Originally Posted by
Detroitnerd
Other than the legal hurdles, which are considerable, there would be considerable savings from uniting 100-odd iterations of zoning boards, fire departments, police departments, school boards, city clerks, finance and budgeting departments, treasuries, inspection departments, parks and recreation departments, animal control, development offices, etc. Rolling in the county governments would eliminate duplicated road commissions, transit authorities, sheriff's offices, etc. Add to this the fact that a united supercity would be the third largest city in the United States and you have a much stronger voice in Washington for funds for projects. Lots of possibilities to cut expenses, gain more funds and finally force us to fix our local problems instead of building more walls and saying they're somebody else's to fix.