Last Friday, at about 1:30 PM, a train on Amtrak’s Wolverine line stopped on its way from Chicago to Detroit to pick up passengers in Ypsilanti. While it’s true that, back in late May of 2010, the President of Amtrak disembarked from a train in Depot Town and met with elected officials to discuss the […]
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Ypsi City Council considers giving Water Street debt reduction millage second shot in November
As readers of this site know, the Water Street debt reduction millage failed at this polls earlier this month by a mere 30-some votes in large part because of ballots cast in Ypsilanti’s first ward, where folks on the anti-tax side of the debate concentrated their “vote no” efforts. [First ward voters cast their ballots […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1st ward, Amanda Edmonds, Emergency Manager, millage, receivership, Water Street debt reduction millage, Ypsilanti City Council 68 Comments
State Rep. David Rutledge to Washtenaw County Parks and Rec Commission Director Bob Tetens on the long stalled Eastside Recreation Center: “There are all kinds of ways that this could happen now if there was the will to do it… There is no will to see this done”
Earlier this evening there was a public meeting on the status of the long–delayed Ypsilanti recreation center. I’m not sure what the impetus was for the meeting, or how long it had been in the works, but the whole thing, at least from my perspective, seemed to be thrown together at the last minute. The […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Beth Ernat, Bob Tetens, David Rutledge, Eastside Recreation Center, Mary Lou Murray recreation center, Ralph Lange, Ronnie Peterson, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission 27 Comments