Despite having "No Horses," the Water and Sewerage Department for the city of Detroit, Michigan employs a horseshoer. And, once again, I am not that creative to make this stuff up! The city pays $29,245 in salary and about $27,000 in benefits for the horseshoer position. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has a large debt, rising water prices and inefficient services that use almost twice the number of employees/gallon of water as other cities like Chicago. And, guess what? The local union president said it is "not possible" to eliminate the position. The good people of Detroit should be outraged that this position still exists.
And, to make matters worse, an independent consultant to the city of Detroit recommended that the city trim more than 80% of the Water and Sewerage Department’s workforce. The consultant, who wrote the report, found 257 job descriptions, including the infamous horsehshoer be eliminated. In response to the report, John Riehl, President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 207, which represents many of these employees, said department needs more workers, not less. This union is totally out of control!
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