| I mostly agree with this Freep editorial, except for one thing. Unfortunately, most candidates for the state's highest office have had little to say about rebuilding Michigan's cities, encouraging regional collaborations, or developing walkable urban areas that attract businesses and educated young professionals. The lone exception is Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Genesee County who, as treasurer, led nationally renowned efforts to breathe life back into Flint's downtown and nearby neighborhoods.
Virg Bernero shouldn't have to articulate a vision for urban renewal because he's currently in a position where he is influencing the development of a regional economy. In fact, the editorial in just the previous paragraph to that points out that Lansing is the anchor to a regional economy. If past is prologue, you can look at what he's doing in Lansing and assume that absent some articulated plan to devitate from it, that it's a clue about what he'd do elsewhere if governor. |
