Tag Archives: Ed Koryzno

Ypsilanti City Council stares into the budget abyss

By Mark | October 3, 2011

As you all know, the city of Ypsilanti has been in a perpetual budget crisis for the past half dozen years, with insolvency looming in the not so distant future the whole time. In spite of this fact, however, we’ve somehow managed to keep on going. Well, it’s looking as though the end may now […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, brownfields, budget cuts, City Manager, domestic partner benefits, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, gay rights, health care costs, health insurance, local income tax, pensions, property tax, property values, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, Stop City Income Tax, Water Street, Ypsilanti City budget, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department | 47 Comments

Yet another post entitled, “What’s up with the Thompson Block?”

By Mark | April 26, 2011

Since people are discussing this in the comments section following an old thread, I thought that I’d move the subject up here, to the front page… Today is April 26th, which means, according to the interpretations of some, that Stewart Beal has missed the deadline that he’d negotiated with City Council, by which time he […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Civil War barrack, Cross Street, Depot Town, development, Go Downtown, Historic Equities Fund, Historic Preservation tax credits, OPRA, River Street, Stewart Beal, the Kresge building, Thompson Block, urban development | 45 Comments

What Ypsi’s leaders will be doing to respond to Snyder’s proposed budget

By Mark | March 7, 2011

Last night, I posted something here about Rick Snyder’s proposed budget, and my hope that our City’s leaders were actively working on an aggressive response, perhaps through an organization such as SEMCOG or the Michigan Municipal League. As with our earlier posts on the subject of the budget, it’s led to some good discussion. One […]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 2012 Michigan budget, Andy Dillon, Bill Rustem, Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, budget cuts, Business Leaders for Michigan, Carol Shafto, Dearborn, Historic Preservation tax credits, Kirk Profit, looming receivorship, Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Township Association, Michigan Urban Visioning Workshop, open for business, P.A. 72, Paul Schreiber, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, SEMCOG, Southfield, Summer Minnick, Taylor, the Emergency Financial Manager Act, This Is Revenue Stealing, Thomas Mullaney, urban core cities | 11 Comments

City and Township to discuss consolidation of law enforcement services

By Mark | August 30, 2010

AnnArbor.com has a story up on their site tonight about ongoing talks between the City of Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township on the possibility of working together to provide law enforcement services. Here’s a clip: …“This is very preliminary, we just wanted to discuss some basic issues and possible impediments that are there. Then we’ll know […]

Posted in Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged consolidation of services, Eastern Michigan University Police Departmen, Kmart, murder, Township annexation, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Departmen, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department, Ypsilanti police department, Ypsilanti Township | 64 Comments

The Ypsilanti budget cut showdown is just minutes away… What will it mean for our Fire Department?

By Mark | January 11, 2010

Later this evening, in a special session of City Council, our elected leaders will be debating what to do about the proposed budget cuts that we discussed here on New Years Day. No doubt the cutting of police and fire fighters will be the most contentious. (80% of the City Manager’s proposed cuts are to […]