THE SURVEY SAYS

The results are in...
...from the Inside Out's first two official, unscientific, surveys of Shelby Township residents. Our thanks to everyone who took time to vote, and give us your views about our township. Over the next several months, we will be here to help spread the word about Skip Maccarone, and explain why we can (and must) do better in 2008.

Our poll of Shelby Township voters showed the following:

SURVEY #1
"HOW CAN WE BEST IMPROVE OUR TOWNSHIP?"
Retire $kip Maccarone ... (85%)
Improve our roads and sidewalks ... (15%)
Spend $50 million on $kip's campus ... (0%)
Cut township spending to save money ... (0%)
Make Shelby a city ... (0%)

As you can see, the overwhelming answer was that the best way to make Shelby Township better would be to encourage $kip Maccarone to leave township government. The best way we can accomplish this is with our VOTE in 2008.

Some people sent us e-mails saying that cutting township spending is also a top priority for them, but that retiring $kip ranks EVEN HIGHER. Besides, when we give $kip his pink slip, the other issues and concerns will take care of themselves. With $kip gone, we will have a Township Board dedicated to doing more to control spending, as well as a Supervisor who will respect and listen to the people.

NOTE: Nobody who voted in our survey said it was a good idea to spend $50 million on $kip's "campus." So $kip's allegiance to his campus shows how out of touch he is with residents.

SURVEY #2
"WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE NEXT TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR?"
A common sense leader who listens to people (54%)
A real conservative who will cut spending (27%)
Someone with a business approach to running our township (18%)
Someone who can UNITE the Board of Trustees (0%)
Just keep doing what $kip has done 0 (0%)

THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN!

Clearly, Shelby Township residents want something different than what we have now in our Township Supervisor. They want someone with common-sense who will LISTEN to us; someone who will cut spending to reflect the current times; and someone who will take a business approach to running our township.

Nobody -- repeat NOBODY -- who voted said the next Supervisor should just keep doing what $kip has done. Why? Could it be because residents now understand that $kip Maccarone has been a negative influence on our township, and realize that we can't afford four more years of $kip Maccarone?

The Inside Out has been operating for a few months and readership is growing daily. We are also getting quite a few reader comments to our blog entries -- these comments appear below each official entry. Based upon these comments, it shows us that people have taken notice of us and like what we are reporting. Moreover, this blog gives residents the opportunity to air their feelings without fear of retaliation or threats of FBI investigations from $kip Maccarone.

We will have another survey soon. In the meantime, keep those e-mails coming to stopskip08@aol.com.