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 […]
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Ypsilanti City Council stares into the budget abyss
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
What Ypsi’s leaders will be doing to respond to Snyder’s proposed budget
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
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 […]