MACKINAC ISLAND -- Gov. Rick Snyder this afternoon said Detroit's financial advisory board should begin immediately meeting to shape the city's fiscal future -- with or without input from Detroit City Council.

Snyder said the city-state consent agreement does not require that all members of the nine-person board be appointed before they begin meetings, nor that City Council appoint its members by a required time.

"The board can meet anytime the board wants to meet," Snyder said. "I really encourage the City Council to make their appointments, but if they decide they don't want to appoint people to the board that's not a reason they shouldn't meet. The board's got work to do."
Wait, seriously? The council isn't even going to appoint their two seats while the courts work this all out?

Wow. You've been given 2 seats the table. You should probably take them while they're there.