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On a path where politics and principles meet.  AT POLITICAL GATHERINGS, Washtenaw County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi is often the tallest man in the room and at 24-years-old, often the youngest. He is serving as the Chair of the BOC, one…

Brought manufacturing back to the United States from overseas. Provided dozens of jobs for area teen workers. IT’S 2013, AND there are 2.5 million Americans ages 16 to 19 who are out of work or underemployed. This group includes teens…

Dr. Mary Sue Coleman was appointed as the 13th president of The University of Michigan in 2002. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, university presidents, on average, stay in their jobs 8.5 years. Coleman, then, in keeping her…

Crowd funding for medical research? Introducing the WellSpringboard Site. Crowd funding is all the rage these days, with everyone from charities to start-up companies offering ways for masses of people to kick in small amounts of money…

Who says nice guys finish last?   Brady Hoke is a nice guy. His players like him, and he is a Michigan man through and through despite having been born in Ohio and having played football for Ball State University.  According to Hoke’s 18…

Friends say: He’s measured.  Collegial. A leader. Detractors say: He’s a DINO. Anti-everything. Bad for Ann Arbor.    Jack Eaton speaks slowly, so slowly that sometimes you wonder how he doesn’t nod off in the middle of a sentence.…

POLITICAL INSIDERS are playing a game called: “Pin the Campaign Button on the Ann Arbor Mayoral Candidate.” They suggest that the person next elected mayor will serve a long time, thanks to voter apathy and an incurious media (present…

Teriyaki Time — New Ann Arbor Japanese/Korean Restaurant  314 Detroit St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Hours: Mon-Sat: 10am – 9pm, Sun: 12am – 8pm Ph:734-929-2272 I WAS STROLLING through the Kerrytown Farmer’s Market and noticed a…

Over the past 190 years, only two women have served as mayor of Ann Arbor. Can Sally P. be #3? Sally Hart Petersen ran a clever campaign to defeat two-term incumbent Tony Derezinski, a former state legislator. Mostly though, Sally…

Listening her way across the city. Budgeting her way to perdition. Dr. Jeanice K. Swift was not the Ann Arbor Board of Education’s first choice to lead the Ann Arbor Public Schools. The search for Dr. Patricia Green’s replacement began…