Dear Ypsilanti City Council---you sure blew that one

Tabling the truancy ordinance? How hard is it to understand? Was it not explained properly to you? Are you having trouble grasping that fact we NEED to have kids in school between 9-3:30 and yes there SHOULD be penalties, STIFF penalties for those who simply won't follow the rules?

Ypsilanti residents don't ask a lot out of our city council, we're a fairly live and let live bunch but with all the crime going on as the economy bottoms out, should we also have to worry about teenagers causing mischief of worse when you could simply hold their parents accountable? DO SOMETHING and tabling the issue is NOT what you should have done.

Lois Richardson, D-1, felt that a fine could be bad for parents. Uh, Lois, that's the damned point. If it's voluntary or has no teeth why even bother? Each and every city council member who voted to kick this down the road let down the very city residents you are paid to look after. That would be ALL Of them except William Nickels, D-2, who did the RIGHT thing in not voting for the delay.

Stop mollycoddling truant teenagers, stop mollycoddling inept or uninformed parents, stop worrying about each and every person being notified, just do it and stop being so soft on something that requires some teeth.

Simply gutless...

Got something to say to the authority figures?

Then SAY IT, citizen. I hope this bunch answers their emails, Barry LaRue never answered mine when he was simply keeping a chair warm on City Council.

Tell 'em Johnny sent ya

Mayor & City Council

City of Ypsilanti
One South Huron Street
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197

City Council Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

Mayor
Paul Schreiber
Mayor@cityofypsilanti.com

Please contact the City Clerk's Office at (734) 483-1100 for an appointment

Mayor Pro-Tem
S.A. Trudy Swanson, Ward 1
satswanson@hotmail.com

Council Members
Lois Richardson, Ward 1
loiserich@hotmail.com

John Gawlas, Ward 2
jgawlas@cityofypsilanti.com

William Nickels, Ward 2
kbnickels@aol.com

Brian Filipiak, Ward 3
bfilipiak@cityofypsilanti.com

Brian Robb, Ward 3
brobb@cityofypsilanti.com