About
Hi, I am Michael Bodary and I am asking for your vote on August 5th in the Democratic Primary for Ypsilanti City Council. I am 57 and was born and raised in Ypsilanti. I have have a BBA degree in Management from Cleary University and have worked at the University of Michigan for 12 years in the Parking and Transportation Department.
I work at U of M in transportation and believe my experience can bring a unique perspective and new thinking for regional transportation. We can no longer accept the status quo approach of pitting public transportation against public safety. We need them both to be a vibrant and growing community.
I have been very active in the community. I am member of the U of M Parking and Transportation Department’s Safety Committee, S.O.S. Community Crisis Center volunteer, past president, current treasurer Michigan Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association, retired State Director of Referee Assessment, United State Soccer Federation,volunteer, Stop the City Income Tax Initiative, and I sing in Measure for Measure, a men’s chorus based in Ypsilanti
My wife Kathy and I have been very involved in historic preservation and have lovingly restored a 1949 house on Westmoorland in the Normal Park neighborhood. We have been married for 35 years and we have two grown kids, Alex and Andy. Alex is an author and associate Professor of English at the University of Maine and Andy is a teacher at Woodhaven Schools but still lives in the City of Ypsilanti. They have three grandchildren. Kathy is a successful Residential Interior Designer in her own business. My father, Vance Bodary, is a retired 25 year veteran of the Ypsilanti Police department and my mother Homa taught at George Elementary and was president of the Y.E.A.
