Remember how, a while back, we were discussing how Eastern Michigan University wanted to privatize their parking enforcement, selling off the rights to their 9,700 parking spaces to an out-of-state firm for a term of 35 years in exchange for a big up-front payment of $55 million? Well, as of yesterday, this new for-profit company […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Cross Street, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Pete Murdock, privatization, Rois Savvides, Sweetwaters, Tower Inn, unintended consequences, Wurst Bar, Ypsilanti City Council |
Can someone help me understand something… Why, during this upcoming City Council meeting, is there going to be a public hearing on the subject of Eastern Michigan University’s plan to privatize their parking? I mean, I understand, based on the following letter by Ypsilanti City Attorney John Barr, that EMU legally has to have the […]
I should know better than to try to make sense of the arguments being offered by the rag tag band anti-tax activists who have come together to fight the AAATA millage we’ll be voting on next month, but, when I heard that they’d launched a website, I thought that I’d check it out, and see […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor Public Library, anti-tax, Better Transit Now, buses, Carolyn Grawi, commuter rail, elections, go!pass, Keep Ypsi Rollin', Lou Glorie, Martha Valadez, mass transit, millage, More Buses, Murph, n-word, NightRide, poverty, public transportation, race and poverty, racism, Richard Murphy, tea party, the growing gap between rich and poor, trains, transit, transportation funding, transportation planning, unfounded accusations, University of Michigan, WALLY, Ypsi bus routes, Ypsilanti Township |
By Mark | February 26, 2014
On May 6, the citizens of Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township are going to have an opportunity to go to their local polling places and weigh in on whether or not they want to enact a milage that would allow the Ann Arbor Area Transit Authority (AAATA) to plan to dramatically expand services. The […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Rail, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAATA, AATA, AirRide, Alexis Blizman, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Ann Arbor Area Transit Authority, Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, Ann Arbor Public Library, anti-tax, Better Transit Now, buses, Carolyn Grawi, commuter rail, elections, go!pass, Keep Ypsi Rollin', Lou Glorie, Martha Valadez, mass transit, millage, More Buses, Murph, NightRide, public transportation, Richard Murphy, tea party, trains, transit, transportation funding, transportation planning, unfounded accusations, University of Michigan, WALLY, Ypsi bus routes, Ypsilanti Township |
Ann Arbor is never a pleasant place to be during Art Fair. I understand that it’s a good thing, as it brings money into the city at a time when local businesses could really use the sales, but, from the point of view of a local, it’s a huge pain in the ass. Traffic is […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor Art Fair, Art Fair Rage Syndrome, cinder blocks, disputes, fannypackers, Kerrytown, parking disputes, rage, Scott Alma, twinkie defense, violence |
