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, parking, Pete Murdock, 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 […]
By Mark | February 21, 2017
On January 23rd of this year, two weeks before billionaire turned anti-public education crusader Betsy DeVos was sworn in as Secretary of Education, Congressman Steve King of Iowa introduced HR 610, a bill which, if passed into law, would replace Lyndon Johnson’s landmark 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) with something that King and […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Bible, call to action, charter schools, dismantling of public education, Education and Workforce Committee, equality, equity, ESEA, Free Appropriate Public Education, homelessness, homeschool, HR 610, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Iowa, LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, Mike Bishop, Minneapolis Start Tribune, National School Lunch Program, Network for Public Education, Nevada, nutrition, pledge allegiance, poverty, private school, racism, religious extremism, School Choice Act, School Lunch Initiative, school lunches, school vouchers, Steve King, Tim Walberg, war on poverty |
By Mark | November 27, 2016
On behalf of the people of Michigan, I apologize… Not only were we one of three states credited with making Donald Trump, the least qualified presidential candidate in American history, our President-elect, but, as it turns out, we might also be responsible for ending public education as we know it. You see, we, the people […]
Posted in Church and State, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Detroit, Education, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged Acton Institute, Amway, Betsy DeVos, child labor, dismantling of public education, Donald Trump, education reform, HB 4052, Lily Eskelsen García, literacy, Michelle Rhee, minimum wage, MLM, multi-level marketing, National Education Association, NEA, Newt Gingrich, opportunity gap, public education, pyramid schemes, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, right-to-work, school vouchers, schools of choice, Secretary of Education, The Act to Enhance Access to the Workplace for Minors, threats to public education, virtual charters |
