Detroit delineate a plan to get itself out of debt , salt shortages are making a snowstorm near you even worse , and another week of violence is stir up in Kiev . It ’s this hebdomad ’s look at What ’s bankrupt Our Cities .
Bankruptcy might not ruin Detroit
The largest failure filing in the state has a rosier futurity as Detroit free its marriage offer to repay its $ 18 billion debt to creditors . A document from the metropolis call the “ plan of adjustment ” adumbrate financial strategy and more , reports the New York Times : “ It will be accompanied by a disclosure financial statement that outlines the areas in which Detroit designate to reinvest in the metropolis — like lowering police - response metre , restoring streetlights and renewing spoilt neck of the woods . ” The city might also make money by leasing out its water system and toilet operations to a regional contractile organ . Less pop is an idea for reducing pensions for metropolis workers . [ New York Times ]
A salt shortage is ruining the East
One of the cause the latest polar vortex has feel so vortexy ? A salt shortfall has harry weather - stricken metropolis throughout the U.S. , leading some municipality to sprain to less effectual alternatives as the a la mode blizzard sweeps through town . The plentiful standby sand does n’t ferment as well ; beet juice ( yes , beet juice ! ) is too expensive . Plus there ’s all sorts of bureaucratic take as well : This hebdomad , 40,000 oodles of salt were banned from the Port of Newark because the ship was n’t flying the American flag . The only thing that can puzzle out this trouble ? Spring . [ NPR , Gizmodo ]
Fiery protests are ruining Kiev
We do n’t need to assure you about the mortal fight playing out between protester and police force in Kiev , Ukraine . Although the government declared a truce yesterday , fighting has continued , and at least 75 citizenry have been killed . Most devastating is the fact that protester are setting up fire blockades to keep police at embayment — literally burning down the city to protect themselves . A shocking before - and - after epitome of the metropolis ’s Independence Square illustrate the demolition . [ CNN , Sploid ]
Photo by Carlos Osorio / AP
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