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on contracts and benefits, which have contributed to nearly 
$15 billion in unfunded liabilities for the city.State-appointed Emergency 
Manager Kevyn Orr on Thursday filed the bankruptcy, making Detroit the largest 
U.S. city to declare one, after failing to negotiate a restructuring of 
union contracts to lessen the citys financial burden.Orr, appointed in March 
by Gov. Rick Synder, appeared to have little choice, considering Detroit 
had a general fund in the red for roughly the past nine 
years and a fiscal 2012 deficit of $327 million.In addition, Detroit has 
a roughly 18 percent unemployment rate, one of the countrys highest violent-crime 
rates and about 80,000 blighted or abandon buildings.Chronic budget problems 
have taken a significant toll on everyday life for citizens, Snyder said 
recently. Detroiters deserve to feel safe when they walk down the street, 
to have their street lights on, to have the bus show up 
to take them to work. However, the city also has a history 
of corruption that has led to its financial problems, including Mayor Kwame 
Kilpatrick resigning in a 2008 sex-and-perjury scandal that cost the city 
almost $9 million from a lawsuit and legal fees.The Associated Press contributed 
to this report.
f as alleged by Clifford I 
was seeking to protect Speaker Madigan, why would I take his allegations 
immediately over to the OEIG (Office of Executive Inspector General) if 
I thought there was pressure from Speaker Madigan? It just doesn't make 
sense."Clifford did not get the necessary votes to renew his contract earlier 
this year, but he left Metra with a $700,000 severance deal that 
some have characterized as "hush money" to keep Clifford quiet after threatening 
a lawsuit.Clifford denies that claim and says the money was "100 percent 
about my ability to get a job and how I've been damaged."Metra 
announced on Friday that it plans to hire a well-known former federal 
prosecutor in Chicago to perform an independent investigation into Clifford's 
allegations and make recommendations concerning Metra's hiring and contract 
policies.Metra's board of directors must approve the hiring at a special 
meeting on Monday.The man who oversees Illinois' government watchdog group 
says even though there was no illegal activity involved with the Metra 
scandal, the case has lawmakers squirming a bit more than usual."This is 
a very big deal, this is the first time in anyone's memory 
that Speaker Madigan has been implicated so directly in the workings of 
a public agency," Better Government Association President Andy Shaw said. 
"Madigan and hundreds if not thousands (of politicians) do this every day. 
We just don't hear about it very often, because it happens b




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