He can sell off city assets to raise money and cut the salaries of elected officials to save bucks.

NPR: Detroit Manager To Listen, Then Assess Priorities

Alan Edgar and Stef Diella are fighting no less than five quangos, in their bid to prevent a non-elected body from overturning a council decision to save the Cuckmere Estuary from being allowed to revert to a flood plain.

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has 30 days to decide whether to appoint a city emergency manager to try to save Detroit from the catastrophe presided over by elected officials.

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"We cannot afford to wait for another tragedy -- it's long past time for elected officials to listen to their constituents and pass reforms like comprehensive background checks that we know will save lives, " said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, co-founder of the group, in a news release.

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Though Kohl is retiring, his successor, the newly elected Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, has a record of examining certain drug industry business practices designed to save consumers money.

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