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Sophie’s Choice… Ypsi style

Last night, there was a special meeting of the Ypsi City Council. I wasn’t able to attend, but your fellow reader Glen S was. Here’s his report… which is actually about a lot more that whether or not our City Council chose to prioritize one of two potential construction projects. I attended last night’s special […]

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What Does Gov. Snyder’s Budget Mean to You?

I spent this evening at a panel discussion at Washtenaw Community College hosted by Michigan State Senator Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor). The event was called, “What Does Governor Snyder’s Budget Mean to You?”, and joining the Senator were Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schrieber, Superintendent of Ypsilanti Public Schools Dedrick Martin, Eastern Michigan University Professor and Chair […]

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Wisconsin Republicans ram through union busting bill

Rachel Maddow, and a lot of other folks, were pronouncing last night that the Democrats in Wisconsin, after almost two weeks of protesting, had essentially won. Despite Governor Scott Walker’s insistence that he would not negotiate with Democrats on collective bargaining rights, it looked as though he was showing signs of breaking under the pressure […]

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Comparing teachers to the Wall Street dickwads who almost brought our country down

As someone mentioned yesterday in the comments section, Jon Stewart had a great piece the other night on the hypocrisy of the right wing pundits who, just a month ago were talking about how families making over $250,000 a year were just barely scraping by, and now claim that teachers, who make a fraction of […]

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Ohio does Wisconsin one better and moves to ban public worker strikes and imprison workers that walk out

The union busing fun that started in Wisconsin a few days ago is spreading. The following clip from the Associated Press concerns events that transpired today in Ohio. The bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio would be dramatically reduced and strikes would be banned under a bill narrowly passed by the state Senate on […]

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