Quote Originally Posted by Fnemecek View Post
You're assuming that Detroiters would automatically reject anyone from outside of the City. I don't buy that.

Mayor Bing recently appointed a fire chief from LA. No one complained.

More importantly, if those outsiders actually start to produce results, the people who initially did have a problem with it will get over it quickly.
You do have a point. I think that by necessity Detroiters are being more tolerant of outsiders.
But I think that if you have a higher profile position, lets say police chief rather than fire chief I bet there would have been an outcry.