The Detroit City Council will challenge Governor Snyder’s decision to appoint an emergency financial manager for the city.
The Council also approved a resolution asking Governor Snyder to delay his appointment.
They’re asking that he wait until a new emergency manager law kicks in later this month.
Council member Ken Cockrel Junior says that would give the city more choices.
"You could take the existing consent agreement, actually rewrite it and enhance it. So, what do you want to call that? A new consent agreement, or modification of the old one? I think we’d have the ability to do that," said Cockrel.
The appeal comes even as Detroit mayor Dave Bing declined to sign on to the effort.
"This decision does not mean that I'm turning the keys to our city over to the state or throwing in the towel," said Bing. "It is simply a fight that we cannot win at the eleventh hour in a 30-minute appeals hearing."
A hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday in Lansing.
It is with this backdrop that we turned to Detroit News businesses columnist Daniel Howes.
He wrote a column about how businesses are moving to Detroit despite all these problems.
Listen to the full interview above.
