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Public commenters urge Oakland County to oppose federal cuts to CDBG and Medicaid and call for Gaza ceasefire; board refers peace resolution to committee
Summary
Speakers at the June 11 meeting asked the board to oppose proposed federal cuts to Community Development Block Grants and Medicaid and to push for a Gaza ceasefire. A resolution on world peace introduced by Commissioner Hoffman was referred to the Lago committee.
Several members of the public used the Oakland County Board of Commissioners’ June 11 public comment period to urge the board to oppose proposed federal cuts to Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and Medicaid and to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Mike Flores, who identified himself as a resident of Detroit and Oakland County, said the programs are “safety nets that hold up our communities” and asked the board to forward the county’s positions to federal leaders and state officials. “These programs are…real, tangible tools that shape the daily lives of thousands of our neighbors,” Flores said; he also praised planned resolutions on those topics and urged the commission to use its platform to “make it known where we stand.”
Other public commenters connected domestic priorities to international concerns. One speaker asked the board to demand that federal representatives “reevaluate every…where our tax dollars are going,” contrasting CDBG cuts with U.S. aid to Israel. Nabil Sayer and Farah Khan urged commissioners to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza; Khan said, “Bring and pass the ceasefire resolution immediately.” Khan and other speakers described humanitarian conditions in Gaza and framed the issue as a moral imperative.
Separately, Commissioner Bob Hoffman introduced a resolution supporting world peace during the meeting and asked that it be referred to the Lago committee; the chair recorded the referral “to Lago” without objection. Several public commenters specifically thanked Commissioner Hoffman for bringing the issue forward.
Commissioners did not take a final vote on a ceasefire resolution during this meeting; the introduced world-peace resolution was referred to committee for further consideration. Public commenters asked the board to go beyond symbolic statements by transmitting resolutions to federal leaders and by formally adopting clear stances; no additional formal actions on this subject were recorded at the meeting.
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The transcript records public comment urging the board to oppose federal budget cuts and to advocate for humanitarian action abroad. The board’s formal action at the meeting was to refer Commissioner Hoffman’s world peace resolution to the Lago committee.
