Ypsilanti Township

by P.D. Lesko It was dark at 6 a.m. Oct. 8, 2024, when an Ypsilanti Twp. employee arrived for work at the Township’s maintenance building. Spencer Alexander-McCoy Allen, a felon on lifetime parole, ambushed that employee, pointed a…

by P.D. Lesko Ypsilanti is a Third World country thanks to the stunning ineptitude and ethically suspect conduct of the City's elected and appointed officials. Public records show Ypsilanti's former City Manager Frances McMullen…

Note: This article was made possible by the Ann Arbor Independent's FOIA Fund. To donate to the FOIA Fund, click here. by P.D. Lesko On Tuesday, August 15 the Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees’ meeting agenda included Resolution…

by Monica Ross-Williams For decades, Washtenaw County and its government were models for what good governance could look like.On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 that changed, when four Washtenaw County Commissioners, Annie Somerville …

by P.D. Lesko At the Aug. 24 hearing on the matter of Ypsilanti Twp. vs. Ardis Lewis, Jr., Men Like Us and Lily Investments, Inc. before the Honorable Timothy P. Connors in the Washtenaw County Trial Court, the podium was crowded. The…

by P.D. Lesko Men Like Us was created as a non-profit in 2021. Since leasing space in a building at 3011 E. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti Twp., Ardis Lewis Jr.'s "men's club" has been the subject of over 30 police reports. The police…

by P.D. Lesko The cajoling, race-baiting, and threatening public comments started at 5:30 p.m. and went for more than three hours during the Aug. 15 meeting of the Ypsilanti Twp. Trustees. On the agenda was a resolution to demand the…

by P.D. Lesko On July 28, 2023, Ypsilanti Twp. officials filed a "PETITION TO DECLARE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY A PUBLIC NUISANCE, FOR ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE, PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, PERMANENT RESTRAINING ORDER AND OTHER EQUITABLE…

by Scott McClallen After losing about 5 million riders since 2017, the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is seeking a $21.8 million tax hike over five years on the Aug. 2 primary ballot on property owners in the cities…

THE BOARD MEMBERS of the AAATA (formerly the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority) include individuals who live outside Ann Arbor. Most Board members have little experience in transportation policy. This is because rather than appoint members…