DETROITS CORPORATIST LEADERSHIP SCOFFS AT HUMAN RIGHTS The representatives of the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner made the trip after activists appealed to the U.N. for assistance. They visited residents who have lost water service or have struggled to keep it, and they met with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and water department officials for about two hours Monday morning. . . The city, the nations largest municipality to file for bankruptcy, said it made about 27,000 shut-offs between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 . . . The U.N. officials cited falling population, rising unemployment and a utility passing on higher costs associated with an aging system . . . Our conclusion is that you have here in Detroit a man-made perfect storm. /
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 03:22:34 +0000
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