Snyder tells young people: Forget Chicago, be part of changing Detroit

[Dexlin]

More words from the governor. He speaks beautifully and many times pitifully of Detroit, yet his actions as governor paint a really different picture of what type of committment he has to the city.

Snyder has some of the best rhetoric concerning the revitalization of Michigan cities, in general, that we've seen in many administrations, Democratic or Republican. It's why I kind of had some hope for him, at least when it came to urban issues. But, it's turned out to be just that: rhetoric. Let me clear, you follow his actual policy positions, and there is not a successful Rustbelt city out there that would be successful under his policies. You could not building a Pittsburgh renaissance on top of Snyder's policy positions. You are not going to rebuild Detroit or any other city in this state by robbing from the poor, the elderly and students; you're not going to rebuild Detroit with gussied-up, trickle-down Reagonomics. nah gonna happen.