"Detroit Disease" metastasizes to suburbs---To keep streetlights on, metro Detroit communities send the bill to residents

To keep streetlights on, metro Detroit communities send the bill to residents | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: "Lincoln Park City Manager Joseph Merucci said the council held public hearings before approving the measure, which will bring in about $590,00 a year, just shy of the $620,000 the service costs the city.
.......Merucci said Lincoln Park’s predicament — the city is undergoing a financial review by the state treasury and has seen its property tax valuations drop 44% in five years — requires drastic action."