Wow, twice in one day Pontiac’s Emergency Manager, Lou Schimmel, makes Democracy Tree headlines. Impressive!

The Michigan Emergency Loan Board just agreed to approve Schimmel’s plan to suspend healthcare benefits for retired Pontiac city employees. Using the threat of bankruptcy as a cudgel, he convinced the state to allow him to cut approximately 1,000 pensioners out of their legally negotiated healthcare. They will be given $400 a month to purchase their own insurance.

This is yet another example of the fiscal malfeasance found in Snyder’s emergency manager scheme,… plus, it’s heartless.

Amy Kerr Hardin