It may not have been news to most folks, but, when I read on AnnArbor.com yesterday that our City Council was in agreement over the necessity of a City income tax, I was surprised. I knew that many of the folks on Council who were so anti-income tax a few years ago, when the subject […]
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Ypsilanti City Council agrees to pursue City income tax and Water Street millage
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged city services, Emergency Financial Manager, Headlee, Headlee Override, local income tax, looming receivorship, millage, Paul Schreiber, property values, Proposition A, Stop City Income Tax, taxes, totally quotable Clementine, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department 86 Comments
Does cutting firefighters lead to more deaths, or not?
AnnArbor.com has an interesting story today about how budget cuts affecting the Ann Arbor Fire Department might be responsible for the increasing number of deaths by fire in the city. Here’s a clip. The president of the Ann Arbor firefighters union told Mayor John Hieftje and the City Council Monday night he believes deep cuts […]