The following letter to the Detroit News is in response to Wendell Anthony's comment in the linked article.  http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130227/METRO/302270350/

Dear Editor:

Wendell Anthony knows exactly what he's suggesting by asking the rhetorical question "Has Michigan become the new Mississippi?" He is implying that the appointment of an Emergency Manager for the City of Detroit by a white governor is akin to instituting Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests to deprive black people of voting rights. It's incendiary statements like Anthony's, that are a pure figment of his imagination, that cause many Michiganders of good will to want to say "to heck with Detroit; let it die." Apparently, Mr. Anthony would prefer that Detroit become the new Enron, the new Hostess, or the new Greece. And that's where municipal bankruptcy will lead us.  An Emergency Manager is our best and maybe last chance to avoid the consequences of municipal bankruptcy. I applaud Governor Snyder and his team for looking out for the best interests of all Michiganders, including Detroiters.

Thomas E. Page