The Detroit News.
Some people criticize Garden City's hard-line approach.
The rest of them have paid their bills. The program works. Dodge said she'd rather have the city tack the amount of money owed from back bills to residents' tax bills. It's a much more humane way of collecting, because it gives residents time to come up with the money. Then, if the bill goes unpaid for more than 30 days, we'll send out a delinquent notice.