Congratulations to the 15 commissioners that had the sense to realize that arts are a critical piece of maintaining a regional quality of life. However, the fact that 9 of 24 commissioners did not even want voters to determine this fate is appalling. Even more appalling is the comment by Chris Long, commissioner of Commerce Township in today's print copy of the Free Press:

"She also noted that the other millages mentioned[[SMART, the zoo, parks and rec) involved serices in Oakland County, not just in Detroit"

So she is fine with Detroiters paying taxes on the zoo and HCMA and having nothing in the borders but heaven forbid we have a regional tax to support something that is in Detroit.

Yes, Detroit has more problems that I care to count but the lack of regional thinking [[unless a regional tax supports something in her county - then it is fine) shows that we are sliding further and further into a worthless backwoods region.