Regionalism and cooperation between counties may be the answer to a number of problems facing the area.
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Regional solutions are the only solutions to metro Detroit’s many
challenges. The area’s political leaders have got to be able to sit
down together and see their own interests, as well as the region’s, in
all the other faces.
So several steps need to be taken
to ensure that, at some point, the parties can come back together in
good faith, renegotiate Cobo and move on to the other issues.
The
first is for everyone to just hang tight on Cobo for now, and wait
until the city’s political landscape is more settled. With three city
elections between now and November, there’s no point in renegotiating
before then. The hope is for a saner council and a mayor still
committed to regionalism. But at minimum, the city will have leaders
empowered for four years, not just a few more months.
Oakland
County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, who’s threatening to use the
death of the Cobo deal as a tool to lure the auto show to his turf,
also needs to simmer down. His response threatens regional cooperation
as much as the council’s antics do.
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