DEFAULT IS NOT IN OUR STARS, BUT IN OURSELVES-HOW WE GOT HERE: The Call Is Coming From Inside The House!

Anita Marie Senkowski
4 min readFeb 23, 2024
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way this wind blows.

The story so far, with links to my exclusive reports. (Not “the end”, but the end of the beginning.)

Part 1: The Man Who Would Be Mayor Phumphers When Questioned About $800,000 Loan To State Theatre

Part 2: Interim COO Leaves; Bacigalupo Injects $9,100 Into State Theatre

Part 3: Tasteless Facebook Post Gets Laughs From Local Politician

Part 4: Fish Town Clown — It’s A Lunker!

Part 5: State Theatre’s $800,000 Bay Growth Alliance Mortgage Disclosures

Part 6: River Roar…Or Cat’s Meow?

Part 7: State Theatre/Bay City Wenonah Park Agreement Merely “Verbal”

Part 8: MEDC Confirms $900,000 Wenonah Park RAP Grant “Was Not Disbursed”

Part 9: Bay Future Parts Ways With Bacigalupo Statue Promoter

Part 10: Another Grant Proposal

Part 11: Three Questions For Longtime State Theatre Board Member Jack Kidwell

Part 12: An Idiot Incursion

Part 13: Rick Springfield Sues Bacigalupo, State Theatre For $206,250

Part 14: Bay City’s Downtown Management Board Picks Up The Pieces; Midland Center for the Arts Stays On The Sidelines

Part 15: Wenonah Park “Million Dollar Donation” Debunked

Part 16: State Theatre To File Bankruptcy

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Anita Marie Senkowski

Senkowski is the creative genius behind “Glistening, Quivering Underbelly”, a crime/fraud blog, and an ADDY Award-winning marketing copywriter.