Dr. Detroit is an article in TCS Daily about the mayor's rethinking of city government.
Now he has become serious about balancing the city budget. The task has required him to rethink the role of government, and to decide which programs and services are worth the city's money. In timelessly non-bureaucratic fashion, he has worked fervently to reduce the size of city government and to open the door to privatization of city services.
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It seems Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has realized the hard way that the government should not be in the business of supplying certain services, especially those that are administered poorly by the city. While at one time he seemed like an unlikely candidate, Kilpatrick is now leading the charge to fashion a smaller, more effective city government. If done properly, the reforms in Detroit could provide a blueprint for other economically ailing cities across the rustbelt and beyond.
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