Category Archives: Marketing

This Thursday it will be explained to us, the people of Ypsi, why it’s in our best interest to stop marketing our community, and just enjoy the prosperity that will invariably trickle down from Ann Arbor

By Mark | September 28, 2015

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 another rant about how, in my opinion, we’re being strong-armed into accepting a deal that would transfer the over […]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged AAACVB, Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Conan Smith, Debbie Locke-Daniel, Ronnie Peterson, YACVB, Ypsi Real, Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau | 22 Comments

Washtenaw County Commissioner Conan Smith on why he thinks the Ypsi Area Convention and Visitors Bureau needs to close, journalist Will Potter on the prosecution of activists as terrorists in the wake of 9/11, and the music of Edgar Cayce and His Guitar …on this weekend’s edition of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | September 11, 2015

[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 Pig featuring a reunited Black Jake and the Carnies. While I’d love for you to listen to this […]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged AAACVB, ag gag laws, AM 1700, Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, animal rights, Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Caleb Brokaw, Chicago Tribune, Conan Smith, domestic terrorism, Edgar Cayce and His Guitar, environmental terrorism, fear, fear mongering, fear tactics, Free Speech, fundraisers, Green Is The New Red, investigative reporting, Jim Cherewich, journalist, Knight-Wallace Fellows, Michael Flores, Ronnie Peterson, TED, Will Potter, YACVB, Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau | 6 Comments

Ypsi Real (let’s keep it that way)

By Mark | September 10, 2015

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 Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (YACVB), and move their $1.1 million annual budget to Ann Arbor, where it could help […]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged #YpsiReal, Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Conan Smith, David's Books, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Sean Duval, Ypsi Real, Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau | 40 Comments

Washtenaw County Commissioners accused of making “veiled threats” in an attempt to force an Ann Arbor takeover of the Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

By Mark | September 3, 2015

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 “backroom” deal that would close the Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (YACVB) and effectively shift its $1.1 million budget to the Ann Arbor […]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged Alicia Ping, Andy LaBarre, Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Conan Smith, Debbie Locke-Daniel, Felicia Brabec, Ronnie Peterson, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, YACVB, Ypsilanti Area Convention and Visitors Bureau | 59 Comments

“1000’s of Live Girls and 3 Undead Ones”

By Mark | August 25, 2015

Maybe I’ve been watching too much of The Walking Dead, but, when I was cutting through the parking lot behind Deja Vu with my dog yesterday, and ran into this car of theirs, my mind went immediately to zombies. As I’ve never seen it rolling around town, I imagine they only use it in case […]