It's precisely a renewal, same millage the opt-in communities are paying now. The vote does not allow for any changes in local option; that is, if your community is now opt-in, it will still be opt-in after the countywide vote, and same for opt-out.
So it doesn't solve the opt-out problem; that would be a politically risky thing to do in an election year [[think the pundits). But it will preserve the existing level of service, so I agree that a YES vote is important. Too many people in Oakland County need the service and a NO result would leave them entirely high and dry.
You may not take the bus yourself, but you have a friend or a neighbor or an elderly relative or young relative or disabled friend or relative who does, or a friend of a friend.
Just, of course, IMVHO.
Cheers,
Prof. Scott
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