Godlike Productions - Discussion Forum
Users Online Now: 2,032 (Who's On?)Visitors Today: 1,097,839
Pageviews Today: 1,528,096Threads Today: 412Posts Today: 7,458
12:35 PM


Rate this Thread

Absolute BS Crap Reasonable Nice Amazing
 

Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills

 
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 12680882
United States
03/23/2014 11:13 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills


SNIP

Detroit— The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has a message for Detroit residents and companies more than 60 days late on their water bills: We’re coming for you.

With more than half of the city’s customers behind on payments, the department is gearing up for an aggressive campaign to shut off service to 1,500-3,000 delinquent accounts weekly, said Darryl Latimer, the department’s deputy director.

Including businesses, schools and commercial buildings, there are 323,900 Detroit water and sewerage accounts; 164,938 were overdue for a total of $175 million as of March 6. Residential accounts total 296,115; 154,229 were delinquent for a total of $91.7 million.

The department halts cutoffs through the winter because of complications associated with freezing temperatures, such as damaged pipes. But this spring, a new contractor has been hired to target those who are more than two months behind or who owe more than $150 — twice the average monthly bill of $75.

The department says it’s now ready to “catch up” with cutoffs halted because of the unusually harsh winter weather. DWSD is looking to show there are consequences associated with not paying water bills, Latimer said.

[link to www.detroitnews.com]
abeliever
Members

User ID: 46293405
United States
03/23/2014 11:18 AM

Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Oh that should be healthy... good luck with that!
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55996617
United States
03/23/2014 11:20 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Good luck trying that with kids in the house.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55152391
United States
03/23/2014 11:21 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
A true shit hole Detroit shall be. hf
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 52557357
United States
03/23/2014 11:21 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
NO ONE should have to live without water! That's just wrong.




EVERYONE has the RIGHT to water!
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55990361
United States
03/23/2014 11:24 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Oh no you didn't!

Dey owes me!

You dont be shuttin off my mufuckin watta bitch!

Dey owes me!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Pfff, they'll just find a way to steal that too.
silvertrek

User ID: 48212676
United States
03/23/2014 11:31 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
It is time to fence that shithole off to prevent the disease from spreading.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55391585
United States
03/23/2014 11:32 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Detroiters dont need water as long as they have weed, heroin or crack.
Paying their utility bills takes a back seat to getting their freak on.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55991284
United States
03/23/2014 11:36 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
[link to www.washingtonpost.com]

"Iraq War Costing $720 Million Each Day

The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children"


Killing innocent people around the world is more important than taking care of people in America. Food, clothing, shelter, water are no concern to the RULERS of America. Killing people REALLY is what matters.

Americans = SLAVES.
.
~sIcKaNdTwIsTeD~

User ID: 29333438
United States
03/23/2014 11:37 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Fucking water bills are OUTRAGEOUS. Mine is more than my fucking gas bill....The masses might just target the operators of said company. What do you think if a dozen of them wind up dead with the promises of more to come--will they keep the water on then?

Last Edited by A Mery Can on 03/23/2014 11:37 AM
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55964524
United States
03/23/2014 11:37 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
I guess they thought Obama was supposed to pay their water bill.
pontimaniac
User ID: 25769221
United States
03/23/2014 11:37 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
the government will BAIL them out. and raise taxes on all you rich people, i wonder what would happen if everybody in america just flat out refused to pay taxes , or for that matter get up and go to work, like so many other americans already do. lets try it for a week!!!
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55450469
United States
03/23/2014 11:38 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
It will start in Detroit and everyone on here will just laugh at them and talk about how shitty the place is but soon it will happen all over the country. People have moved away from Water Wells that our Grandparents had for the convenience of city water. Now they control the most valuable substance our bodies need. When the water is cut off people will stop making jokes about cutting off someones water. Breath deep because they also control what is in the Air. I pray the people in Detroit can find clean water for their families. If one group suffers we all suffer. Look around the planet and then realize it effects everyone.

Peace
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55991284
United States
03/23/2014 11:38 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Oh no you didn't!

Dey owes me!

You dont be shuttin off my mufuckin watta bitch!

Dey owes me!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Pfff, they'll just find a way to steal that too.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 55990361


bsflag

Do you know that you are NO BETTER than those people?

You are brainwashed.

Brainwashing really does work.
.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 34361934
Canada
03/23/2014 11:39 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Geez, can't imagine what it will be like for those that have water after they do that. hiding
Founders Fan

User ID: 54374199
United States
03/23/2014 11:39 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
This guy should have been our first black POTUS
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.

Bob Marley

“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.”
THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809)

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Bruce Lee
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 13638853
United States
03/23/2014 11:40 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
That new contracted company in charge of going door to door to isolate and lock out each water meter requires you to go inside each dwelling to the basement or crawlspace to remove the meter and cap the flange.

Or turn the brass body valve off and lock it ...


Do ya think them nitters are gonna let you in to do that when they know you're there to turn off that free water ?

gonna get ugly ...
Founders Fan

User ID: 54374199
United States
03/23/2014 11:41 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
NO ONE should have to live without water! That's just wrong.




EVERYONE has the RIGHT to water!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52557357


Let them drink outta the damn lake.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.

Bob Marley

“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.”
THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809)

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Bruce Lee
Sitting Duck

User ID: 53272767
United States
03/23/2014 11:41 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
In related news:

Haiti Cholera Outbreak

[link to www.cdc.gov]
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 32727364
United States
03/23/2014 11:42 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
NO ONE should have to live without water! That's just wrong.




EVERYONE has the RIGHT to water!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52557357


Who told you that lie?dead3
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55152391
United States
03/23/2014 11:44 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
I wouldn't piss on Detroit if it were on fire. OK, maybe I would. hf
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55990361
United States
03/23/2014 11:45 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Oh no you didn't!

Dey owes me!

You dont be shuttin off my mufuckin watta bitch!

Dey owes me!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Pfff, they'll just find a way to steal that too.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 55990361


bsflag

Do you know that you are NO BETTER than those people?

You are brainwashed.

Brainwashing really does work.
.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 55991284


I WORK for a living AND I PAY MY BILLS.
Therefore, I AM BETTER than those people.
Although at times like this, I feel like a sucker,
because apparently, I AM THE ONLY ONE working and paying the bills.
AND I PAY TAXES; so I'm paying their bills also.
So...GFY.
Kirk

User ID: 55955267
United States
03/23/2014 11:45 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Fucking water bills are OUTRAGEOUS. Mine is more than my fucking gas bill....The masses might just target the operators of said company. What do you think if a dozen of them wind up dead with the promises of more to come--will they keep the water on then?
 Quoting: ~sIcKaNdTwIsTeD~


problem isn't with the worker. The problem is with high priced drones that set policy and manage. It is their ineptness that makes basically free water cost $75. Distribution is just a bunch of pipes and $75 is just for your house. You buy that network over and over and over. Everything is a profit center. The sale price of this essential is what they can get. Not cost plus a reasonable markup.

In Japan the salary spread between the manager and the janitor is 5:1, in the US it can be 5000:1
In America they rely on your ignorance to keep you from hanging them from the lamp posts.
Government is a body largely ungoverned.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55991284
United States
03/23/2014 11:48 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
NO ONE should have to live without water! That's just wrong.

EVERYONE has the RIGHT to water!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52557357


Who told you that lie?dead3
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 32727364


You seem to believe that the existing systems are the ONLY way that things could ever be structured.

Brainwashing REALLY does work.

Who pays to drive down any road in America?

Could the system be set up that you have to pay a toll on EVERY road? Sure it could, but that is not how things are set up.

Could the sytem be set up for everyone to have "FREE" water by collecting the costs in some other way? SURE it could.

Poor thinking gets poor results.

Who taught you to think so poorly?

How are YOU served by thinking poorly?

Who wins when you think poorly?

IT'S NOT YOU!!!
.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55983976
Bulgaria
03/23/2014 11:49 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
that must be the american dream i heard of
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 32069520
United States
03/23/2014 11:50 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
NO ONE should have to live without water! That's just wrong.




EVERYONE has the RIGHT to water!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52557357


specialstupid

Nothing is free. It costs money to maintain and repair the water system.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55983976
Bulgaria
03/23/2014 11:51 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
NO ONE should have to live without water! That's just wrong.




EVERYONE has the RIGHT to water!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52557357


specialstupid

Nothing is free. It costs money to maintain and repair the water system.
 Quoting: AlcoholicAlien


Obama, is that you?
Kirk

User ID: 55955267
United States
03/23/2014 11:51 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
the government will BAIL them out. and raise taxes on all you rich people, i wonder what would happen if everybody in america just flat out refused to pay taxes , or for that matter get up and go to work, like so many other americans already do. lets try it for a week!!!
 Quoting: pontimaniac 25769221


The super rich don't pay and the folks in the middle are tapped out. Only someone with shit for brains bleeds their milk cow.
Welcome to Amerika.
Where the super rich RULE.
Government is a body largely ungoverned.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 55991284
United States
03/23/2014 11:52 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
Oh no you didn't!

Dey owes me!

You dont be shuttin off my mufuckin watta bitch!

Dey owes me!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Pfff, they'll just find a way to steal that too.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 55990361


bsflag

Do you know that you are NO BETTER than those people?

You are brainwashed.

Brainwashing really does work.
.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 55991284


I WORK for a living AND I PAY MY BILLS.
Therefore, I AM BETTER than those people.
Although at times like this, I feel like a sucker,
because apparently, I AM THE ONLY ONE working and paying the bills.
AND I PAY TAXES; so I'm paying their bills also.
So...GFY.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 55990361


You are FOOLED. Who deceived you?

You are going to lose "YOUR" job soon or you are going to get hurt soon or your house is going to be lost in some extreme weather soon or..............

Your ego is enormous but you have a TINY brain.

Your day is coming.
.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 32069520
United States
03/23/2014 11:54 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
NO ONE should have to live without water! That's just wrong.




EVERYONE has the RIGHT to water!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52557357


specialstupid

Nothing is free. It costs money to maintain and repair the water system.
 Quoting: AlcoholicAlien


Obama, is that you?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 55983976


:klingonface33:
Kirk

User ID: 55955267
United States
03/23/2014 11:57 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills
NO ONE should have to live without water! That's just wrong.




EVERYONE has the RIGHT to water!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52557357


specialstupid

Nothing is free. It costs money to maintain and repair the water system.
 Quoting: AlcoholicAlien


If we paid $1000 a year on a household well(12 x 75 = 900)
that would be 5 times what it costs and water utilities have economy of scale. Your buggered arse bleed much? Ever look at electric utility costs? THey hose you too. Utility commission is supposed to keep the bulldogs on a leash but in truth it is a sham. Amerika has become the home of every unclean bird.
Government is a body largely ungoverned.





GLP