Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr says stripping the pay of the Detroit City Council is "not one of the things on my agenda" as he begins the task of turning around the troubled city's finances.

Orr told The Detroit News editorial board Friday that he hopes to work in cooperation with the city's elected leaders. Asked if he plans immediate pay changes for City Council members, Orr suggested he is not inclined to be punitive: "I would like to think my reputation is I don't work that way."

Orr did not rule outeliminating "redundancies."

"I try to do what makes sense," he said.

Council members make $73,181 annually; the council president makes $77,000.

So much for PA 436 as that just went into gray matter, and just shooting a hole in that "one of the colder times of the year" theory.  Watson will have 'em in the streets in next 90 days.