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itsrobert

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1. I don't know. I just know that my water rate is higher

Reply to FrodosPet (Original post)

Sun Jun 29, 2014, 06:34 PM

Jun 2014

than most in my city because i live in an area where newer water lines and pumps had to be put in. What happened to everyone in a city paying the same rate?

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Free utilities for residents of the City of Detroit? [View all] FrodosPet Jun 2014 OP

I don't know. I just know that my water rate is higher itsrobert Jun 2014 #1

Let them have the water. House of Roberts Jun 2014 #2

How do you avoid waste? FrodosPet Jun 2014 #15

We need to mandate a living wage!! Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #3

While true, this would still leave the problem of unemployed people ... surrealAmerican Jun 2014 #6

The economy would boom so much with a living wage Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #7

There is not enough tax revenue to do the maintenance on the water system. L0oniX Jun 2014 #4

I think they are trying to turn it back to farmland... hunter Jun 2014 #5

Maybe its time to abandon the city. nt HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #8

No, it is time to FIX the city FrodosPet Jun 2014 #14

How? HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #16

I propose a low payment rate for the first monthly 1,000 gal/mo per resident, Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #9

Or maybe you could read the actual threads on this. Starry Messenger Jun 2014 #10

No, I do not want people to be sick from cholera, dysentery, or anything else FrodosPet Jun 2014 #13

Most citizens of Detroit can pay for water. Igel Jun 2014 #11

"Should suburban customers subsidize the costs of water for the city?" Takket Jun 2014 #12