Who is this Krystal Crittendon? She has the first name of a dancer and a last name that sounds like a hospital. I’ve seen her referred to as Detroit’s corporation counsel and also as the city’s lead attorney. Either way she holds a lot of clout, including the ability to single-handedly send the city into bankruptcy.

How’s that possible? I thought only the county executive had that kind of power. I came to that conclusion while watching Macomb’s Mark Hackel take part in a synthetic pot raid at the Woodstock Tobacco store in Shelby Township. By the way, nothing illegal was found at the store. It was probably the first time nothing illegal was found at some place named Woodstock.

Crittendon opposed a consent deal Mayor Dave Bing struck with Gov. Rick Snyder because, she claims, the state should first pay Detroit the millions and millions of dollars the state owes the city.

The city, on the other hand, is trying to avoid a payless payday, which is a completely unfunny oxymoron. You know what really surprises me – that an unwieldy, mismanaged, at-times corrupt city like Detroit has never had such an oxymoronic payday. That is nothing short of amazing.

Who is this Krystal Crittendon? She has the first name of a dancer and a last name that sounds like a hospital. I’ve seen her referred to as Detroit’s corporation counsel and also as the city’s lead attorney. Either way she holds a lot of clout, including the ability to single-handedly send the city into bankruptcy.

How’s that possible? I thought only the county executive had that kind of power. I came to that conclusion while watching Macomb’s Mark Hackel take part in a synthetic pot raid at the Woodstock Tobacco store in Shelby Township. By the way, nothing illegal was found at the store. It was probably the first time nothing illegal was found at some place named Woodstock.

Crittendon opposed a consent deal Mayor Dave Bing struck with Gov. Rick Snyder because, she claims, the state should first pay Detroit the millions and millions of dollars the state owes the city.

The city, on the other hand, is trying to avoid a payless payday, which is a completely unfunny oxymoron. You know what really surprises me – that an unwieldy, mismanaged, at-times corrupt city like Detroit has never had such an oxymoronic payday. That is nothing short of amazing.