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Your Voice is Needed!
With no public notice and no opportunity for public input — at a special city council session scheduled immediately following a holiday weekend — your city council voted overwhelmingly to drastically cut public transit.
Not only were you denied a voice in the matter – they made the wrong decision!
Unless their decision is reversed, their proposed cuts eliminate Route #5 and reducing service on Routes #10 and #11. Imagine how much these will negatively impact the daily lives of Ypsilanti residents, including seniors, lower-income families and those with physical disabilities – not to mention the setback to efforts in making Ypsilanti a walkable and more sustainable community.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE on Tuesday, Sept 22!
Come to the City Council meeting this Tuesday, September 22 at 7 p.m. (at Ypsilanti City Hall, 1 South Huron Street in Downtown Ypsilanti.) Sign up for the public speaking opportunities, and tell your elected public officials:
- A resolution this important, that affects so many of our neighbors should not be decided at a last-minute special meeting with no public notice.
- City Council needs to go back to the budget, find the money for public transit, and restore the funding necessary to maintain public transit at its current levels.
- Citizens were assured more than two years ago that public transit was not at risk. We expect our elected officials to keep their promises.
- City Council must maintain public transit at current service levels, while working harder to develop a more sustainable funding solution.
With your help, we can convince City Council to restore the funding necessary to “Keep Ypsi Rollin’ ” by maintaining convenient, affordable and reliable public transit as a valuable community resource for all Ypsilanti residents.
For more information, City Council meeting notifications, or to sign up for e-mail updates, simply go to our Contact Us page listed at the top of this webpage.
posted by AY PAC committee