http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/in..._river_default

Where, oh where, did Snyder find this diamond in the rough? This needle in the haystack? This most obscure combination of talent, expertise, Detroit residency, and willingness?? Someone who can understand and decipher the numbers but also understands the community challenges from the inside and on the ground?

Price, the former president of Marygrove College, currently sits on the board of directors for Compuware, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Jewish Fund. She also served on the state-appointed review team that investigated Detroit's finances for 90 days and confirmed a state of severe stress.


Sometimes I wonder if City Council is going out of their way to make things more difficult than they need to be.