DTE Reposses Highland Park Street Lights

[rjk]

http://detnews.com/article/20111011/...-Highland-Park

[Zacha341]

Goodness! Another reason to stay out of HP after dark! This is CRAZY! What is to become of this city?

http://detnews.com/article/20111011/...-Highland-Park

[1953]

Don't worry. The mayor says crime happens during the day, so fewer street lights won't be a problem [[ha!).

Its time for Highland Park to revert to Highland Park Twp. or to merge with either Detroit or Hamtramck.

1953

[cman710]

Its time for Highland Park to revert to Highland Park Twp. or to merge with either Detroit or Hamtramck.

1953

I had the same thought. If the city cannot provide the most basic city services, it needs to be combined with another city that can - not that Detroit does great in the services department, either.

[Detroitnerd]

Consider Highland Park a laboratory for the concept of privatization. They tried it with the water utility, now DTE is pulling out. What were all those unkind words about DPL a few weeks ago?

Highland Park merging with Hamtramck? As somebody familiar with Hamtramck's woes, not sure how that would play out. You'd have to double the police and fire resources of Hamtramck and you'd have a much lower tax base...

[1953]

Detroitnerd, mine is a long term vision that encompasses the expansion of Hamtramck! Its would be a serious challenge today, but in the long term the city could gain some room to become the greatest city in history!

[Danny]

DTE took those fancy street lights from its ghettohoods since last summer. Execpt on Woodward Ave. Fewer streetlights were placed along John R Rd. Second, Third, Hamilton Rds. This is result of corrupt HP city council and its workers. And of course DTE as a the rich that takes its utilities from the poor. They have to make money to feed the bigger pigs in Wall Street.