Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has been unable to get Oakland and Macom
Sure there's been some progress, but not all are seeing it.
Darren Nichols and Christine Ferretti of the Detroit News report that while city services are starting to improve one year after Detroit filed for bankruptcy, residents and city officials acknowledge a lot more has to be done to reverse the decades of deterioration.
The News reports that Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr told the News in an an interview this week that there's been a drop in violent crime; new fire trucks, ambulances and police cruisers; and more efficient private garbage collection.
But he tells the News:
“To the average resident, this blighted house is still next door. That’s all fine, well and good that you are trying to get the city’s financial house in order, but when do I get rid of this blighted house that’s been here for 20 years?
“What I would say to them is you can’t just flip a switch and have all of this resolved — no matter how much we’d like to — in a day, but we’re going to get to it as soon as we can.”
