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EDITORIAL: Ann Arbor is Not Ferguson
THE INVESTIGATION INTO the police shooting of Aura Rosser is complete and the Michigan State Police have handed their findings over to the City of Ann Arbor as well as the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s office. County Prosecutor Mackie will…
EDITORIAL: Thank You Gov. Snyder
FROM FOIA TO concealed weapons, last week Gov. Rick Snyder showed some of the “moderation” that has been missing from his leadership over the past four years. While campaigning, Snyder never professed to be a moderate Republican. Neither…
EDITORIAL: Distracted Driving
IN 2010, MICHIGAN passed a law that made it illegal to text and drive. The results of this policy change are in and they’re disappointing. In the May 2014 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, researchers published the results of a…
EDITORIAL: Fire Chief Must Be Equal Partner
FIRE CHIEF LARRY Collins was welcomed to his new job at a ceremony held last Friday. He was sworn in and feted at a reception. It was an event attended by City Council members, as well as members of the Ann Arbor Fire Department and the Ann…
OP-ED: I am Not Charlie
By Lou Glorie
I’M NOT CHARLIE.
It seems that almost every day some outrage is reported that sends one into a tail-spin of despair for the human soul. The brutal attack on the Charlie Hebdo office was one of those events that seems to…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Community Farms and Food Assistance Program Spending
If we are going to spend billions every year on health care and food assistance programs, then we need to start investing more of that money into sustainable projects that are nearly free or can pay for themselves over time. Community farms…
EDITORIAL: “I’m a Judge. I’m a Judge.”
WHEN HIS ARREST for drunkeness was made public by the media, Washtenaw County 14-A Circuit Court Judge Kirk W. Tabbey was already well on his way to having the crime adjudicated. The judge had been charged under Michigan’s “super drunk”…
OP-ED: Jim Harbaugh Comes Back to Michigan, For Peanuts
by Joel Elconin
WITH ONE OF the most publicized head coaching searches ever coming to a conclusion, many pundits questioned if the University of Michigan may have overpaid for the services of Jim Harbaugh and his staff.
Quite the…
EDITORIAL: ‘Tis the Season for Icy Sidewalks
IN THE CITY of Ann Arbor, “property owners and/or occupants are responsible for removing/treating snow and ice on the adjacent public sidewalk,” according to local ordinance. Accumulation which has fallen prior to 6 a.m. must be cleared by…
EDITORIAL: Evaluating Human Services
WARD 3 COUNCIL member Stephen Kunselman was first threatened with recall by a member of the homeless advocacy group MISSION. A few days later, the same member of MISSION who had announced at a public Council meeting the group was behind the…