Detroit Fights Michigan for Control of Fraying Park

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Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) –- Detroit residents Leonard Rutledge, Anita Parker, Jill Moore and Gene Engelhard who lives in Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb of the city, talk with Bloomberg’s Chris Christoff about Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s proposal to place the city’s Belle Isle park under state control. Snyder’s plan embodies a larger conflict over control of a mostly black, Democratic city that’s resisted takeover by a state government dominated by white Republicans like Snyder. (Source: Bloomberg)