What I think the author misses here is why the Emergency Manager law is necessary. The political situation is a disaster. The elected officials of Detroit are corrupt and unwilling to fix the issues at hand. It seems like everyone in the city has not come to terms that they aren't what they used to be and instead is acting on a sense of entitlement that is causing them to make as many petty power grabs as possible. Some prime examples are below.

Detroit City Council Behavior: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1be_1207964046 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1be_1207964046

General Irresponsibility and Stupidity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXoidHdzNs8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zti_508FRrE

Honestly it's unbelievable in Detroit. It's like a mixture of Judge Dredd and Idiocracy. I'm all for the emergency manager law. If Detroit goes bankrupt, guess who pays for it? Either the rest of Michigan or the Federal government.