As, we head into the last week of February, there are so many unanswered questions that continue to go unanswered or maybe those who can answer them turn the other way or flat out do not want to or care to answer these questions! Questions I asked a week ago continue to be just that, a question without an answer! Here is a list of what I wrote last week and then after the questions, I have added my new response in red to the initial question I asked. Please respond back or comment if you agree, disagree or have another idea or opinion on these matters.
Why, are the warming centers only open until 10 pm and not through the whole night when it is the coldest?
( It seems City and Community budgets and resources and red tape seem to take more importance than that of keeping these limited centers open only until 10 or 11pm. Hello, it is usually the coldest from 10 pm to 7 am., we need to open up more warming centers when it is this cold outside and find a way to keep them open in the coldest weather timeframe and not just when it is convenient.)
Why, with over an estimated 20,000 people homeless each
night (many are children), are there only a handful of shelters
available for everyone to try and get into when this issue of the
homeless has been around for a long long time and we continue to look
the other way and not address this issue? ( Again, the issue of people being homeless isn't anything new to anyone, yet we continue to make shelters and non profits and churches jump through hoops as they try to find places where the homeless can sleep, eat, and get back on their feet. Shame on the State and Communities and City of Detroit for not doing more to help these people out!)
Why, do people have to wait for over 2 hours for a bus in
the freezing cold? Again this issue didn't just happen overnight but has
been happening for a long time as well. Who is addressing this? ( Still no real answers from anyone on this. It is sad knowing that the people who depend on this broken old Bus system have to accept these long waits or of a bus that doesn't show up at all because this has become the norm for the System.)
Why, does Metro Detroit still have a Mass Transit Bus
issue years after it was suppose to be fixed? Take a look at cities that
their Bus system works and copy it. It isn't that hard to figure out...( First off, everyone please read the article in Sunday's newspaper starting on page A15 titled, Metro Detroit's Transit Nightmare, written by Stephen Henderson and Kristi Tanner. This article describes in detail the woeful inadequate Mass Transit Bus System we currently have in Metro Detroit and its Communities. This Bus System has been broken for decades and yet the State, the City of Detroit, and the Communities continue to allow it to run as it has for all these years without ever fixing the issue.) When will all those in authority get together and look at Bus systems that work all over the Country and design one here that will work for everyone and hopefully soon, not in 20 or 30 years!
Why, did MDOT spend over $12M on railroad cars only to see
them sit idle? I wonder how many new buses that $12M would of bought
for the city of Detroit ? ( I still have not seen an explanation from anyone on this expenditure and why it was done in the first place. The articles I have seen indicate these cars are sitting idle and not even in service).
Why, does Everyone think the M1 rail is the answer for the
Mass Transit issues? Last time I checked, the rail only goes up and
down Woodward.( This is a good start to better Mass Transit in the City of Detroit but only a start! With new Businesses and People moving downtown and the revitalization in Detroit, Mass Transit especially the Failing Bus System needs to come into the 21st century and make Metro Detroit's Mass Transit System World Class).
Why, don't the Governor, the Mayor of Detroit, and the County
Execs of the Counties all sit down and put together a real plan to
implement a World Class Mass Transit System that includes a Bus System
and put together a real date for it to be done? (Egos and years of resentment towards the City of Detroit from the State and adjoining Communities needs to be buried and put to bed and for a true Leadership team, made up of people from all the Communities, the City of Detroit, and the State formed and a plan to immediately i,implement a temporary fix and also a plan to design a true mass Transit Bus System that we will see the difference in with 2 or 3 years).
Why, does it take months for the city of Detroit to repair
a broken water main break and they only do when the citizens go to a
Public Meeting to get action? No wonder why the water rate increase is
so high!(Last report I saw, the City of Detroit said there were over 300 water pipes to be fixed on any given day and yet other reports I see and hear abut say it is well over 1000 broken water mains and pipes on any given day in the City of Detroit and some water pipes and leaks have been ongoing for long periods of time).
Why, is Everyone demanding answers only from Consumers
Energy in the senseless death of the Veteran who died of hypothermia in
Royal Oak? We should be asking the agencies that were suppose to help
him but denied him help, why as well. ( Still waiting for the real reason that this was allowed to happen! It seems everyone isn't saying anything but that Consumers sent 3 notices out to the house! I want to know why the agencies who denied help to the man who owned the house aren't being looked into and to ask these agencies why they refused to help these 2 men and in the end, a man died in that cold house all alone. Where is the compassion and where is the uproar from Everyone as to why a Man died in a cold cold house when it should of never happened?).
Why, is Everyone ok with the State Legislature taking the easy way out and making the voters decide on a tax hike to fix the roads? ( I know I can't be the only one who is upset that the Legislature didn't have the gall to their jobs and find a way to pay for the road fixes in the State. Instead they took the easy way out and decided to put it to a vote from the fine citizens of the State. What do they think we are going to do? Do we have a choice in this? The roads were bad last year after the winter and I don't have to tell you how bad they are right now. I seen a report last week that said our roads are in the top 5 worst in the Country. All I can think of is how the legislature must be laughing at all us poor schmucks who will have to vote on this tax hike for they know they stuck it to us and they didn't; have to do their jobs once again! When will this all end?)
It will be interesting to see how many of the questions will be answered and actually have an answer that makes sense and can be verified that what we have been told is the truth. I will revisit this post again in a few weeks. @cupofjoeinthed
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