Budget Woes May Force Cities Like Detroit, Hamtramck To Combine
Municipal M&A: Budget Woes May Force Cities Like Detroit, Hamtramck To Combine
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That's a very interesting issue, especially considering that Hamtramck is already surrounded by Detroit. It's a valid question as to whether the Detroit PD could or would respond as quickly, especially if Hamtramck is seen as "safe" and "self policing." hmm..
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I think a better solution would be to consolidate the Tri-County area into a unigov system. That would essentially give "Detroit" a population of 3,863,924 making it the 2nd largest city in the U.S. Granted, it would also have one of the largest land areas at 1,967 sq. mi. though about 1/3 of that would be rural and protected land.
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I don't think there's any benefit to merging Detroit and Hamtramck or Highland Park. I don't think there's even much of a benefit to merging Detroit and the downriver cities. I think with those kinds of mergers you'd end up with a bigger Detroit but it wouldn't help Detroit with any of its problems.
I think with a Tri-County merger you'd be able to share the tax burden across the region. Also, with everyone in the same population/tax revenue boat, it would be easier to implement land use policy, among other things. But when the merger stuff got talked about I didn't think at all that it had anything to do with the city of Detroit. I figured it applied more to cities across the state, and to suburban Detroit. If I got to play fantasy merger, I'd merge Hazel Park, Ferndale, Royal Oak Township, Oak Park, Huntington Woods, Madison Heights, and Clawson, into one big Royal Oak. |
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While it likely won't happen anytime soon, I don't think it is impossible and that's especially true with the recent reforms by Snyder. Besides, I think it would be much easier to convince the people to create a single layer of government for the region than it would be to merge one or two suburbs with the city. I think most people would be okay if A. the school districts were left untouched (for now), B. data showed such a merger would save most of the communities in expenditures, and C. data showed less regional red tape/in-fighting would help attract and retain businesses.
Besides, I think the city would need a lot more convincing than the suburbs. The suburbs would control about 80% of the regional vote and the politics would be much closer to the center. |
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Whether or not they are legal or wise, they are reforms.;)
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