On Election Day, Washtenaw County voters will be asked to approve a .10 operational millage for services offered by the county's Department of Veterans Affairs.
I spoke with the Director of the Washtenaw County Department of Veteran Affairs Michael Smith and Army veteran Duane Weide, who served in Iraq, about the upcoming millage.
The department had been funded by an "un-voted" millage, but that was challenged by a local tax group which has now put the issue before voters.
The millage would be levied by Washtenaw County from 2017 through 2024 and would cost the owner of a home with a market value of $100,000 about $10 a year.
The head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Michael Smith, says there is no "Plan B" to fund his department if the millage fails.
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— Lisa Barry is the host of All Things Considered on WEMU. You can contact Lisa at 734.487.3363, on Twitter @LisaWEMU, or email her at lbarryma@emich.edu
