Clark Durant, cofounder of Cornerstone Schools and failed candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, argues in the Free Press that critics are wrong in scorning Rod Lockwood's plan to turn Belle Isle into a low-tax, low-government commonwealth.
Wow! Rod Lockwood proposes that Belle Isle be sold for $1 billion. The deal would bring immediate cash to a financially strapped city and potential for serious economic growth and jobs. And he gets scorned. But leave Belle Isle out of it. Look at what else he is saying.
Lockwood's book, "Belle Isle: Detroit's Game Changer," tells a positive story about how to create a prosperous and good society in a new commonwealth. He envisions a diverse population. He hopes people from all over the world will come to live and work. He sees a commonwealth rooted in limited government. He calls it limited "service."
He likes Liechtenstein. It has one of the highest GDP per capita in the world, one the lowest unemployment rates, and the world's lowest external debt. They have a prince but an elected parliament. Citizens can enact legislation independent of the parliament.
