Chidester a Drug & Prostitution Haven

Why do you allow Chidester to be a haven for drugs and prostitution?

Your Mayoral Office Compared to Farmer’s

How will your mayorship be different than the present one?

Employment, Education, & Recreation

How will you increase access to jobs, education, and recreation for residents?

Neighborhood Cleanliness

Many yards are messy and have rubbish to be picked up. How will you encourage clean and neat neighborhoods?

Ypsi Schools

What will you do to keep our schools going and make sure special education is not forgotten for both slow and bright?

Bus Service (encore redux)

How will you provide a continuation of bus service?

Bus Service (encore)

Earlier this year, there was the possibility of AATA bus service being reduced and then eventually discontinued in the City of Ypsilanti. As mayor, what will you do to ensure this doesn’t become an issue again, and to make sure bus service is maintained as-is in the long term?

Drug Activity in Neighborhoods

What can you do to reduce the drug activity around the neighborhood?

Revitalizing Downtown

What is your vision of how to create a revitalized downtown?

City Budget & Cost-Cutting

There has been much talk regarding cutting various parts of the city’s budget, always with the clarification that essential services (notably fire and police) must be maintained.

Within the fire and police departments, however, has there been enough cost-cutting in your opinion? How would you suggest, for example, reducing the very large (approximately one-third of the city’s budget) amount of money allotted to the police department?

Ypsi City Chickens

A recent proposal to permit chickens in Ypsilanti was turned down by city council. Do you agree with their decision? Why, or why not?

City Management

Many believe that the problems facing Ypsilanti are the result of poor management. Wouldn’t it be logical, therefore, to suggest that what we really need isn’t a new mayor or city council, but a new city manager?

Earth-Friendly Campaign Lit

I am an avid recycler. Why are Steve Pierce’s brochures printed on clay-based paper? It is hard to recycle and not earth friendly.

Beekeeping in Ypsi

Counties in Michigan allow small-scale beekeeping (honeybees) in rural, residential, and urban areas. Wayne, Jackson, Monroe, and Oakland counties, for example, allow beekeeping (I could not find any that ban hives). Cities that allow beekeeping include Detroit, Troy, Canton, Manchester, Rochester Hills, Livonia, Inkster, Plymouth, Belleville (in fact I could not find any city other than Ypsilanti that specifically bans them). Ann Arbor specifically states an entitlement of up to 2 hives per property.

Bees are necessary pollinators for both vegetable gardens and flower gardens, and wild bees are already in the area.

Could we revisit Ypsilanti’s decision to ban beekeeping and allow hobby hives to be present in the city?

Solvency

I just read the city manager’s 3-year solvency plan. The outlook is pretty grim. How do you plan to deal with this? What is your economic plan for the city?

(Current) Mayoral Endorsement

Based upon the current problems in the City of Ypsilanti, does the endorsement of current Mayor Cheryl Farmer facilitate or hinder candidate Schreiber’s electability?

Policing and Fire Dept

Ypsilanti has a volunteer community policing program, Redford Township has volunteer police officers. Would you support a volunteer fire department? We are 4.2 square miles and the help of other departments is not too far away?

Basic Services & Homeowner Taxes

The City receives $13.5 million in revenue. We need $4.6m (Police), $2.4m (Fire), $2m (Public Works), $1m (Building Department), and $1.5m for Administration to provide basic services. Would you support a basic-services form of government with an annual cost of $11.5m and a TWO MILLION DOLLAR CUT IN HOMEOWNER TAXES?

To Market You Go

Where do you purchase your groceries?