that city was under state supervision from 1986 to 2000. how did that do? now they have another emergency manager. then there s the city of flint, michigan. they went broke a decade ago and got fixed but after that flints also went broke again and now it has another emergency manager. then there s highland park, michigan. the state took over the school district. it s been the argument that in order to fix cities, in order to fix town, you have to first remove the local democracy. not just state help, not just state supervision but complete control. it s their argument that elected officials, the choices of the voters get in the way.