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Detroit mayor to make final pitch to avoid takeover of city
Source: Reuters
Detroit mayor to make final pitch to avoid takeover of city
By Steve Neavling
DETROIT | Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:05am EST
(Reuters) - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, a former professional basketball player, may have to hit the equivalent of a last-second shot during a speech on Wednesday to avoid losing much of his authority to a state takeover of the city's financial affairs.
Bing will deliver his annual "state of the city" speech as Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has compiled a "short list" of people who could be named emergency financial manager of the destitute city within weeks.
This may be Bing's last chance to publicly outline a strategy to persuade the state from seizing control.
"He has to lay out a framework of how the Detroit city government on its own is going to fix this financial crisis," city council member Kenneth Cockrel Jr., a former mayor himself, said on Tuesday.
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By Steve Neavling
DETROIT | Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:05am EST
(Reuters) - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, a former professional basketball player, may have to hit the equivalent of a last-second shot during a speech on Wednesday to avoid losing much of his authority to a state takeover of the city's financial affairs.
Bing will deliver his annual "state of the city" speech as Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has compiled a "short list" of people who could be named emergency financial manager of the destitute city within weeks.
This may be Bing's last chance to publicly outline a strategy to persuade the state from seizing control.
"He has to lay out a framework of how the Detroit city government on its own is going to fix this financial crisis," city council member Kenneth Cockrel Jr., a former mayor himself, said on Tuesday.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-usa-detroit-mayor-idUSBRE91C0L620130213
