Detroit may find that they now face the same problem from the white house that they themselves have created Detroit.
They want Obama to give them money which will immediately disappear with nothing to show for it but Obama does exactly the same thing.
Every time the state has tried to step in and help the city its been met with screeching about a takeover and a demand for cash instead. The state would like to step in and take control of Belle Isle so they can maintain it and run Grand Prix races there but Detroit says no unless they maintain control.
I am not trying to be a smarty-pants at the situation as much as I am teasing you, but the city is so broken in so many ways. My last trip their it really hit me, it is painful to see. It is going to take a higher power to fix it, not someone at 1600 Penn masquerading as one...