Michigan Central Depot Blog » petition http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog Blog dedicated to saving the Michigan Central Station from the Detroit City Council Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:00:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Other Resources and Petitions for Michigan Central Depot http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/04/26/other-resources-and-petitions-for-michigan-central-depot/ http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/04/26/other-resources-and-petitions-for-michigan-central-depot/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:43:43 +0000 Walter http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=23 I wanted to point out a few other petitions and a Facebook group dedicated to saving the station.

In addition to http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/petition/, there is  http://www.petitiononline.com/3044/petition.html and http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cEludTNkR3dpM29kVzF1UXdFTnVZQWc6MA

The FaceBook group page is here:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=178565380054

Please take some time out to visit the petitions and sign and also check out the FaceBook group.

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After the automotive industry took a down-swing and being laid-off in Michigan, I moved to Wisconsin to look for work.  I became a welder and have since been laid-off from that.  That’s a whole other post :)

I was alerted by John, a friend of mine still living in Michigan, that the station was to be demolished.  I immediately started searching the web for information about this and found that the Detroit City Council had voted to tear it down.  They actually are considering it an emergency.  I’m not sure at what point it became an emergency, but with the state of the economy and car industy, the MCS is the least of Detroit’s problems.

Shortly after finding out about the council’s decision, I found out that Stanley Christmas and the Eclipse Foundation filed a lawsuit against this.

Since I’m in Wisconsin, I started this website along with the petition, which I would appreciate you signing :)   I emailed Mr. Christmas and he applauded my efforts and suggested that I place a blog on the site as well.  Which brings us here.

Please help in saving the station, which to a lot of people, is not just another building.

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