Tag Archives: parks

Ann Arbor votes for an unfunded downtown park over density and affordable housing

By Mark | November 14, 2018

Heading into the last election, I didn’t pay a lot of attention to local races. I, of course, did my research on the local candidates and ballot initiatives that I’d be voting on, but, for the most part, I focused on national races, trying, as best I could, to help the Democrats take back the […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized | Also tagged affordable housing, Alan Haber, Ann Arbor Central Park Ballot Committee., Ann Arbor City Council, Ann Arbor Public Library, anti-growth, Core Spaces, density, economic development, Fifth Avenue, Jessica Letaw, Library Lot, Linh Song, Mary Jo Callan, parking lots, Proposal A, public education, public space, Saturday Six Pack, segregation, social mobility, Urban Park and Civic Center Commons, urban parks, Voters for a Responsible Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, Water Street Commons, wealth inequality, Will Hathaway, Ypsilanti | 172 Comments

Could the Prospect Park “mystery pooper” being doing more than pooping? And, regardless, how can we work together to apprehend him?

By Mark | April 6, 2014

Last summer, as Arlo was running around Ypsilanti’s Prospect Park, Linette noticed what she thought was adult feces on a sliding board. She called the Parks Department and reported it, and we thought that was the end of it. Apparently, though, it wasn’t an isolated incident. According to a story in yesterday’s Ann Arbor News, […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged feces, mystery ejaculator, mystery pooper, NY Daily News, play structure fetish, poop, Prospect park, sex with playground equipment, shit, sliding board, stories about shit and vomit, vandalism | 80 Comments

How are things in Ypsi likely to change, if the city income tax doesn’t pass?

By Mark | January 26, 2012

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 […]

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, ordinance enforcement, parking tickets, 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

Is there a crime problem at Prospect Park that I’m not aware of?

By Mark | June 29, 2011

I wasn’t planning to post tonight, as I’m working feverishly on the MarkMaynard.com 3.0 relaunch, but I just noticed the following comment, left by a fellow calling himself SJH, and I thought that I should move it up here, to the front page. If you have thoughts on his comment, or, for that matter, thoughts […]