It’s rare that Ypsilanti shows up in popular culture. For a while, we were seeing images of Ypsi pop up in films, like Drew Barrymore’s Whip It, and Robert DeNiro’s Stone, but it’s not too often that you buy a record, or see a movie, and actually hear the word “Ypsilanti” being spoken. So, I […]
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Ypsilantians weigh in on potential merger of police and fire departments
Yesterday, I put up an admittedly not so insightful post about the possibility that Ypsilanti’s police and fire departments could be merged in hopes of further containing costs. While the post didn’t shed any new light on the situation, which would likely call for a greater reliance on part-time fire fighters, and a staff of […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Brian Robb, city services, Michael Bodary, Murph, Ralph Lange, Richard Murphy, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department 26 Comments
Housing incentives for municipal employees… is now the right time?
A few days ago, in a post about the recent string of downtown burglaries, I noted that, given that we have fewer police on the streets these days due to budget cuts, it might help if those police officers that we did have working for the City, actually lived here. I don’t know that it […]
Posted in Detroit, Ideas, Ypsilanti Also tagged Eastern Michigan University, EMU, getting more local employees to live in Ypsilanti, housing, housing incintives, Lee Azus, Live Downtown, municipal employees, Murph, police brutality, puppet public service employees, residency, residency rule, Susan Martin, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, Ypsilanti Township 21 Comments