Ok. Let's play this out.

- The State realizes that they do owe the $240MM or whatever in revenue sharing.
- The Consent Decree is voided, but the $80MM bond stays in effect.

That $320MM allows the city to operate, business as usual, for 6 months. Maybe 9 months. During this time, the EM law and Public Act 4 is struck down for one reason or another.

At some point in early 2013, the city now runs out of money.

Now what?

Because if you can't answer that question, all you've done was waste $320MM. Is your argument that we should take the $320MM and use it to force residents to densify so that we can cut our carrying costs on infrastructure? Is your argument that we should use it to buyout older, more expensive cops so that we can rehire twice as many younger, less expensive patrolmen?

Or is your argument that we should just spend through it over the next 9 months? And then we'll be right back where we are today. Begging the state for cash.

So, look. Joann is right. Let's quit arguing about it. Now, Detroit, please tell us what are we going to to do so that we prevent ourselves from ending right back where we are right now.