By Rick Pluta
A judge in Ingham County has dismissed a legal challenge to the consent agreement between the state and Detroit on fixing the city's finances. Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette said Detroit's corporate counsel did not have the right to file the lawsuit over the objections of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing.
Bing said he hopes the ruling puts the issue to rest and the decision is not appealed.
"This ruling says that we made the right decision, and that we need to get on with running the city. The city is still in a crisis, and we can't have all of these distractions and think that we're going to bring the city back."
Bing said the ruling means state payments to the city will not be frozen, and Detroit will be able to make a loan payment that's due Friday. That will also be the first meeting of a financial advisory board that will provide oversight to city spending decisions.
Copyright 2012, MPRN
A judge in Ingham County has dismissed a legal challenge to the consent agreement between the state and Detroit on fixing the city's finances. Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette said Detroit's corporate counsel did not have the right to file the lawsuit over the objections of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing.
Bing said he hopes the ruling puts the issue to rest and the decision is not appealed.
"This ruling says that we made the right decision, and that we need to get on with running the city. The city is still in a crisis, and we can't have all of these distractions and think that we're going to bring the city back."
Bing said the ruling means state payments to the city will not be frozen, and Detroit will be able to make a loan payment that's due Friday. That will also be the first meeting of a financial advisory board that will provide oversight to city spending decisions.
Copyright 2012, MPRN