Andrew Heller: If you live near Flint, should you give it part
of your income?  Dayne_Walling_2011.jpg Mayor Dayne Walling
speaks at a 2011 mayoral primary candidates forum.    Read the
following sentence from Flint Mayor Dayne Walling's guest
commentary in the Detroit Free Press this week and tell me if
he's saying what I think he's saying:  "Area residents should
not be given a local income tax break by choosing to locate just
outside the city limits and thereby avoid paying the legacy
costs embedded in city operations and the higher resident income
tax, while still accessing core amenities such as universities
and medical centers and taking advantage of better funded
suburban services and schools."  Is he saying people who neither
work nor live in the city should pay up? If so, that's an, um,
interesting idea. And one that is certain to honk off a whole
lot of people.  But before you get your shorts in too much of a
bunch, let's provide some context. Walling was writing about the
financial difficulties fac