Always fun! Lonnie and Monica take apart the muddled claims and ideas presented in our Spring and Summer newsletters....This is not the latest Message - that would be the summer one - but it was a doozy. This was the one where Mr. Bennett claimed that Townships all over Michigan do not receive funding for their roads! Huh? So what's the 57M in road work that we've seen since Mr Bennett took office in 2016? Answer... of course we receive road funding! It's just administered by the Road Commission. And our Supervisor has been negligent in making sure that these projects reflect the desires of our community to have our roads designed with accessibility in mind. Many, many opportunities have been squandered due to lack of interest in the MDOT policies in place to encourage non-motorized development. It's also the one where Mr. Bennett helpfully supplied a QR code so that residents could complain directly to the Road Commission if they had complaints about public roads. Again, this is a place where the Supervisor should be going to bat for residents at the County level. Listen to the crazy response a young mother received when she tried to get a stop sign installed near the bus stop in Williamsburg Farms! Buck passing at its finest. That's what you can expect from Our Supervisor.Once again Mr. Bennett pats himself on the back for "not raising local millage" . But the bulk of our local revenues come when our assessments go up by a rate set by the state. So Mr. Bennett hasn't raised your taxes, but your taxes sure have increased! Without any increase in local services and amenities! We're paying more but he's still giving us excuses, and telling us we need a millage for any parks improvements, or any help with Special Assessment Districts. Oh, but 120,000 of that increase went for a branding consultant to give us our new swirly line logo and our motto "A community in motion." A community in motion, all right, out of Grand Blanc Township. Another 120,000 for last summers survey where statistics were scientifically massaged to give our township government very high ratings of satisfaction across the board. Bravo! 240,000 that could have given us five foot paved shoulders on Grand Blanc Road... spent to tell us how happy we all are, swirling around "In Motion". Even though we cant' walk or ride bicycles to get to school or work or play. Great job, guys!

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