At the same time that a Michigan state judge challenged the legality of Detroit's bankruptcy ruling the filing unconstitutional and ordering the city to withdraw said petition, in what looks to be a very lengthy legal battle that will continue for months, the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) organizers came out with a statement attributed to Executive Director Rod Alberts.
You can read it in full below, but as an appetizer, Alberts says that Detroit's bankruptcy was in the making for years and that given the city's situation (and by that, he means the towering debt and limited tax revenue), it was "a good decision".
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