Originally Posted by
rb336
If there were a way to appoint an EFM that wouldn't be giving the finger to the democratic process, I'd be more willing to accept it. If it came with actual state assistance to maintain vital services, it would be more palatable. When we see an EFM getting rid of a city's vital services, as was done in Pontiac, we can't see any benefit to the citizens of the city. When one is proposed for a city like Detroit which has a mountain of valuable assets, and when the past behavior of other EFMs is known, it seems like an invasion aimed at controlling those assets, especially when the suburban leaders are known to have been drooling over that idea for decades.