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Thecaptain, I respect your opinion but I'm sorry, receivership is not the answer.

As we saw over the last two years, Solomon and the city council raised taxes without meeting the conditions needed for state intervention (even a seven-month-late audit didn't trigger it), and the city has tens of millions of dollars it could borrow without harming its bond rating.

Please don't misunderstand, I don't see either of those as positive things, especially in the temptation they present to city officials to cover up for their own lack of spine when they had a chance to negotiate for less expensive city contracts, for example.

But as long as the city can tax and borrow to paper over its fiscal situation, Solomon and the council will keep taking the easy way out.