http://www.freep.com/article/20121205/NEWS01/121205050/Emergency-financial-manager-Detroit-inevitable-sources-say

Agree or disagree with Gary Brown's past [[and present), this quote is especially candid -- and sad:

“But we — and I mean, the mayor and council together — have shown that we don’t have the political will to do what needs to be done,” Brown said, “so somebody else will do it for us.”