3 million in the hole is just the begining of this dabacle. Think how much time and energy was wasted by all the officials elected to represent us over this crazy lawsuit instead of leading on issues to get people back to work. In fact, Ypsilanti Township workers were cut to 4 days per week. If the legal fees were not spent, we could still have a fulltime staff to serve the public.

This sore of a case has festered into a boil over the last 5 years and the Supreme Court has finally lanced it. Now let’s see if the Townships will own up to all the residents of the county and pay voluntarily what is owed to all the taxpayers of Washtenaw County or will they look for another appeal to drag this matter on while cutting cops at the same time. Certainly, a taxpayer apology is in order.

Townships please do not concoct another baseless appeal in an effort to avoid your legal and moral obligations. We need civility cooperation from this point forward.

County had to pay $1 mil in legal fees to defend this and they are still owed $2 mil by Ypsilanti? $3 mil total in the hole? What an outrage. Meanwhile, they have to lay off county employees and cut their wages? Heads should roll over this one.