't fix what may be unfixable.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>S. Dobbins</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/top-news/5391-mayor-bing-were-getting-there#comment-48</guid>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
