Courtesy of Mish.
Space does not permit a complete discussion of zombified cities. Such a list would be in the many hundreds. Rather this post is about four cities in recent news that are among the walking dead. One is even a dumping ground for the dead.
Fourth Financial Urgency in Miami in Four years
The Huffington Post reports Miami Declares Financial Urgency For Fourth Year In A Row
Miami City Manager Johnny Martinez declared a state of financial urgency Friday for the fourth year in a row.
The move gives the city commission authority to restructure its existing contracts with police, general employee, and fire unions.
City commissioners agreed to not hike taxes in a budget meeting Thursday night, but instead will look to close a budget gap of tens of millions through union concessions. The $485 million budget must be balanced by September.
“The unions are not cooperating with the process,” Mayor Tomas Regalado told the Miami Herald. “We need to have a balanced budget.”
Martinez said in a statement that the city will be contacting union representatives to start up two weeks of negotiations. The declaration of urgency has likely incensed police and fire officials; according to Reuters, the latter group argued before city officials Thursday night that their pay has been cut 35 percent in the last 3 years already.
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Detroit Becomes Dumping Ground for the Dead
The Associated Press writes Vacant Detroit Becomes Dumping Ground for the Dead.
From the street, the two decomposing bodies were nearly invisible, concealed in an overgrown lot alongside worn-out car tires and a moldy sofa. The teenagers had been shot, stripped to their underwear and left on a deserted block.
They were just the latest victims of foul play whose remains went undiscovered for days after being hidden deep inside Detroit’s vast urban wilderness – a crumbling wasteland rarely visited by outsiders and infrequently patrolled by police.
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