Volunteers Take Better Care of Detroit Than Elected Officials

[Chris_]

Prevailing wisdom holds that elected officials work for the public good, while private individuals are motivated by their own personal goals—including selfish things like profits. But does this notion hold true in practice? Definitely not in Detroit. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that with the Motor City no longer financially capable of providing many basic services, private volunteers are filling in the gaps.

This is a great example of why private citizens can be more invested in their communities, and thus take better care of them, than the government. In stark contrast, here's what the highest and mightiest elected officials in Detroit have been up to in the last two years...

http://reason.com/blog/2010/07/08/volunteers-take-better-care-of

I brought this over because the article includes a vide of John Conyer's wife at work as the President of the Detroit City Council.  When does this woman go to jail, because it won't be soon enough. 
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Poor Detroit.  I do feel sad at what it's become.  It is the city of my birth, but I can barely recognize it now.  Not that my older neighbors didn't tell me this was coming.  I wonder what it will be like 30 or 50 years from now.

[JohnnyReb]

Poor Detroit.  I do feel sad at what it's become.  It is the city of my birth, but I can barely recognize it now.  Not that my older neighbors didn't tell me this was coming.  I wonder what it will be like 30 or 50 years from now.

Mud huts.

[Tucker]

She goes to the hoosegow in Sept. She got a delay. She was scheduled to go in last week.