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Community Health Matters to Ann Arbor’s Plans for Climate Change
by Dr. Stephen Modell, M.D.
In June 2020 Ann Arbor released its A2ZERO Living Carbon Neutrality Plan. Major areas include strategies to shift towards renewable energy, switch appliances and vehicles to electric, and create community…
A2Politico: In a Major Blow to Chronic Virtue Signalers on Council, The Attempted Recall of Council Member Hayner Flopped
by P.D. Lesko
Two trans women, Ariah Schugat and Michelle Ryan Hughes, launched a recall of Hayner, a Ward 1 Democrat, after Ward 3 Council member Travis Radina took to his fainting coach with a cool washcloth on his forehead over…
Elected Officials are Failing Our Children: They Need COVID Vaccines
by Alfred Brock
I am concerned about the fact that Covid-19 vaccines have still not been approved for use by children.
I decided to Google "What can I do to prevent my children from getting Covid-19?"
The first response is from…
Unemployment Insurance is Not to Blame for the So-Called Labor Shortage
by Peter Ruark
We’ve all seen the recent news coverage and memes going around about some businesses’ struggles finding workers right now. A coworker of mine even said one local fast food restaurant was putting mini-job applications in…
U.S. Courts Must Uphold Rights of Michigan’s Indigenous Peoples in Tar Sands and Pipeline Cases
by Casey Patnode
The Alberta tar sands, an industrial project that spans an area larger than the country of England, and its associated infrastructure are a massive public health and environmental justice threat. The pollution from this…
Republicans Get Creative to Make Sure Democrats Don’t Win any More Elections
by Susan Demas, Michigan Advance
There’s an unfortunate stereotype that conservatives just aren’t very creative, probably because they’re always yammering that the National Endowment for the Arts is a boondoggle and museums would make…
Now Playing at the Theater of the Absurd: The Ann Arbor Witch Trials Starring Tituba Taylor and Mercy Grand
Updated: CM Ali Ramlawi (D-Ward 5) issued a statement in which he withdrew his support for the actions of the Mayor, CMs Grand and Eyer.
“The truth always arrive too late, because it walks slower than lies. Truth crawls at a snail's…
On Using the LGBTQ Community & Desperation Politics: An Open Letter to Ward 3 Council Member Travis Radina
by Patricia Lesko
When I ran for office against John Hieftje in 2010, a man named Phil Volk, then a leading member of Ann Arbor's gay community, published an opinion piece in which he said I was an "embarrassment to the gay community."…
Corruption On Display: The Ann Arbor City Attorney, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor, and the Irwin/Eyer DV Case
by Patricia Lesko
The majority of domestic abusers are poorly-educated, white men. In the case of Mitchell Irwin, the abuser is a 1 Percenter Poster Boy, an educated, rich, 68-year-old white man, a former Michigan State Senator,…
Ward 4 Council Member Writes About “Reality Politics”
Facts and truth should matter to all of us. It has to be the starting point for every decision.
by Elizabeth Nelson
I’m relieved to be living in Ann Arbor during this pandemic. Your local leaders and city staff are serious about…