if you ran detroit what would you do

[First Speaker]

69. Send the "emergency manager" back to Lansing in tar and feathers...

...OK--maybe I don't mean that literally. But there was a time in our history when that's exactly what would have happened. The American Revolution was largely triggered because England replaced our legislatures with appointed Royal governors...can someone explain the difference to me?
Having gotten *that* out of my system...the best idea would, indeed, be a consolidated metro government, merginf Detroit with Wayne County. Racism, mostly, would make that implausible...but that's what Detroit should be suggesting, and they should make it as much of an issue as they can.
On a larger issue--should Detroit simply assume that they can never regain any of their lost ground? Population has gone from 2,000,000 to 700,000. And heading lower still...should they abandon any hope of reversing this? This seems wrong to me, on a visceral level, though I admit I know relatively little about conditions there now, though I did live in Dearborn for many years as a kid. But a long-range goal of returning to, say, one million might just be feasible, if they can get thru the current crisis. In the meantime, though, they'll have to use their minds and imaginations to make small-scale improvements where they can. I have faith in our cities, and in Detroit--and its people...