Here's a plan for saving the city This article is possibly the best stab at fixing the problems that plague the city of Cleveland, or any other major urban area. The main idea of the article is decentralizing the responsibility of governing areas of the city to prominent people in the city. I like this idea because there is a sense in which Jesus described the church like this. "A priesthood of believers" is a metaphor used in the bible and has radical implications. Priests are usually thought of as elite clergy who are "people of the cloth." But the church of Jesus Christ is called to put the power in the people and train them to responsibly represent the kingdom (or city) to which they truly belong....the kingdom (or city) of God. So according to the bible, everyone in the church is a priest...not just a small group. So when it comes to how to divy up responsibility to govern people, there is inherent wisdom in not giving the responsibility of governing a major urban area to a small group of people in government. Instead, they should invest their time and energy in equipping people in the city to take responsibility over their area of the city and network with leaders in other areas. Good stuff.