Survey: Cities with emergency managers hate oversight, think not having one would be worse | Crain's Detroit Business

Survey: Cities with emergency managers hate oversight, think not having one would be worse | Crain's Detroit Business

The majority of voters in Michigan cities with emergency managers said they disapprove of that oversight but think their municipalities would be worse off without them, according to a survey commissioned by Business Leaders for Michigan.

Voters in Benton Harbor, Ecorse and Pontiac think their communities would be worse without the appointment of a financial manager, while the majority of Flint voters think the situation would not have changed.

“While the residents of the four cities with emergency managers may not like having an emergency manager, the majority of residents in every case are optimistic about their city’s future and strongly prefer an emergency manager to bankruptcy courts,”