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Detroit's New Financial Manager Had Thousands in Unpaid Taxes

Incoming Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr insisted he pays his taxes as critics questioned how he could govern a cash-strapped city hamstrung by unpaid taxes when he was apparently unaware of liens placed on his Maryland home.

Incoming Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr insisted he pays his taxes as critics questioned how he could govern a cash-strapped city hamstrung by unpaid taxes when he was apparently unaware of liens placed on his Maryland home.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.