This year the Royal Oak City Commission has considered selling off many Royal Oaks parks. One option was to sell 15 parks and save an estimated $7,750 to $11,000 per year.
On Monday they voted on selling off our parks. Fortunately Commissioners Drinkwine, Ginotti, Lelito and Mayor Ellison blocked efforts to sell off the Bassett, Realtor, and Rotary parks. Commissioners Andrzejak, Miller and Semchena voted in favor of selling our parks.
The Daily Tribune wrote an article "Parks not for Sale" that covered this issue.
