Motor City Muckraker files FOIA lawsuit against Detroit over hydrant records
Mayor Duggan’s administration refused to turn over public records about broken hydrants that are jeopardizing lives and property.
Records: Detroit mistakenly shut off water to 900+ houses with no payment issues
Instead of halting water shutoffs until the problem was resolved, Mayor Duggan’s administration accelerated the process, especially on homeowners.
New housing, Joe Louis-themed restaurant to revive old Brewster projects area
A group of local investors came up with $50 million to finance the redevelopment, which will pay homage to Joe Louis and the history of the now-demolished Brewster-Douglass housing projects.
City of Detroit threatens John K. King bookstore over building banners
The city is threatening to take legal action if the book store doesn’t remove two banners from its iconic warehouse.
Detroit explains why water was shut off at homes with up-to-date bills
“Clearly, this should not have happened and DWSD is now in the process of reviewing this list to ensure such an error does not happen in the future,” DWSD spokesman Greg Eno said.
Oops! Detroit shuts off water to homeowners with up-to-date bills
The city is trying to determine how many people improperly lost their water this week.
City: Releasing records of broken hydrants would ‘start a mass fire’
Mayor Duggan’s administration has declined to release public records on broken hydrants.
Exclusive: Detroit neglects hundreds of hydrants in downtown and neighborhoods
Firefighters are losing control of fires because many streets have no working hydrants.
Halal slaughterhouse at Eastern Market won’t stop dumping lamb remains in dumpsters
It appears the Eastern Market slaughterhouse that has been filling dumpsters with bloody lamb skins and rotting remains does not plan to stop anytime soon. Buy strattera 40mg Berry and Sons Islamic Slaughter House continued to dump the remains in an open dumpster along Gratiot on Thursday afternoon despite outrage following our story about a foul stench […]
Mayor Duggan’s team approves demo of historic Deck Bar with ’emergency’ order
For the past seven years, city of Detroit officials and preservationists have waged a long and expensive legal battle to prevent Grosse Pointe Park from demolishing the historic Deck Bar.