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rupa schodowski - Wednesday, April 07, 2010   TRANSPORTATION ADN CLEAN UP CITY OF DETROIT Current Rating: 3.1 (65 votes cast) You've already voted. Thanks! Dear SIR/MADAM Ive lived in MICHIGAN FOR 5 YRS its great city with many possibilities I believed we can change and improve our transport system BY SEVERAL WAYS 1) HAVING MORE REGULAR PUBLIC ROUTES FOR SENIORS AND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS Senior with disabilites can step on a low step with a bus asst to help them get on he bus or automated step small children to high school kids must be supervised by bus attendant BUS ATTENDANT must have background check cleared and take health screening every yr need to know cpr for emergency bus tickets must be bought at $1.00 for adults senior-$0.75( above 60 yrs) kids -$0.50, teens - below 18 $0.80 small-children below 12 freeuse recycled paper for ticketstickets must indicate destination,dated and signed by bus attendants wearing uniform with name tags to avoid public from getting free ridesbus inspectors should make random checks to provide safety and supervised rowdy teensmidnight rates for bus $1.50 for adults seniors $1.00 teens $0.90 bus routes pamphlets should be made available all times for passengers all bus station should have bus timings and bus routes, emergency phone, back support for senior and for young children proper heat and a/c controlled by bus drivers ALL vehicles should be checked by mechanics prior shift beginsnotices and ads can be placed in bus stationsdamages to public property ( bus station the vehicle seats, such as writing an sticking of gum on door bell or under bus seats) One who commits such crimes will be punished severely e.g picking up trash in the bus and bus stations near to his/ her house wearing a correctional behavior orange jacket i do have many more ideas i will be mailing you more form time to timethe city of DETROIT MUST WORK TOGETHER TO RISE UP AGAIN!STRICT RULES ABOUT LITTERING AND DESTROYING THE ROADS MUST BE IMPLEMENTEDCRIMES CAN BE REDUCED BUILT MORE HALFWAY HOMES for young women with babies, skill school for young juvenile teensthey have to stay in schoolor serve army

Leon Mallett - Friday, March 19, 2010   Job Corps Internship Current Rating: 3.3 (60 votes cast) You've already voted. Thanks! I've developed a program with my company to assist with giving our youth in the Flint community an opportunity to gain employment and education skills all while hopefully detering them from some of the activities that go on in and around the community that has been leading to the decline in the devlopment of the community. It is a non-paid internship program where students from Job Corps come in and work in our facilities for a 6 week period. They received weekly evaluations on all the relms of the job they deal with and at the end of the 6 weeks, if everything goes accordingly, we bring them on as regular employees. The main reason for the program is to allow some of our youth a opportunity that is not to plentiful in the whole state, let alone the Flint area. A lot of times, people have the tendecies to stereotype all young people as lazy and not willing to work due to us living in the age of instant gratification(ie. Fast food, the internet, etc.). Though this may be true for some, it is not true for all. That is why I developed the program to give an opportunity to those who are not in the mold of "Instant Gratification". Every student who does the program may not come on with our company afterwards but at least it gives them experience in a field to see if this is something for them or not which will ultimately help mold their future. We have been running the program in the Flint area since August of 2008. With the success of the program in my area, there has been talks with my corporate office about potentially expanding the program out to the Detroit Job Corps campus in the near future and soon after, Grand Rapids. We have to invest in our young people because they ultimately hold the future of our city, state, country and world in their hands. It took some time to get the program to be approved and up and going but I'll continue to keep working as hard as I can to make sure it continues as well as working on expanding to those other areas of Michigan.

AE - Wednesday, March 17, 2010   Improve our Auto Insurance System Current Rating: 3.0 (142 votes cast) You've already voted. Thanks! The Michigan Auto No-Fault system in Michigan is broken. Rising numbers of uninsured drivers across the state coupled with escalating cost pressures in the system have led to increasing premiums for many Michiganders. Let's look to other No-Fault state systems to see what makes sense - and model Michigan's system where appropriate. For instance, we are the only No-Fault auto insurance system that mandates you must purchase lifetime, unlimited medical care coverage, regardless of other insurance you may have or if you are a senior citizen eligible for Medicare. Michigan leads by far all other No-Fault states in the costs associated with the medical care provided in the auto policy. The next highest mandated level of required medical coverage is the New York No-Fault system - which mandates $50,000 with other options available. We have no other options in our system here and we should. In addition, we are the only No-Fault insurance system without any type of Fraud Authority that focuses on the abuses and fraud in the system. According to a recent study by the Insurance Information Institute, Michigan has a severe and growing fraud problem in our No-Fault system; the system is under stress due to rising fraud and abuse which ultimately will lead to even higher auto insurance premiums for drivers. It is time for an overall of the No-Fault system, starting with allowing consumers to purchase the amount of medical care coverage they need and can afford.

Michael Wildner - Thursday, March 11, 2010   Disc Golf Michigan Current Rating: 2.9 (152 votes cast) You've already voted. Thanks! Disc ("Frisbee") Golf is a fairly new sport; it had its roots in the late 70's but is now growing in popularity - it has a worldwide organization (the Professional Disc Golf Association, or PDGA), and has been featured in some recent video game releases. It is a very economical sport to play, it provides a great low-impact exercise, and Michigan has some of the best terrain in the world for disc golf courses. I've seen many things promoting Michigan golf courses as a boost to tourism; we should do something to help promote Michigan as a prime disc golf destination. This can be done by encouraging the construction of more disc golf courses, in both public parks and as privately owned businesses. Michigan currently ranks 7th in the nation in the number of disc golf courses - we should be #1! Even one of the major disc golf equipment manufacturers, Discraft Inc., is located in Michigan. Disc Golf has recently been installed in a couple of Michigan State Parks (Newaygo and Sleepy Hollow), and the parks directors love how it has increased the usage of their parks. Remember that disc golfers visiting Michigan also need places to eat, sleep, and find other entertainment - so disc golf is also good for tourism! Installing an 18-hole disc golf course is very affordable compared to other park facilities (one fifth the cost of a tennis court). Most parks boards like the idea, but lack the funds. There should be some sort of incentive/grant program to help develop more disc golf destinations in Michigan.

earlbob - Wednesday, March 03, 2010   HOME HEAT CREDITS based upon usage Rate this idea:   Current Rating: 3.0 (128 votes cast) Some people sink a lot of money into insulation and more energy efficient hard goods so they can keep the heat turned up to balance cost to savings. For this, they receive home heating credits. Many in Michigan can't afford to buy those items. They simply turn their heat down, grit their teeth, and endure winter, but get no credit for saving energy. Why not base home heat credits on the size of your home relative to how much you consume? Get credit for relative frugality and maybe some of that credit can go into buying more insulation.