Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former fixer, entered a guilty plea in federal court today, saying that he’d lied repeatedly top members of both the Senate and House intelligence committees in 2017, when he’d testified in writing that the Trump organization had not been pursuing a real estate deal in Moscow during the 2016 campaign. Cohen […]
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Who among you, if given the chance, wouldn’t shit on Hillary Clinton, and do irreparable harm to our democracy, if it meant getting your very own skyscraper?
Posted in Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, Asha Rangappa, collusion, Donald Trump, dossier, Edward Burke, election meddling, G-20, Hillary Clinton, House Intelligence Committee, MAGA, Michigan Cohen, Moscow, perjury, Presidential politics, RNC, Russia, Russiagate, Senate Intelligence Committee, Trump Tower Moscow, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Wikileaks 75 Comments
My thoughts on International Village
Yesterday, someone on Twitter called me out for being silent on the subject of International Village, the $350+ million dollar retail and housing development being proposed for Ypsilanti’s 36-acre Water Street property. According to this person, who was posting under a pseudonym, my silence on the matter was “deafening.” It’s something I’ve heard several times […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Architecture, Corporate Crime, Economics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged affordable housing, Amanda Edmonds, Beijing, Brian Robb, brownfield, Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits, China, Chinese investment, condominiums, corruption, County Farm Park, Dan Vogt, Eastside Recreation Center, EB-5, economic development, economic segregation, environmental injustice, gentrification, International Village, luxury housing, money laundering, native plants, public health air quality, remediation, respirators, seed bombing, SHIFT, silence, student housing, tax credits, Troy, Veridian, Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation, Water Street, Water Street Commons, Water Street debt reduction millage, Water Street Sculpture Park, xenophobia, Ypsilanti City Council, Ypsilanti real estate 62 Comments
Former Ypsi CIty Planner Richard Murphy weighs in with data on gentrification
Last night, prompted by the social media dustup over news that Ann Arbor’s Babo would be opening a location in Depot Town, I posted something here about the looming threat of gentrification in Ypsilanti. I’d encourage you, if you haven’t already, to read through the comments, as, for the most part, they’re pretty thoughtful. Here, […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged affordable housing, Babo, economic development, gentrification, housing instability, housing market, Murph, property values, Proposition A, Richard Murphy, taxes, Ypsilanti housing 31 Comments