Joe Harris. I thought that name sounded familiar. He was the Auditor General for the City of Detroit in the last decade, and Detroit's CFO under Cockrel. He always struck me as one of the "good guys", the guy who criticized Kilpatrick for late audit reports and sloppy financial reporting and non-existent controls.

While I have some ideological qualms about the EFM process, on a practical level it's clearly needed and will probably yield positive results. Just a temporary benevolent dictator.

It sounds like Joe Harris may be coming to a city near us soon, by the sounds of this article, and I'd welcome him back with a hearty "kick ass"!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42473216...ws-detroit_mi/