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Eric
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Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 11:36 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

More than 800 Detroit homeowners have filed a class action against the city for imposing an annual $300 fee for garbage pickup that the residents say amounts to a hidden tax.

In the lawsuit, filed Oct. 10, residents say the fee is illegal because it is involuntary and that if homeowners do not pay, the city will place a lien on their property. That makes it a hidden tax, they say. And as a tax, it should have been voted on by Detroit residents instead of being imposed by the city


http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20061021/NEW S01/610210420

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