At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Ypsilanti City Council, the following resolution was offered by Councilmen Mike Bodary and Dan Vogt. It is, as you will realize when you read it, largely symbolic in nature, but I wholeheartedly endorse the sentiment behind it. Furthermore, I hope that it encourages other communities across Michigan to do […]
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Ypsilanti City Council passes resolution opposing Snyder agenda, calling for statewide tax reform
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Ypsilanti Also tagged 2012 Michigan budget, Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, budget cuts, Czars, Dan Vogt, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, financial martial law, Headlee, Historic Preservation tax credits, Michigan Business Tax, Public Act 4, public education, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, tax cuts, theology of tax cuts, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti Public Schools 5 Comments
Automatic termination of Ypsilanti board and commission members
Apparently there’s a movement afoot on Ypsi City Council to change the way volunteers serving on boards and commissions are rotated off at the ends of their terms. It seems like a relatively small thing to me, but, as my in-box is full of notes from people who want to talk about it, I figure […]
Posted in Politics, Ypsilanti Also tagged Brian Robb, City COuncil resolutions, Lois Richardson, Paul Schreiber, Pete Murdock, priorities, Rene Greff, Resolution 2010-191, Ypsilanti City Council 98 Comments