Mark Maynard

State of the City 2013: Shaping Ypsilanti

By Mark | March 5, 2013

The following was sent out this evening by Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber. I thought that I’d pass it along for those of you who don’t happen to be on his mailing list. (A PDF version, which includes relevant links and accompanying graphs, can be found here.) For the most part, I think Mayor Schreiber does [...]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged AATA, Administrative Hearings Bureau, city income tax, Climate Action Plan, Corner brewery, Cross Street, Dreamland Theater, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Facade Improvement Program, Family Dollar, Ford, Growing Hope, gun control, guns, Hamilton Crossing, historic district, historic preservation, Hope Clinic, Jon Ichesco, Krampus Ball, LED street lights, manufacturing, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michigan House Bill 5225, Mittenfest, Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, Parkview Apartments, Paul Schreiber, public safety, public transportation, Ralph Lange, Recreation Department, Reimagine Washtenaw, Rutherford Pool, Shadow Art Fair, Shape Ypsilanti, Smith Furniture, State of the City, street lights, Sweetwaters, tax incentives, Ted's Campus Drugs, VIsteon, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Welch Hall, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti City Master Plan, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, zoning | 47 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Becca Keating

By Mark | January 19, 2013

Becca Keating, the former Director of Development at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (AAFF), has spent the past several days driving across the country with the intention of transforming herself into an Angeleno. Following is our exit interview, conducted as she adjusted to life in a world with sunshine. MARK: Let’s start with where you’re [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged abortion, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor Paper, avant-garde, Becca Keating, David Lynch, exit interviews, Grand Canyon, Gratzi, independent film, Ken Burns, Kevin Jerome Everson, Laida Lertxundi, Laura Abraham, Liberty Street Video, Los Angeles, Marcin Gizycki, Ohio, old white men making decisions on women's health, parade floats, Pasadena, pie, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, Rose Parade, Roswell, Scientology, Suzan Pitt, The Central Park Five, tiramisu, Toledo, Twin Peaks, Un Chien Andalou, Village Corner, Whitney Biennial, women's rights, womne's health, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 11 Comments

Acknowledging the incredible suffering of our ancestors

By Mark | November 3, 2012

Posted in Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged evolution of porn, food preservation, hot water, showers, time travel | 7 Comments

Mitt Romney fires PBS’s Jim Lehrer on live television, during the first televised presidential debate

By Mark | October 3, 2012

My thoughts on the debate can be found below… For those of you who aren’t already obligated to worship at the alter of Honey Boo Boo tonight, and want to be in the company of other humans, it looks as though the presidential debate is going to be shown at a few places in the [...]

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Hoff, Big Bird, bingo, Bush tax cuts, catch-phrase, Cindy Brady, debate, debates, desperation, Gangnam Style, Honey Boo Boo, Jim Lehrer, Joel Gilbert, libel, live blog, Obama, Obama's mother, PBS, Presidential politics, racism, Republican lies, rewriting history, Romney, scandal, Simpson Bowles, slander, Solyndra, Thrift Score, zingers | 42 Comments

Shadow Art Fair 2012 (part two)

By Mark | July 22, 2012

Sorry I only made it a few hours into my Shadow Art Fair live blog before I had to bail out. You’d think that I’d know better by now, having tried to document these things live on several occasions over the past half dozen years. I always think, “this time, it’ll be different,” but it [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Barely Legal, Ben Connor Barrie, Chris Becker, coffee, conversion therapy, Corner brewery, Damn Arbor, Darth Vader, Dustin Krcatovich, Equality California, Factsheet Five, florist, FM Dust, Foraging Florist, Four Seasons, Hustler, Hustler box, Josh Steichman, Larry Flynt, Martha Bishop, Michael Woodyard, moss, Natalie Berry, Olive Garden, Patrick Dunn, Paul Saginaw, reparative therapy, Spontaneous Art, The Onion, Trevor Stone, Ugly Mug, VG Kids, Washtenaw County Circuity Judge | 13 Comments

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State of the City 2013: Shaping Ypsilanti

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Becca Keating

Acknowledging the incredible suffering of our ancestors

Mitt Romney fires PBS’s Jim Lehrer on live television, during the first televised presidential debate

Shadow Art Fair 2012 (part two)

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