Our last few posts about the proposed city income tax have not only initiated a lot of good, substantive conversations, but they’ve also led to quite a few more questions. Case in point… a couple of days ago, I received the following note from a reader of this site named Erika. Hi Mark, thanks for […]
Tag Archives: ordinance enforcement
How are things in Ypsi likely to change, if the city income tax doesn’t pass?
Posted in Ypsilanti Also tagged Act 51, Benton Harbor, Brian Robb, budget cuts, building inspection, business friendly, city employees, city planning, city services, code violations, DPW, economic development, Erika Nelson, Frank Daniels, Garden City, general fund, Grove Road, Headlee, Huron River Drive, income tax, LED street lights, local income tax, Michael Bodary, millage, parking tickets, parks, Paul Schreiber, Pete Murdock, Pontiac, property values, Proposition A, public safety, recycling, Richard Murphy, road maintenance, street lights, Valentine Vodka, Waste Management, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, Ypsilanti Building Department, Ypsilanti City Council 110 Comments
Ypsilanti caves, waives snow removal fees
The following comes from the Ypsi Citizen: After an investigation into the snow abatements issued in January, the city of Ypsilanti will not be collecting any money from residents. April McGrath, Ypsilanti administrative services manager, said she came to the conclusion Thursday that the city had not notified all the properties that had snow removed […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged A&M Services, abatement, Brian Robb, false accusation, fraud, Pete Murdock, Shovelgate, snow removal, Ypsi Citizen 28 Comments
Shovelgate: City Hall edition
The following post is going to be extremely uninteresting to the majority of the audience, who, I’m sure, could care less about the intricacies of snow removal policy in a small, struggling midwestern town. For those of you who fall into that category, I give you this link to an article about an asteroid the […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Rants, Ypsilanti Also tagged abatement, City Council, public speaking, Shovelgate, snow removal 115 Comments