Opinion by Stephen Boyle
Rachel Maddow: Michigan Gives Up On Democracy
Broadcast on March 1, 2013, the evening after Governor Rick Snyder holds an invitation-only Town Hall meeting at the Maccabees Building on Wayne State University campus. During the meeting he announces the “Detroit Can't Wait” campaign - this way his plans gain commercial exposure in addition to typical government coverage. Slick delivery Rick, what is it you're selling? Fascism?
Yes folks that is the key component of the Detroit Can't Wait campaign. The installation of a dictator to run the city of Detroit who will have no need to consult with elected officials such as the City Council, the Mayor, and others. They can even be removed from office if too belligerent. The Emergency Manager is given the opportunity to nullify contracts, build privatized business arrangements without oversight, bulldoze neighborhoods without checking if they are lived in, and ensuring sufficient levels of mood altering drugs are put in the water. I forgot to mention the blight authority plan to napalm several districts around Detroit.
