Attorney Richard Bernstein, member of the Wayne State University Board of Governors, commented about Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's proposal that Detroiters pay $300 a year for trash pick-up. Kilpatrick's garbage fee plan involves the elimination of a fee for garbage pick-up built into the city's property tax structure, which was scaled according to property value. Bernstein said that the fee could be interpreted as retaliation for a victorious lawsuit brought against the Detroit Department of Transportation last year. The U.S. Justice Department is currently monitoring D-DOT, to force it to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act by providing accessible transportation.