Detroit Needs Honest Leaders Who Care About The City.
Detroit the phoenix rising from the ashes needs to fight harder to keep corrupt politicians from stealing the its’ momentum. (Washington Post)
“Name the nation’s most corrupt cities, and some obvious choices spring to mind, led by Chicago, for sure, and places such as Los Angeles and Miami. That much is confirmed by a University of Illinois at Chicago analysis of the Justice Department’s list of public corruption convictions from 1976 to 2019.
But right now, Detroit is dealing with a two-track wave of corruption that touches public officials as well as the once-mighty United Auto Workers.
The Detroit News estimates that more than 100 labor leaders, police officers, politicians and others have been caught up in investigations that simply keep mounting.”
Detroit’s comeback is a story with national significancy followed by people from coast to coast. The city now has a cache of cool among young people which is vital to attracting college graduates to locate to the city and bring fresh ideas an innovation- the lifeblood of the information economy. Corrupt politicians and labor leaders are now threatening to undermine all the progress that was made since the monumental Bankruptcy proceeding of 2013. Leaders in the Motor City cannot allow that to happen or the city could end up back in the same position with little hope of a continued rejuvenation.
