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Residents urge Detroit committee to act on retirees, water affordability, demolitions and transit
Summary
Public commenters pressed the Public Health and Safety standing committee to restore retiree pensions, fix the Detroit Lifeline water program, investigate demolition and contamination at Northland, and improve bus reliability; the council moved several items for follow-up.
Residents used the committee's public-comment period to press the council on a portfolio of long-running neighborhood concerns, from pensions and water access to demolition practices and transit reliability.
Speakers representing neighborhood groups and individual residents raised four recurring themes: making Detroit retirees whole, restoring water-affordability programs, scrutinizing demolition contracts and contaminated rubble, and improving bus service. Melissa Love began the comment period identifying herself and alleging election fraud while saying she would "stand up and speak up for what's right." Cecily McClellan of We The People of Detroit told the committee that "the Detroit…
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