Ypsi: Auto Industry

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A long Washington Post feature looks at the struggling auto industry and its impact on Michigan. The article quotes Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber about the loss of tax revenue from the closing of a Visteon plant there: “There isn’t really any way we can make that up, so we have to cut.” The article also quotes Eleanor Walker of Ypsilanti-based Hope America, which works to prevent foreclosures – 75 percent of their Washtenaw County cases are related to the auto industry. Says Walker: “They were making $60,000 or $100,000. Now these people are making, like, $30,000 or less without health benefits and they can’t make it. The situation has just paralyzed them.” [Source]