Snyder appoints former GM Veep as Detroit Schools Emergency Financial Manager

[Still a Democrat]

Gov. Rick Snyder today will name Roy S. Roberts, a former vice president of General Motors Corp., as the next emergency manager of the troubled Detroit Public Schools, sources close to the governor have confirmed to The Detroit News.

The offer was made by Snyder this morning to Roberts, but a formal contract has yet to be signed, sources say. The governor will be introducing Roberts at a news conference at 2:30 p.m. at his office at Cadillac Place.

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From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110504/METR...z1LPg5emu6

[Born_A_Truman]

I thought they already had an emergency manager, Robert Bobb.

[Born_A_Truman]

I see Bobb's term is ending. Guess I should read the whole link before responding.

[Still a Democrat]

(05-04-2011 01:35 PM)Born_A_Truman Wrote:  I see Bobb's term is ending. Guess I should read the whole link before responding.

Ha! I usually don't either.

The difference now is the EFM has far more power.

[NJMaverick]

or the team that saved GM?

[Still a Democrat]

(05-05-2011 06:23 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  or the team that saved GM?

Looks like he retired in 2000.

[Julie]

(05-05-2011 06:23 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  or the team that saved GM?

I'm thinking more like on the team that crashed it.

Julie

[Willinois]

The Governor of Michigan is looking more like a fascist dictator all the time.

"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini

[Cha]

(05-06-2011 10:28 AM)Willinois Wrote:  The Governor of Michigan is looking more like a fascist dictator all the time.

"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini

Yeah, and we know what happened to Mussolini..some people don't learn from history.