Wayne County Finances In Dire Straits, Evans Asks State To Declare Financial Emergency
Wayne County has a lot of financial problems. From the sadly iconic fail jail on Gratiot near downtown, to pension costs and much more, the government of Wayne County, which not only includes the city of Detroit but a variety of suburbs from Grosse Pointe to Belleville to Northville, is drowning in debt and obligations. In a release today, County Executive Warren Evans has asked the State of Michigan to declare a financial emergency for the county of 1,820,584 people. It’s the 19th largest cou...