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TDC TROY MILLAGE ELECTION INITIATIVES CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS There is a tendency to have more negative than positive feedback from citizens at the City Council meetings. We need to have more people attend and make brief (<5minutes) statements in support of the council actions and millage election during the Public Comment section. ¨ Monday, February 1 at 7:30pm ¨ Monday, February 15 at 7:30pm KEEP TROY SAFE – VOTE YES YARD SIGNS ¨ Yard signs will be available at the Keep Troy Safe – Vote Yes Spaghetti Dinner noted above. If you would like a sign(s) delivered to your house, please e-mail Ed Spillers at edspillers@gmail.com and we will have the sign(s) dropped off at your house. TOWN HALL MEETINGS It is critical that we have the positive viewpoint represented at these meetings! Please e-mail Kathy Martin at kieran2@aol.com if you can attend one or more of these meetings. We can provide you a list of strong questions to ask (see the next page) The City of Troy management staff will present a series of Town Hall Meetings to address any questions related to the upcoming Special Election on February 23 asking for a 1.9 mill increase. Citizens are welcome to attend one or all of the open forums. For more information, please call 248.524.1147. Background information on the millage proposal, including the impact on residential tax bills, can be found at www.troymi.gov/2010Proposal. Wednesday, February 3 at 7 pm - Fellowship United Methodist Church, 4050 Coolidge Hwy (just north of Wattles Road) Thursday, February 4 at 7 pm--Troy Fire and Police Training Center, 4850 John R Tuesday, February 9 at 7 pm--Faith Lutheran Church, 37635 Dequindre Road (between Big Beaver and Wattles Road) ¨ Thursday, February 11 at 7pm - St. Anastasia Activities Center, 4571 John R (between Wattles & Long Lake) ¨ Tuesday, February 16 at 7 pm - Central Woodward Christian Church, 3955 W. Big Beaver (just east of Adams) KEY POINTS ABOUT TROY TO USE IN QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
See the following on line documents for very useful information for developing questions/comments to present at meetings or in newspapers http://www.troymi.gov/2010Proposal/. There is a great outline of Frequently Asked Questions & answers regarding the election issues. Any of these questions are good ones to use at the town hall meetings. The answers can be a good foundation for letters to the editor, blogs and responses to other letters http://troymi.gov/Budget/ If you want to advocate for a specific department, there are excellent details in the individual department sections. http://troymi.gov/finance/PAFR2009.pdf this report provides a wealth of information about 2009 finance in the City of Troy, with some great charts and data. NEWSPAPER COMMUNICATION ¨ Submit Letters to the Editor & Response to Letters If you get a letter published, please let us know ASAP so we can add comments on line to support you! Oakland Press & the Royal Oak Tribune have an anonymous on line comment process. Each of the newspapers has their own protocol for official letters to the editor. They generally expect name and address to be included & want the letters limited to 250-300 words. Royal Oak Tribune http://www.dailytribune.com/opinion/ Oakland PressMail: The Oakland Press c/o Opinion Page PO Box 436009 Pontiac, MI 48343 Computer: e-mail to allan.adler@oakpress.com
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