The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team 2249 posts 224 comments

by P.D. Lesko THE ANN ARBOR Charter requires City Council members to evaluate two of the city’s 690 employees: City Administrator Steve Powers and City Attorney Stephen Postema. City Attorney Postema, whose total compensation package…

IN A SHORT press release sent out on June 20, 2014, Leon Bryson announced that he would not campaign for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the Ward 5 City Council primary election scheduled to be held August 5. Bryson had collected and…

by Andy Balaskovitz Michigan Energy News—A MICHIGAN lawmaker wants to expand the state’s definition of renewable energy to include more fuel made from municipal and industrial solid waste. State Rep. Aric Nesbitt, a Republican who…

by P.D. Lesko ONE OF THE first things the mayoral appointees on the Board of AAATA bus system did after spending millions of dollars to pass a $4.4 million annual millage was to raise AAATA CEO Michael Ford’s salary and pay him $174,836…

AN ANALYSIS OF data submitted by the AAPD reveals that an individual in Ann Arbor is most likely to be assaulted on Sunday and then Saturday. Monday has been, since January of this year, the day of the week on which the fewest assaults took…

THE CITY OF Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation (NAP) works to protect and restore Ann Arbor’s natural areas. This involves conducting plant and animal inventories, ecological monitoring, and stewardship projects in Ann Arbor parks. These…

THE ANN ARBOR Civic Band (AACB), founded in 1935 as an extension of the University of Michigan’s School of Music, is in its 79th year of providing residents of Ann Arbor with outdoor concerts during the summer months. The Ann Arbor Parks…

by P.D. Lesko Please note: Kai Petainen is a member of The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board ANN ARBOR SPARK CEO Paul Krutko was “angry” and “screaming,” according to a City Council member who heard an exchange between Krutko…

FROM THEIR VERY founding in America in 1825, juvenile prisons were designed to rip teenagers from their homes and communities and isolate them as punishment. Nearly two centuries later, they operate under the same design, despite research…

by Donna Iadipaolo Skaters—from Tony Hawk and Andy MacDonald to amateurs— jumped and twirled, food tents served delectables, and those in attendance just enjoyed a glorious start to summer. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE attended the official…