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Detroit gives truck company $7.8 million contract to shut off peoples’ water

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“This is a Homrich truck. Homrich is the private contractor who has already scored millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money for the purpose of shutting off residents’ water. The Department Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) absolutely refuses to consider a water affordability plan despite the fact that Detroit is in the middle of a Hepatitis A Outbreak . . . Homrich Wrecking was given a new $7.8-million contract earlier this year to conduct water shutoffs in the city through June 30, 2021. Previous years of contracts have been anywhere from $5.6 million or more.— Patricia Downing

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  1. Homrich Wrecking? A WRECKING company gets $7.8 million to do what no moral person would have any part of. I assume it’s a no-bid contract with a handsome kickback to the people misrepresenting Detroit.

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