If this isn't Exhibit "A" of the final outcome of democratic leadership, I don't know what is.
The City of Detroit is literally in ruins, but not quite there financially yet (h/t to CS). You would think that the opposite would be true, but I'm not quite sure how they managed to pull this off.
Their educational system is roughly in the same boat at local government.
Parents who are able, are pulling out their children en masse (and now burdening surrounding school systems who now have to deal with students who aren't accustomed to something called standards and outcomes).
That mass exodus is causing a massive hit on DPS's bottom line.
And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...
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