MDP Statement on Detroit's EM
Michigan Democratic Party Statement on Gov. Snyder Appointing Kevyn Orr as Detroit’s Emergency Manager
LANSING — The Michigan Democratic Party released
the following statement today in response to Gov. Rick Snyder
appointing Washington lawyer Kevyn Orr as Detroit’s emergency manager.
“Governor Rick Snyder and Lansing Republicans have deliberately
starved our communities of billions in revenue, while giving corporate
special interests a huge tax break,” said Michigan Democratic Party
Chair Lon Johnson. “Snyder and Lansing Republicans are forcing an
unnecessary, hostile takeover as a solution to the problem that they
themselves created. Meanwhile the democratic rights of Detroit’s
citizens are being trampled to protect the interests of Snyder’s wealthy
CEO friends and their lobbyists.
“Just yesterday, a Bloomberg report revealed that Wall Street banks have reaped nearly half a billion in fees
from the city of Detroit. Now Snyder is making sure Wall Street
continues to get their handsome cut, while services dwindle to nothing
and assets are sold off for a song.
“Let’s not forget that a mere six months ago the voters of Michigan
tossed out the emergency manager law, only to have Lansing Republicans
re-enact it during lame duck. It’s not just Detroit voters who are being
snubbed with this move; it’s every Michigan voter that showed up on
Election Day and rejected the emergency manager law.
“Kevyn Orr may have an impeccable corporate background, but if Rick
Snyder wants him to run Detroit, he should move to Detroit and run for
mayor.”
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