ScioWatch.org

Welcome to ScioWatch.org, a web site for the residents of The Township of Scio, Washtenaw County, Michigan.

We are a non-partisan, volunteer group of Scio residents who are committed to keeping Scio a wonderful place to live. Scio is facing crucial decisions in the coming years – decisions that will change the township significantly. We believe that the best decisions about local issues are made when residents have the facts and can make informed choices.

Issues Identified to Date

Click on a link below to see the summary for each of these issues.

Each issue is summarized by a Scio resident with expertise in the field. The authors' name and affiliations are provided with the summary. While each author has tried to present a balanced and impartial summary, the presentation is her or her own and the viewpoints presented do not represent that of any Township or other organization with which the author may be affiliated.

Public Safety

	See also the Township Summary from the May 2008 Newsletter.
	See also Deputy force lagging in Scio Township, Ann Arbor News, October 2, 2008.

Budget

Sewer

Taxes

Parks and Recreation

Land Preservation

Non-County Roads Repair Program

Transportation

From Fall 2008 Scio Township Newsletter: Bus Service Takes Off.

Transparency of Township Boards, Commissions and Operations

Township Ordinances and Proposed Amendments

	Zoning Ordinance. The reformatted Township ordinance is now available at http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=14234&sid=22.
	Pending amendments are summarized here.

General Comments on the township or ScioWatch.org at http://ScioWatch.blogspot.com/

Your feedback is wanted and needed. Please review issues of interest or confusion. Blogs are available for each active discussion item. Links are found immediately following the issue summaries. Please visit these to add your feedback, comments, questions, opinions and perspective. We plan for these sites to be interactive and citizen-driven, so please provide your input.

If you have ideas for other issues, please let us know. The General Comment blog is available for suggestions or anything else not covered elsewhere.

AUTHORS WANTED

If a link is listed above but not "live," an author is either preparing a summary or we are still searching for someone to do so. If you would like to write for ScioWatch.Org, contact the email below and let us know about what you would be interested in writing. Remember that ScioWatch.Org is not an advocacy group and we do not attempt to persuade towards any particular position. All summaries used on ScioWatch.Org must be neutral and unbiased.

Web Links of Interest for Scio Residents

See this list for useful links and contact information for people and issues important to Scio Township

Our Mission

To ensure that Scio voters -

	know about important issues facing the Township and
	have access to well researched, unbiased information about these issues.

Our Commitment

We will:

	keep our ears to the ground, to identify issues that are important to Scio’s residents.
	research these issues to the best of our ability.
	present our findings on this web site, directly and without bias towards specific recommendations.
	present alternative choices, along with the implications of these choices.

Our Group

We are volunteers with time and interest to devote to Scio – retirees, non-working homemakers, part-time professionals, etc. We are Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who believe that local issues should not be partisan issues. We welcome feedback and input from other interested Scio voters. Please contact us if you want to help in this project.

Our "webmasters" are Irwin Martin, Marty Mayo and David Read. Our authors to date are Jim Dries, Kent Early, Irwin Martin, Scott Martin, Marty Mayo and David Read.