Detroit Halting Garbage Pickup, Police Patrols In 20% Of City
December 14th, 2010Via: Business Insider:
Detroit has been bankrupt for years. It simply refuses to admit it. Detroit’s schools are bankrupt as well. A mere 25% of students graduate from high school.
Yet, in spite of hints and threats from mayors and budget commissions, and in spite of common sense talk of bankruptcy, Detroit has not pulled the bankruptcy trigger.
In a futile attempt to stave off the inevitable one last time, Mayor Bing’s latest plan is to cutoff city services including road repairs, police patrols, street lights, and garbage collection in 20% of Detroit.
When garbage collection stops, its the end. Do they know what will fester, grow via rats and flies? Add in a fire risk and the water supply getting extra toxic.
Very creepy stuff. What does 20% (area) af a city like Detroit amount to? Sounds huge to me.
I’m imagining scenes from the film, The Road, a truckload of whacko-bandits rolling around in a broken down truck with machine guns pointed in every direction.