My newspaper tells me...
“In the next phase of the case, the city must prove that it is insolvent.”
If my trusty newspaper were talking about any other city I would understand the need to jump through this Legal Hoop but my newspaper is talking about Detroit!
Detroit is Insolvent and its Insolvency ought to be obvious.
What’s next?...
- Your honor, it is incumbent upon this rotting body on the floor of this courtroom to prove it is dead before the court can proceed with any action against my client.
- Your honor, I acknowledge that the deceased jumped off that 14 story building. I will grant the court that he did this in front of 7 witnesses. It is well known that he tweeted the 7 witnesses asking them to be present to observe his fall from life. I have seen the certified letter he had in his pocket as he fell in which he had written in his own hand, “I want to die”. What I do not see is any evidence that he committed suicide.
- Your honor, simply because the Federal Government’s latest Form 1040 has been shortened to 2 lines, “How Much Did You Make Last Year” and “Send It In”, does not mean we ought to jump to the conclusion that our government wants all of our money.
It just may be that our Judicial System will be able to forgo any further legal haggling over whether or not Detroit is Insolvent by looking into any of the Online Dictionaries which now have a little picture of the Detroit Skyline next to... “Insolvent” and “Bankrupt”.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
