"No Water, . . . No Peace"

Nearly Half of Detroit Water Customers Can't Pay Their Bill

So, . . . the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department [DWSD] has been sending out notices, and then warnings that water would be cut off, . . . and then has actually shut the water off.

Even DonDiego recognizes the human need for water.

But as DWSD spokeswoman Curtrise Garner says: “We do have programs that do help those that are just totally in need; can’t afford it — but we also know that there are also people who [can afford it but would not] pay, and we know this because, once we shut water off, the next day they are in paying the bill in full. So we do know that that has become a habit as well,” said Garner.
[n.b.DonDiego has edited the CBS article as best he can to indicate what he thinks Ms. Garner meant; the CBS article was written/edited so poorly as to be incoherent.]

Hmm, . . . what would happen then, . . . .

__The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights experts said that Detroit was violating international standards by cutting off access to water.

__And there's this guy, . . . of course:




AS CBS asks: "So, what’s the solution?"
Or, perhaps, "solutions", . . . depending on how one defines the problem.

Ahhhh, but Detroit is not cutting off access to water , the people who refuse to pay their bills are doing so . This is just another product of the gross mismanagement within the city of Detroit over most of the last 30 years or so . The current mayor and associates are trying to turn the city around , and part of that is to collect on all past due bills . The vast majority of those in arrears can pay their bill, they choose not to . Now they are finding out that if you receive a city service , that you must pay for it .

Bob

Detroit must be crazy if they think that the welfare abusers, drug dealers, crack heads, thieves, thugs, and all of the other types of low life that largely make up Detroit are going to pay their bills. Their entitled lifestyles and "Obama is going to pay my bills" mentality absolves them of being responsible for their debts. Detroit is the example of just what the USA will become if the ultra liberals continue to have their way.

Maybe troops will be brought in to pass out free deodorant.

You don't need Congressional approval for that, do you ???

Rick

This emergency is pr'bly a matter best left to FEMA. Whether needed or not, Congress would likely approve.

DonDiego would recommend Old Spice Dernali, . . . "smells like wilderness, open air, & freedom."

Just for the record, DonDiego asked "What's the solution?" in total seriousness. He doesn't have a good answer. He can raise an objection to every answer he's come up with.

Subsidy's. Would be good for the water vote

The problem will resolve itself, as the non payers realize that the city now means business . In the past , it didn't take long for the population to realize that the city didn't care it the water bill was paid . It will go quickly in the other direction when they realize that the city WILL in fact shut off their water . Bob

Is everyone forgetting about the Detroit river? That is free water that the city is not stopping people from accessing. Remember in the old days people would carry water from miles away to their homes.