Detroit's mayor Dave Bing unveiled plans Wednesday to ration city services based on what the neighborhood looks like -- condition of homes, how many people live there and the level of blight -- because of a $155 million budget shortfall. Well, we all know where that's going.
"Our focus is going to be on the people in the neighborhoods," Bing said. "We can effect real change and improve neighborhoods."
Under Bing's plan, more attention would be paid to demolishing vacant houses, enhancing vacant lots, and improving recreation services in distressed neighborhoods. Transitional neighborhoods would get high concentrations of services mostly across the board, while more attention will be paid to code enforcement, illegal dumping and business attraction in the city's best neighborhoods than in others. Source: CNBC
I can see it now, the "good" neighborhoods will get adequate resources, while the "bad" and "blighted" neighborhoods will be on the losing end of this rationing.
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