Quote Originally Posted by Detroitnerd View Post
So then when business interests draw up the legislation they want, the people who decide don't have staffs to examine the legislation and see if it's in the public interest? They don't have staff to research and examine matters minutely so the lawmakers vote knowledgeably? No thanks, townonenorth. I'd rather give legislators and councilmembers budgets and staffs. I should imagine that legislators who make good calls thanks to competent staffs and adequate budgets produce a government that is more "efficient" in the long run.
In the case of Detroit, now is not the time for the City Council to be settling matters of industrial policy, as you rightly suggest requires some support.

They should be [[and should have been) sticking to the task of running the mechanics of a city.

We all likely agree that they don't to have more than most other American cities right now.