Obama-era LED streetlights

Obama-era LED streetlights in Detroit that were supposed to last at least ten years… are already burning out and needing replacement after three years. Count on it: if you can think of something completely stupid that’s a total waste of money, the city of Detroit will do it.

J.P. Travis: Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1976 graduate of University of Michigan, father, grandfather, husband, founder and CEO of Travelyn Publishing (http://www.travelynpublishing.com/), and passionate anti-government believer in individual liberty.

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  • Boeing has gone all LED on the new jets we're buying from them. Disaster. My o my, are they pretty and bright, but reliability is in the dumpster right now.

  • More like they are being shot out by thugs.....And Detroitastan doesn't want to admit it...And politicians stole the money for replacements...

    • I travel by my old hood just about every morning on the Southfield Freeway on my way to work around the corner from the Lions training center. It's worse if I get routed through my old hood if the 96/Southfield interchange is all backed up. I keep hearing the news that Detroit is coming back. Problem they fail to mention time and time again, it's really only the downtown area. That is a relatively small portion of the city. The vast majority is a craphole. I'm glad I escaped 9 years ago when I did. One of the best things I did for myself to move out to the burbs. Too bad I didn't do it a decade earlierr.