Detroit is key to whole state, editorial says

An editorial in the Oakland Press reads:

Speaking of Detroit, we need to remind ourselves of the lesson given
our state’s leaders during their latest annual gathering on Mackinac
Island. …

Detroit is Michigan in the mind of the world at large. The state has
precious little unique identity without it. … It is expecting a lot
to assume anyone outside the state thinks of much else but Detroit when
Michigan is mentioned. …

Just as the region and the rest of Michigan suffer in the mind’s eye of
the nation because of the negative impression of Detroit, everyone
involved will benefit when – and not until – good-news stories start
originating with “Detroit” datelines.

And it’s only a matter of time until the national media discover the
surge of investment in Detroit that inevitably will follow the city’s
tax cuts.

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