A deficit of leadership cost detroit millions in unpaid taxes

[Wesley Mouch]

^^^^....and there doesn't seem to be a damn thing anyone can do about it. Just keep getting screwed by the system.

It always does amaze me how people are so eager to have the government involved in more and more things [[jobs, planning, etc.) when there's so little evidence that they are capable of delivering results.

I suggest two changes:

1) Scope: We ask too much of our public sector. Minimize their scope, so they can do what they must do well.

2) Transparency: If people could see what happens in city government, it would then be possible to work towards change. I think Julian Assange is an idiot, but I wonder why anything needs to be 'leaked' from government. It should all be publicly accessible. There's very little information that needs to be kept for the public. Every email sent every day by the city should immediately accessible. Every check written by the city, and every deposit made should be immediately posted to a public website, along with backup. Then you might have a chance to learn, understand, and then act on what our public sector is doing.

[[Note that I do understand that there is some need for privacy. Much information should be delayed for release. Court records, for example, or police investigation files. Its obvious that in the moment, they need to be able to work without disclosure. You can't say "today we're going to head over and bust that crystal meth lab on Seward'. But you sure can disclose that the next day, week, or month.)