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   From: lsw@amol.com   
      
   JUDY WOODRUFF: And it turns out local governments in the U.S.   
   are facing their own budget woes. One in especially big trouble   
   is Detroit.   
      
   The city faces a budget deficit of more than $300 million   
   dollars, and has lost a quarter-million residents in the past   
   decade. Today, Michigan's governor, Rick Snyder, announced plans   
   to appoint an emergency manager to oversee the city's finances   
   and operations. That would make it the largest U.S. city under   
   state control.   
      
   Snyder spoke at a community forum today.   
      
   GOV. RICK SNYDER, R-Mich.: It's time to say we should stop going   
   downhill. It is time to say we need to start moving upward with   
   the city of Detroit.   
      
   There have been many good people that have had many plans, many   
   attempts to turn this around. They haven't worked. The way I   
   view it, today is a day to call all hands on deck, to say   
   there's been too much fighting, too much blame, not enough   
   resources, not enough people working together, to say, let's   
   resolve these issues.   
      
   We can solve the problem by throwing out all the niggers   
   including Obama.   
      
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/north_america/jan-   
   june13/detroit_03-01.html   
      
            
      
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