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Apartheid in Detroit: Water For Corporations, Not For People
In the spring, Detroit’s Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr ordered water shutoffs for 150,000 Detroit residents late on their bills. Orr is an unelected bureaucrat accountable only to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who appointed Orr and several other “emergency managers” in largely poor, black communities like Detroit, Benton Harbor, Flint, and Highland Park, to make all financial decisions on behalf of local elected governments.
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This is a pretty shitty article, to try to associate it with the apartheid just shows the massive ignorance of the writer. DWSD is going after all delinquent bills, including businesses. The problem is people who are very behind on their bills which is leading to the high bills, companies are using tons of water and so one month behind is a huge bill.