Grosse Pointe will fight rat problem around its DPW site… by moving it to Detroit
Can you say, “environmental racism”, boys and girls?
“In dollar figures, it is a city with a $92,500 median household income that has chosen to headquarter its garbage collection in a city where the median household income is $26,095. Demographically, it’s a city that’s 93 percent white handling its trash and parking its trash trucks in a city that’s 82 percent black. And then there’s the symbolism of the choice of putting the Department of Public Works site, with its allegedly rat-attracting trucks, a stone’s throw from Balduck Park, one of the key recreational areas on Detroit’s east side.”
