Michigan's budget crisis puts democracy on the chopping block

By Paul Abowd

Michigan's emergency manager law grants sweeping powers to unelected officials

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ecorse":

"… ic utilities and dismiss elected officials. Michigan cities Benton Harbor, Ecorse, Flint, Pontiac, and two school districts are under emergency management. …"

"… without a city salary.In 1986, Schimmel also privatized city services when Ecorse, Mich., landed in state receivership.More than twenty years later, the cit …"

"… nt. In a December planning report, new Emergency Manager Joyce Parker said Ecorse would save $2 million annually by bringing the city’s Department of Work …"