Tag: Commissions

Timeline of Mayor Beth Bashert’s Pattern of Anti-Blackness
June 22, 2020

Timeline of Mayor Beth Bashert’s Pattern of Anti-Blackness

Brian Geiringer & Amber Fellows, with organizing help from Ruth Cassidy and other What's Left Contributors

Ypsilanti, Michigan Mayor Beth Bashert made national news on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, after video surfaced of her comment from the previous night’s City Council meeting (full video here). During a vote to reinstate Ka’Ron Gaines as a Human Relations Commissioner, Bashert states “since I…

Issue 5
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by Editor
Black Commissioners Not Reappointed by Mayor
June 20, 2020

Black Commissioners Not Reappointed by Mayor

In Ypsilanti, the mayor has the sole power to nominate people to the city’s commissions. City commissions are government bodies made up of volunteers who make decisions that affect Ypsilanti. Some commissions merely advise City Council; others actually have the final decision-making power over city…

Issue 2
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by Editor