Sending A Strong Message: Unelected Detroit Officials Shut Off Power Downtown Because Ha That'll Show Residents Who Didn't Cut Back Like He Told 'Em To | Common Dreams
"Detroit's incompetent autocratic chief compliance officer - who works for the incompetent autocratic emergency manager who was apppointed by the incompetent autocratic GOP governor who helped crash the economy - deliberately, and evidently somewhat bemusedly, shut down much of the city's power grid on 9/11 to send "a strong message" to ornery residents who failed to listen to him the first time when he warned them to reduce power usage that might threaten an already-burdened infrastructure."