The Oakland County Commission’s General Government Committee voted today on a measure that would have allowed all of Oakland County to vote on a countywide SMART bus millage and countywide service. Unfortunately the vote was tied 6-6 which was not enough to advance it to the full Commission.
Sponsors Steve Schwartz (D-Farmington) and Dave Potts (R-Bloomfield) were joined by all the Democrats in supporting the proposal. No other Republicans joined Commissioner Potts in supporting it. (Despite a 13-12 division in the Commission, the Committee has 7 Republicans and just 5 Democrats.)
All is not necessarily lost, because with the support of Commissioner Potts, a majority of the full Commission supports the measure. Commissioner Schwartz is still seeking a way to bring it before the full Commission for a vote.
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