Council president wants the state to grant some emergency manager authority to mayor

[HistoryNotHisStory]

This is bizarre. A councilman who is part of a the legislature in Detroit government is suggesting that the chief executive of Detroit should be awarded more power to run Detroit. Looks like Gary Brown is really after that John Conyers seat. If Don Snyder declares Detroit is in financial trouble, he appoints an EFM and that EFM bounces city government then Brown have a harder time getting elected to Congress but if no EFM comes riding in on the white house then Detroit government survives and Brown can sell to the 14th district why he should be elected to Congress.

Bing is on record saying that he don't want to be EFM. I think it would be damn interesting to see if that happens because it brings a question to light. Would the EFM suspend elections in Detroit? I ask this because if future Dave Bing becomes future EFM then what happens when the voters vote his ass out. Do he still remain EFM or do he loses the power when he loses the mayor's office?

The Answer to your final Question is that if the mayor becomes the EFM, that office will supercede any election. The powers of EFM supecede the mayor.

That's why its important that city workers take the cuts that the Mayor is recommending. Because if an EFM gets appointed, whether its Dave Bing or not they can be without a job.

[R8RBOB]

The Answer to your final Question is that if the mayor becomes the EFM, that office will supercede any election. The powers of EFM supecede the mayor.

That's why its important that city workers take the cuts that the Mayor is recommending. Because if an EFM gets appointed, whether its Dave Bing or not they can be without a job.

See this makes me wonder what the hell Gary Brown was thinking about when he suggested that the mayor be given EFM powers. If I was Dave Bing and the governor indeed do what Brown suggested, I would thank Gary Brown personally and then strip the City Council of their authority. If I'm the mayor and I have full authority to run the city, why do I need a council bitching about my moves?

[Locke09]

The Answer to your final Question is that if the mayor becomes the EFM, that office will supercede any election. The powers of EFM supecede the mayor.

That's why its important that city workers take the cuts that the Mayor is recommending. Because if an EFM gets appointed, whether its Dave Bing or not they can be without a job.

The Mayor just finished "imposing" contracts on city employees that included 10 percent pay cuts, benefit changes and changes to work conditions. They were imposed as his "final offer". Now, a few months later, he wants "renegotiate" for more concessions. Does the word "contract" mean anything anymore? What is the value of having a contract at all if a few months later someone can just come back and say: "Oops, I didn't take enough, I need more." How many more times will he have to come back before he gets it right?

His contracts are just as "fluid" as his administration. You don't know what to expect from one day to the next.

The only unions that don't have imposed contracts are those who had already basically agreed to his demands, and the police and fire who have binding arbitration. So actually, it is police and fire that create the biggest headache for the city in terms of taking concessions. I'd like to see Gary Brown go back to his former comrades in DPD and tell them they need to take concessions.