You never have to say you're sorry, so long as there's still other people's money available.
The Detroit News: Highland Park, GLWA strike deal trying to buy time for final settlement
The tentative deal comes as state lawmakers have attempted to provide bailout money. The Senate Appropriations Committee last month approved a $35.4 billion budget for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that includes $20.3 million for Highland Park to use to repay the estimated $24 million with interest it owes the Great Lakes Water Authority for years of unpaid drinking water bills.
You see, the City of Highland Park doesn't just owe $24 million in unpaid water bills, they owe tens of millions more in unpaid water bills. Their current annual property tax revenue - $9.6 million. That's a problem. But now thanks to the Michigan Democrats, it won't be the city's problem and there will be no consequences to it and it's leadeship for this rather bad decision.
After all, there's tax money available from the rest of the state's taxpayers to be diverted.
The fun question is what was the city government of Highland Park doing with all the water payments made by residents there to the City all that time when they weren't paying it to GLWA?
A more pressing question is why should everyone else in the state be bailing them out for their deliberate decision and failure to pay for their water bills?
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Hush, you 'know' questions to authoritah are not allowed!!!
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