The Starkweather Chapel in Ypsilanti’s Highland Cemetery, for those of you who may not have noticed, has been undergoing some much needed renovation work this past year. Here, with more on the history of the building, and the preservation work that’s been done thus far, is a conversation I just had with lifelong Ypsilanti resident […]
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Remembering Pete Murdock
Pete Murdock, Ypsilanti’s longest-serving City Council member, and former mayor, passed away several weeks ago at the age of 76. And, ever since, I’ve been struggling with how to talk about his passing here on the site. You see, while I liked Pete quite a bit as a person, he and I also had some […]
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You don’t have to be the Mystery Pooper to shit on Ypsilanti… You can be a corporation
When Adams Outdoor Advertising was lobbying the City for permission to place a digital billboard on the edge of town, facing 94, they said it would be a good thing for us. Not only would they be paying rent, they said, but we could use the massive billboard to positively promote the city to the […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Adams Outdoor Advertising, advertising, billboards, Deric Gress, ejaculate, epic rants, mystery pooper, play structure fetish, poop, Ralph Lange, semen, shit, Todd McWilliams 19 Comments