The DDA is a public authority established by the City of Detroit. It has its own authority but the city maintains some control through the appointments to the DDA. The city has the power to end the DDA but it has to exist until all of its obligations are paid off. The DEGC is a private non-profit that is contracted with by the DDA and other city authorities to carry out their day-to-day operations. As the city's various authorities have outsourced this work to the DEGC and the DEGC isn't a public body, it operates with very little public oversight. If the DDA and other authorities actually exercised oversight, they could overrule the actions of Geo. Jackson. But since these boards are staffed with cronies and yes men and women, Geo. Jackson operates with almost no limits.