Friday, July 3, 2009

Shrinking Flint

Here's a good overview of Dan Kildee's plans to shrink Flint, which is shrinking all by itself anyway, including a BBC interview.


2 comments:

  1. Dan's a smart guy, and wise.

    If Genesee County had a strong-central-executive form of government, with relatively weaker individual community governments...akin to Michigan's most successful country, Oakland, led by Brooks Paterson...Dan would be an excellent choice for that post.

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  2. I think its important to note that this would be a voluntary plan. I've read a lot of comments that indicate that people wrongly believe the plan would involve some forced relocations.

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Thanks for commenting. I moderate comments, so it may take a while for your comment to appear. You might enjoy my book about Flint called "Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City," a Michigan Notable Book for 2014 and a finalist for the 33rd Annual Northern California Book Award for Creative NonFiction. Filmmaker Michael Moore described Teardown as "a brilliant chronicle of the Mad Maxization of a once-great American city." More information about Teardown is available at www.teardownbook.com.