This is who is controlling the money [City Council Rant]

[Crumbled_pavement]

This thread was inspired by the Paper Chase: 3rd Detroit council member faces foreclosure article at Detroitnews.com.

How can we allocate money for police, firefighters, EMS, 911 operators, and the equipment all of those professionals need if the people that contrrol the money can't count? First it was Kwame Kenyatta and his wife walking away from their mortgage, then Charles Pugh who became City Council President having issues with his mortgage, now Saunteel Jenkins having issues with her mortgage. And please, let's not forget the tax cheat Joann Watson.

These are the people we look to for oversight of Detroit's budget, people that can't even oversee their own budget. In the aftermath of 84 houses burning down in a city that's already ravaged with urban blight, abandoned and stripped homes, and enough desolate area to fit the entire city of Boston in, we have people that can't budget to see us through this crisis. Part of the problem with that fire was not enough resources/equipment to battle the unprecendented blaze.

How can we fix these issues if the leadership is no more knowledgable/accountable than the people they are leading? Every generation of City Council is as corrupt/incompetent as their predecessors. Someday, somehow I hope real talent actually decides to run for office in this city.

I'm starting to sound like Buyamerican, which I don't like to, but the bad news just pours into this city.