The state did it's part under Art VIII § 2: It took money from the productive class (read: Michigan Taxpayers) and transferred it into Highland Park where through the magic of, well, whatever system they thought might worked, tried to pay for $16,000 worth of education per student with only $14,000/student actually coming in.

The Michigan Constitution also requires holding elected officials responsible and removing them from office when necessary. So if you are going to cite the Constitution, when can we see that happen?

Look, it is not only time to make an example out of them before Wednesday's Rally (AG Schuette showing up in person that morning to personally subpoena records would be a great start...make sure you call in the TV stations), but you've apparently forgotten this is only one school district; how many other Michigan school districts are ready to go tango uniform?

Will you give each and every one of them a "loan" to cover their obvious mismanagement?

You'll burn through any state surplus before you know it, if you do that. You might even go in the red.

And what about cities?

We all know that Detroit is next. The question is exactly when?

Is a "loan" in their future, too?

What about any other cities who is in a similar situation?

In for a penny, in for a pound. They'll be no avoiding the problem then. Hello red ink!

To illustrate how much serious the underlying problem is, I shot this question out to some friends and got one response back this afternoon regarding one of the cities in Macomb County.

According to the information on the home page of the Eastpointe website (if anyone is curious, the source is here), for some time now they have been, and are projected to continually spend, more money than they are taking in...just like in Highland Park.

PA 4 takes a reactive approach to the problem. It waits for requests from local governments, disgruntled vendors, or citizens to collect signatures...all of which takes time while the problem gets continually worse.