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Bye, Murph
For his years of loyal service to this great City of ours, I’d like to thank city planner Richard Murphy for a job well done. For those of you that might not have heard the news, Murph yesterday...
View ArticleWashtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith clarifies his stance on Emergency...
Yesterday, Washtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith dropped by the site and left a few comments, as he’s known to do on occasion. Well, one of those comments, which pertained to Michigan’s Emergency...
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As I think it’s probably against the law for me to command you to vote a...
Last night, I told you how I intend to vote on Michigan’s six state-wide ballot proposals. And, tonight, my plan, if I can keep from falling asleep, is to tell you what I think about all of the races...
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What’s up with the Ypsilanti street light fee?
I don’t generally take requests, but, seeing as how we haven’t talked for some time about how the tax burden in Michigan is increasingly shifting onto the backs of the poor and middle class, I thought...
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Getting to the bottom of Washtenaw County’s proposed mental health cuts,...
Much like the Lagavulin 16 Year Single Malt Scotch ice cream we ended the episode gorging ourselves on, this edition of the Saturday Six Pack was complex and layered… One minute it was fun and light,...
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Washtenaw County Commissioners accused of making “veiled threats” in an...
Last night, during a committee meeting of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Alicia Ping made public the fact that several of her fellow commissioners had attempted to broker a...
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Ypsi Real (let’s keep it that way)
Over the past several months, we’ve talked quite a bit here about an attempt on the part of Ann Arbor hoteliers and their supporters on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners to defund the...
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Washtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith on why he thinks the Ypsi Area...
[My friend Caleb Brokaw, who is truly one of the kindest, most thoughtful people I have ever known, has cancer. And there’s going to be a fundraiser for him and his family Saturday night at the Blind...
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Conan Smith says he and his fellow Washtenaw County Commissioners aren’t...
This Wednesday evening, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners is expected to vote on the future of the Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (YACVB). According to most folks, it seems to...
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Apparently the all talk of a recall has had an effect on Ronnie Peterson, who...
Going into tonight’s meeting of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, I thought for sure there would be a vote in favor of closing the Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (YACVB), and...
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The Ann Arbor News Does Not Speak For Ypsilanti, a rant from the sickbed of...
I’m in bed with a cold. My eyes are burning, I’m coughing up copious mounts of phlegm, and I’m grumpy as hell. And I know from experience that, when I’m in a condition such as this, I should probably...
View ArticleThis Thursday it will be explained to us, the people of Ypsi, why it’s in our...
I’ve said about all I can say about the forced merger of the Ypsilanti Area Visitors and Convention Bureau and the Ann Arbor Area Visitors and Convention Bureau. And I don’t want to subject you to yet...
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After five years of promises, Ypsi’s downtown rec center pronounced dead
This past May 2nd, Bob Tetens, the director of the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, came to Ypsilanti at the behest of Washtenaw County Commissioner Ronnie Peterson, and explained to...
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