Those Detroit water shutoffs? Blame ‘em on botched bookkeeping

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By Heather SmithSep 15, 2014, 5:55 am77 pts
Detroit’s water situation is even stranger than we thought. According to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the dramatic spike in water shutoffs to individual homes in Detroit that began in March of this year may have happened not because people failed to pay their bills…

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