OPINION: As Detroit plays 'Let's Make A Deal,' which door will it choose?

Car Payment. If you don't make your payments, the "repo" man will take your car away.

House Payment. If you don't pay your mortgage, foreclosure knocks.

Utilities. If not paid, they are cut off.

Credit Cards. Yep, the credit card companies want their money too. Paying Visa with your American Express card ultimately catches up with you and the interest payments are oppressive.

The bottom line? Manage your finances or pay painful consequences.

Gov. Rick Snyder campaigned for office on the promise to reinvent the state. He spent his first year in office getting the state budget in order. He understands the days of pretending and spending need to end.

He is now being cast by some in Detroit as the "repo" man. Gov. Snyder is doing the job we elected him to do. He should not flinch.

We elected him to get Michigan working again. Michigan can't work with a dysfunctional Detroit.

Thursday, April 5th, is decision day. Perhaps it is more like the old game show, "Let's Make A Deal."

Mayor Dave Bing and the Detroit City Council have one of three doors to choose from:

Door Number 1: Consent Agreement. The Consent Agreement must be fiscally sound and have powerful consequence triggers if the city leaders fail to act in implementing the plan.

Door Number 2: Emergency Manager. Both sides agree this option is not desirable.

Door Number 3: Bankruptcy. An option that has dire consequences for us all.

Note, there is no door marked, "same ole, same ole" or "status quo."

All three doors require real change. They also open the door for the true rebirth of Detroit.

Gov. Snyder is no "Dirty Harry." Yet, he has been clear he will fulfill his legal, fiduciary responsibility.

As the mayor and City Council decide which door they will choose, they should be thinking, "Do you feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?"

Decision day is near. Because of an historic failure to lead and act, it is a now a choice between death or serious injury. This is no game.