Quote Originally Posted by mwilbert View Post
I come at this from the perspective, which I have often expressed before, that the DPS should not exist. So creating a new DPS doesn't really excite me, and I doubt that the governance reforms, whatever they end up being, will make any significant difference.

What this appears to be to me is an attempt to give the legislature plausible deniability while funding the DPS debt--you move all the operating activities into an new entity, but let the old entity keep some funding to pay off the debt. Then the new entity doesn't have enough funding, so you give the new entity an additional funding source. This is supposed to entice the Legislature into coughing up the extra money, but I doubt that the Legislature will be interested, so I am skeptical that this will happen at all.
MW, I agree that failed institutions should be allowed to die. Don't you think, however, that Snyder is actually doing the right thing here? He's helping DPS find the reset button, so at least moving forward they have a chance. I don't agree with everything about this, but I respect that Snyder is again showing that he's willing to do the unpopular to help Detroit. And of course the Detroit Chorus of Boos for Snyder sings loudly.

Funny how people say they want bi-partisanship. Except they also want to hate the other party for every 'crime' they've committed and are unable to see cooperation in any actions.