Remember a while ago how I told you that a fellow here in Ypsi had begun living in a tree in order to keep it from being chopped down? Well, he’s apparently come down… It’s being reported at AnnArbor.com that Bill Riney was punched in the nose today by bikers… According to the report, the […]
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Man climbs Ypsilanti tree, refuses to leave
Were you wondering why the news choppers were circling Ypsi earlier this evening? The following clip comes from WDIV television in Detroit: Man Continues Peaceful Tree Protest DTE Wants To Clear Space For Transmission System YPSILANTI, Mich. — A Ypsilanti man is camping out in a tree behind his house in protest of a utility […]
Posted in Environment, Media, Ypsilanti Also tagged DTE, helicopters buzzing Ypsi, ITC, protest, the press, transmission lines, trees, Walter Reuther, WDIV Detroit 30 Comments