Quote Originally Posted by GoGrixdale View Post
True there's no declared partisanship in the council election but, perceptually, Republicans don't want to participate. When I look at the governance of other municipalities [[from the outside) it seems to work better when there is at least some partisan dissension to keep balance.To be honest I did forget about Butler.
I think its a pretty safe bet to say that there aren't enough Republicans living in Detroit to get elected which goes back to my earlier comment about the original reasons why people began to leave Detroit between 1950 & 1960. You have to actually LIVE in Detroit in order to get elected. Since large numbers of Republicans have no desire to live here, Public Act 4 is the only way Republicans will get to control what happens in Detroit.