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UPDATED: WCC President Reimbursed for $2,873.60 Meal at Vinology With WCC Foundation Funds
UPDATED: The newspaper has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the names of all the participants at the Vinology event for Wendy Lawson. We have also filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the name of the…
From 2010-2013 Number of City Employees With Six-Figure Compensation Packages More Than Tripled
by P.D. Lesko
Since the hiring of City Administrator Steve Powers, compensation for city employees has risen sharply. In 2010, 13 employees earned six-figure base salaries. After three years of Powers’ at the helm, that number has…
At Thurston Nature Center, Neighbors Come Together to Carry on a 50 Year Legacy of Stewardship
by Marjorie Winkelman
PRAVEENA RAMASWAMI IS an enthusiastic, energetic woman with sparkling eyes and a streak of bright purple through her dark hair. She is the perfect tour guide at the Thurston Nature Center Fall work-day, greeting…
At Washtenaw Dairy, the “Thank You” Letter Box is Always Overflowing
by John Briggs
THE THANK YOU notes to Washtenaw Dairy, for donations of donuts and coffee and ice-cream and ice-cream bars, pile up. Co-owner Jim Smith puts the letters in a cardboard box as they come in.
“We put them in the box, and…
County Employee Credit Card Records Show Las Vegas Trips, Stays at Luxury Hotels Curtailed
by P.D. Lesko
In 2013, The Ann Arbor Independent published articles detailing county employee stays at Las Vegas casinos, resorts and 4-star hotels at taxpayer expense. Analysis of 3,600 credit card charges made in 2014 show no trips to…
Restaurant Inspections Reveal Even Ann Arbor’s Priciest, Well-Known Eateries Cited By Washtenaw County Health Dept.
IT’S EASY TO conclude that pricey meals and national media coverage might guarantee that a restaurant would be free from the most serious violations of a state’s restaurant health code. In March 2014, New York’s Per Se, with its $310…
Huron High Among Growing Number of American High Schools Without Student Newspaper
by Micaela Stevenson
HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM matters. According to studies done by the American Press Institute, students who have participated in journalism programs during their high school careers will score higher on the ACT as well…
Digital First Media, Publisher of “Washtenaw Now,” Weighs Sale of Assets
THE ANN ARBOR Independent reported that the Heritage Media Group, owned by Digital First Media shuttered the A2 Journal and pulled out of the Ann Arbor marketplace shortly after The A2 Indy was launched in October 2013. Out-county…
A2POLITICO: Where’s Your Snyder, Now, Eh?
by P.D. Lesko
IN THE FILM “The Ten Commandments,” with Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, a mocking Robinson quips to downtrodden Hebrew slaves “Where’s your Moses, now, eh?” It’s a line that is all at once absurd (Robinson’s New…
Ann Arbor Rep. Irwin Rated Most Liberal State House Legislator
The 2014 election is a little more than six weeks away, and Inside Michigan Politics has released what the political newsletter is calling the "definitive rankings of the Most Liberal and Most Conservative members of the House of…