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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 13h

🤔Sooo, you want to call it the North American series? lol🤣Doesn't have the same ring to it.

@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 14h

🎉Keep up the good work, MI @missouriindependent.com !

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 14h

And to think...when I lived in Maryland, folx were protesting me calling it a former slave state....because it is.

Great job Anne Arundel county! 🗺️

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 2d

🍏 Anyone know where I can find a contact for the Island and Remote Areas regional food business centers (RFBCs)?

Their webpage is down since the USDA's AMS termination.

#USDAAMS #AMS #RFBC #IslandRFBC #IslandandRemoteAreasRFBC #RFBCs

If so, contact me here.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 2d

🍏 Anyone know where I can find a contact for the Island and Remote Areas regional food business centers (RFBCs)?

Their webpage is down since the USDA's AMS termination.

#USDAAMS #AMS #RFBC #IslandRFBC #IslandandRemoteAreasRFBC #RFBCs

If so, contact me here.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 8d

🤣NOT falling for this again, McDonald's 🍟 !!! #bahdahbopbopbaaaaa 🍭🍭🍭

McDonald's new monopoly game has arrived for 2025

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

✏️For this meeting and more public meetings coverage, check out www.documenters.org.

Here, you can review audio, associated files (like meeting notices and agendas), and other reporting documents.

Documenters.org: Making Local Government More Accountable

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

🛑CORRECTION: This was not LIVE coverage of this public meeting. This was transcribed coverage of the audio from the SMART public meeting held Wed. October 8, 2025 at 5 p.m.

🗣️My apologies for implying that this was LIVE coverage. It was not. The public is invited to review the audio of this meeting.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

🛑CORRECTION: This was not LIVE coverage of this public meeting. This was transcribed coverage of the audio from the SMART public meeting held Wed. October 8, 2025 at 5 p.m.

🗣️My apologies for implying that this was LIVE coverage. It was not. The public is invited to review the audio of this meeting.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

ℹ️SMART 🚍has a CONTACT page 🌍💻 for those interested in contacting them about any concern, ideas, or accolades:

www.smartbus.org/About/Contact

Contact

www.smartbus.org

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

🚌🚏Those interested may join by "phone one-tap", audio, or by Zoom.

📝Meeting information is located here on this SMART webpage -
www.smartbus.org/About/Our-Or...

SMART Sounding Board Meeting

www.smartbus.org

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

The "Sounding Board" is a monthly SMART meeting. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025 at 5 p.m. EST.

The SMART "Sounding Board" is a monthly public meeting held for riders, transit advocates, and citizens of Wayne, Macomb, Oakland, and Monroe counties to voice their opinions, concerns, and provide feedback about SMART (bus transportation) services in SE Michigan.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

⛔IMPORTANT⛔ If you believe anything in this coverage is inaccurate, please email 📩 [email protected] with “Correction Request” in the subject line.

Thanks again for joining the #DetroitDocumenters @detdocumenters.bsky.social ❤️.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

🏁This concludes my live reporting for the public meeting of the SMART Sounding Board held Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. For more public meetings coverage, check out www.documenters.org.

Documenters.org: Making Local Government More Accountable

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

💌An email is placed in the chat for the public to come forward and provide comments, concerns, complaints, accolades, etc. to the SMART board.

Meeting is adjourned at 5:15 p.m. EST.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

Board members wait another 6 minutes or so but no one from the public comes forward.

🤔Wondering if there was adequate public notice about this meeting. Not implying there wasn't, but it's weird to hear concerns and then a public meeting is held to address concerns and....🦗🦗🦗🦗 #deadsilence.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

There is silence as the board remains present to hear and listen to concerns by voice or by text/chat. No one presents anything.

DEAD SILENCE🤔🚫🗣️....

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

Board members are joking around now that they can hear one another and the speakers. Despite audio issues 📱🔊🔇, the board advises that they will stick around to hear concerns from the public.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

1️⃣st speaker identified by the SMART board as "Mary Jo". She is thanked for her comments and they go on to discuss the timetable (bus schedule) display at what is described as the "three shelters"... "where you wait for the bus and get off" 🚍.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

There are notable audio issues where there is crosstalk and an inability to hear speakers (board members or otherwise).

Someone else mentions that they are unable to see SMART board members which they describe as "weird".

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

Board members are asking the public to raise their hands or enter their questions into the CHAT to ask questions.

A member of the public is asking about the Dearborn Transit Center display & whether it is working as it should. She suggests there be a display inside the Transit Center.

Tech issues.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

The SMART board consists of members from Southeast Michigan's Oakland, Macomb, Wayne, and Monroe county representatives.

Below is an image of Wayne and Monroe County SMART board members.

Image of the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation's (SMART) Wayne and Monroe County representatives.

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

The SMART board consists of members from Southeast Michigan's Oakland, Macomb, Wayne, and Monroe county representatives.

Below is an image of Oakland and Macomb Representatives.

Oakland and Macomb County Representatives of the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) in Michigan

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@DetroitJCS @detroitjcs.bsky.social · 11d

Bernard Parker from SMART External Affairs kicks off the meeting. He tells participants that they are here to listen to the "concerns, issues, and accolades" of those present. By a show of hands, people are prepped to weigh or sound in.

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