A rarity, maybe a first: Michigan's Repub gov is using the emergency manager law for Allen Park, which is almost entirely white
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Replying to @DanaHoule
@DanaHoule Posted it about an hour ago and no one has yet corrected me. Isn't Ecorse whitest city previously EMed?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel I'm pretty sure Ecorse--where my grandmother lived as a teen--is majority black.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DanaHoule
@DanaHoule And actually census says Ecorse is currently 46% black, 44% white.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel Also, pretty sure Ecorse was the first city put in receivership, with Lou Schimmel running it, in late 70's/early 80's1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @DanaHoule
@DanaHoule ANd it had been EMed once before too.
12:45 PM - 7 Sep 2012
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