Meeting Becomes a Flashpoint
A regular Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees meeting became the latest flashpoint in the fight over the proposed University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory research computing center.
The June 16 agenda listed a general legal update from the township attorney. But that update, followed by public comment, quickly turned into a broader discussion about local control, environmental justice, water and sewer capacity, and whether township officials have enough power to slow or stop a university-backed project…