Posted on 09/11/2013 1:53:29 PM PDT by lbryce
Downtown Detroit was hit by a power outage at around 1 p.m. today.
Multiple buildings appear to have lost power including city hall, Detroit News is reporting. CBS Detroit reports that the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice and the People Mover in downtown Detroit have also lost power, while Local 4 News reports that some Wayne State University buildings lost power and there were reports of people stuck in elevators.
We recently reported how the city was racing against the end of Daylight Savings Time to restore reliable service to thousands of street lights.
The city's office of emergency management says they had to shut off parts of the grid to address two main power lines that surged out as a result of heat overloads, the WXYZ's Alicia Smith reports.
The area is powered by the City of Detroit Public Lighting Department, ABC 7 reports. DTE Energy says that a cable failure occurred at 12:45 pm.
Local 4 News has this footage of the scene inside the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, where the former mistress of Bob Basharahad just taken the stand in a preliminary hearing in his first degree murder case.
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I've always thought it would be a good idea for San Francisco to find a good, god fearing family; do an extensive background check to make sure their legit; and then pay them good money just to stay within the city limits 24/7.
No sweat, just read “Atlas Shrugged.” It’s all there.
Clearly, you have a bit of Biblical knowledge.
It is an elevated electric train. I hope they could get the doors open when the power went off.
Lock and load time.
LOL!
It’s Chicago. They’re stealing Detroit’s electricity.
Skyrocketing employee benefits: City leaders allowed legacy costs the tab for retiree pensions and health care to spiral out of control even as the State of Michigan and private industry were pushing workers into less costly plans. That placed major stress on the budget and diverted money from services such as streetlights and public safety. Detroits spending on retiree health care soared 46% from 2000 to 2012, even as its general fund revenue fell 20%.
Gifting a billion in bonuses: Pension officials handed out about $1 billion in bonuses from the citys two pension funds to retirees and active city workers from 1985 to 2008. That money mostly in the form of so-called 13th checks could have shored up the funds and possibly prevented the city from filing for bankruptcy. If that money had been saved, it would have been worth more than $1.9 billion today to the city and pension funds, by one experts estimate.
Taxing higher and higher: City leaders tried repeatedly to reverse sliding revenue through new taxes. Despite a new income tax in 1962, a new utility tax in 1971 and a new casino revenue tax in 1999 not to mention several tax increases along the way revenue in todays dollars fell 40% from 1962 to 2012. Higher taxes helped drive residents to the suburbs and drove away business. Today, Detroit still doesnt take in as much tax revenue as it did just from property taxes in 1963.
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