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Speakers urge council to help seniors access MI Choice waiver, seek corridor funding; one caller threatens legal action
Summary
Three callers urged the committee to help seniors get home-based care through the MI Choice waiver and to provide land-use fee relief and corridor investment; one speaker threatened a federal lawsuit over perceived inequitable distribution of federal dollars.
Public commenters at the Neighborhood & Community Service Standing Committee meeting urged the council to help seniors and neighborhood businesses.
Betty A. Varner, identified in the record as president of the DeSoto Ellsworth Black Association, told the committee: "If you are a senior or you're disabled and you need help in your home and you're not…
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