rights without responsibilities... the new paradigm


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The right to water without the responsibility to pay for it... this is the new liberal paradigm.

Detroit is what America is becoming.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/06/26/majority-of-delinquent-detroit-water-customers-in-culture-of-your-not-making-me-pay/

DETROIT (WWJ) – Several people protested outside the Detroit Water And Sewerage Department building Thursday, saying customers are having service cut off at an alarming rate and the practice is inhumane.

Organizer David Bullock with the Change Agent Consortium says the water department is going after customers that may be as little as $150 delinquent and says the department ignores large corporations which are behind.

“People always want to attack the poor … why are we attacking poor people?” he asked.

[NEARLY HALF OF DETROIT WATER CUSTOMERS CAN'T PAY THEIR BILL]

But when asked which large companies are behind in their payments, Bullock would only say that WWJ should research the issue.

“I think you all should be standing with us,” Bullock told WWJ’s Marie Osborne. “I think you all should be demanding the same level of accountability for firms and corporations in the city of Detroit – that they are levying on residential customers.”

The water department states that there are about 60,000 delinquent accounts in the city of Detroit – with the average arrearage about $560.

City of Detroit Water And Sewerage Department Deputy Director, Darryl Latimer, said every account corporate or private is treated the same, adding that the water department does what they can to work with those who come forward and address their hardship situation.

“The majority of our customers (who) are in delinquency status, they just built a culture of ,’You’re not making me pay— I am not going to pay’,” said Latimer.

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You get the government you deserve!

I think I heard that somewhere..

That sounds familiar... but I can't quite place it. :wink:

Detroit is the crown jewel of liberalism. It's now the place where the chickens are coming home to roost.

Greg

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You get the government you deserve!

I think I heard that somewhere..

That sounds familiar... but I can't quite place it. :wink:

Detroit is the crown jewel of liberalism. It's now the place where the chickens are coming home to roost.

Greg

Not just chickens...

Bedbugs too...now, if we can only teach the buggers to drive the buses we would be home free...

DETROIT (WWJ) It’s a situation that is really bugging bus riders — and creating a potentially itchyicon1.png, scratchy ride in Detroit. Just when riders thought the problem-riddled transit system couldn’t get any worse, there’s reportedly a bed bug situation.

Detroit Councilwoman Brenda Jones brought up the issue of bedbugs on city buses during a recent meeting. She said she’d been told by a young lady that they’re a problem, and wanted to know what’s being done to solve the problem.

D-DOT Director Dan Dirks says many systems nationwide have had to deal with this dilemma — and Detroit’s buses are sprayed periodically.

“I can’t tell you exactly, I know it’s done periodically,” Dirks told WWJ’s Vickie Thomas. “When we get a request in, we’ll do it that day.”

Detroit City Council and D-DOT are working together to address the problem, he added.

He added it’s not an uncommon problem in a transit system.

“If customers find a problem with the bus, just call the station … and we’ll take care of it,” Dirks said.

This isn’t the first time this has come up in Detroit’s transit system; in 2012, about 50 drivers reported that they had been bitten.

The National Pest Management Association describes bed bugs as “hitchhikers” who latch onto suitcases, clothing, beds and other dark spaces, and emerge to feed on human blood.

If you feel like you’ve been attacked by bed bugs on a city bus, the D-DOT customer service line is 313-224-4400 or 888-DDOT-BUS.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/07/09/bedbugs-on-detroit-buses-councilwoman-reports-the-problem/

If this were not so sad, it would be hilarious.

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