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March 15, 2013

Michigan Governor Appoints Emergency Manager for Detroit 
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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has chosen an emergency manager to take
control of the city of Detroit during its fiscal crisis. In a
controversial move seen by many as undemocratic, the city's leadership
will now cede broad powers to Kevyn Orr, a lawyer who handled Chrysler's
bankruptcy and restructuring process in 2009. Orr's salary will be
$275,000, almost all of it paid by the state. Emergency management
decrees have disproportionately affected people of color in Michigan.
Half the state's African-American population now lives under unelected
leadership.

 

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