Originally Posted by
Locke09
I'm judging city officials who made the vow, because it is illogical to judge someone who "asked" for the vow to be made.
I am judging the trustees who let the city talk them into allowing deferment of payments, and into changing their smoothing formula from 5 years to 7 years, a move that Orr is now using against them.
I am judging the State for not enforcing the state constitution that requires contributions to the fund to be made in the year the liabilities are incurred.
And since the vow was made, I am absolutely judging Orr, Snyder and all citizens who believe that they can break that vow to make their life easier. I try to maintain integrity in my thought processes, so I'm clear that a vow that is made by someone with authority to make the vow cannot simply be undone by someone who says, "Oh, that was those other dumb people who made that vow - not me," or citizens who say, "Well, we need more streetlights,"
Now don't get me wrong, citizens need better services, but you shouldn't get them by breaking a vow.
Oh, and when Orr took over leadership of Detroit, he inherited the vow. Logic dictates that he cannot use his new vow to circumvent a former vow. It should be subordinate to the former vow.
But I realize that integrity seems to be reserved only for fools in this new age. So, I'm just opining. ;)