However, if one wants to address matters within State authority, I'd like to know why is it that while under Oath, a rather obvious violation of Article I § 26 (Michigan 06-2) was made by Governor Snyder, and his then shadowy quasi-governmental NERD Fund crony, now moved onto the Taxpayer dole with $40k/year raise.

ONE OTHER DETROIT EM CANDIDATE: Baird, whose primary role in the administration is to recruit talent, said that beyond Orr, the state only had one other serious candidate for the Detroit emergency manager position. "I won't dance here. I'll tell you he was -- his residence was south but he had been a Detroit resident," Baird said. "...He had been a Detroit resident but he was not at the time that I had discussed it with him."

RACE PLAYED A ROLE IN ORR HIRE: Snyder, asked about various traits and experiences that played a role in Orr's selection, said that race "would be a factor that could be of some consideration." Baird, in his deposition, said Orr knew that critics could use his race against him. "He recognized this was going to be a thankless job where he would probably be vilified and called a traitor to his race and to his Democratic background and that it would require a great deal of resolve to overcome the difficulties of the past decades that have gotten Detroit to where it is today."