I think we know that answer but I would like to hear them say it. It is coming from the two pension funds they raided so its coming from the backs of Detroit seniors. Not too much to cheer about there.

Or any time in the 45 years after?

That the pension funds should have been gutted 45 years ago?

need first became obvious, and before everything deteriorated beyond repair. So that the city would have the funds to pay those pensions, which they contracted to do.

Detroit was already on the way downhill fast by the time of the riots of the 60s. White flight was in full steam and black flight had begun, continuing to the point where the population is less than 700,000 now.

But this is not 1943 - it is too late to stop the white flight from beginning. This is not 1954 - the Packard Plant has closed. It's not 1967 - too late to stop the riots which have done even more lasting damage to the city's image than they did to its buildings.

Shoulda woulda coulda don't do jack shit for the poor suffering people of City of Detroit. Getting things done and bringing in money and good people will. Personally, I wish Mayor Duggan all the luck and support he can get in this noble endeavor. He's gonna need it!

I was born in 1955, don't have personal knowledge before that...