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A2Politico: Sheriff Candidates Suggest “Dialogue” as a Solution to Anti-Semitism and Hate Crimes
by P.D. Lesko
In 2021, a gunman walked into Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and murdered 11 congregants, wounding six others. In 2023, a Michigan man was arrested by the FBI for plotting to gun down members of East Lansing's…
“Just One Life Matters”: A Twisted Tagline Used By the “Great Pretenders” Running for Sheriff
by Ken Magee
Note: Ken Magee is a candidate in a three-way race to serve as the next Washtenaw County Sheriff.
Slide courtesy of Derrick Jackson, 2024 Community Violence Intervention Summit.
Does “just one life” matter to…
County Leadership Has Responsibilities, Not Privileges
by Robert Zimmerman
We ask leadership to do only one thing…… Lead. Actions, and inaction, always speak so much louder than words. Leadership sets the tone for the organization, whether it wants to or not!
Failure to understand this…
Forcing Gender-Neutral Language on Everyone Doesn’t Comfort Anyone
Note: This opinion piece was posted to Twitter by Tran Longmore, founder and long-time editor of The Saline Post.
by Tran Longmore
Forcing silly gender-neutral language on everyone else doesn't provide comfort for anyone except…
It’s Foster Care Awareness Month: My Colleagues in the Legislature Should Adopt My Plan to Help Foster Care Children
by Rep. Kathy Schmaltz
This week I supported a resolution adopted by the Michigan House to declare May as Foster Care Awareness Month in the state while reminding other legislators that reforms must be made to help set foster care…
Michigan’s Attorney General Should Support The Second Look Sentencing Act
by Tashiena L. Combs-Holbrook
As a woman serving a life sentence at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, I am urging Michigan’s Attorney General, Dana Nessel, to support the Second Look Sentencing Act. This bill would allow…
Letter to the Editor: To the Protesters At My Daughter’s U-M Graduation…
by Kellie Zell
To the protesters at my daughter’s University of Michigan graduation on May 4th:
I write this because I think it’s important for everyone to understand the impact of their actions. So I suppose you should look at this…
An Open Letter to County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi: It’s Time For You to Lead
This is a Open Public Plea to the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, specifically, Ann Arbor County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi:
There is an expectation of leadership from the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners. At this…
A2Politico: County Commissioners Will Be “Invoiced” For 2023 Overspending; That’s Not Good Enough
by P.D. Lesko
On April 1, I sent an email to County Administrator Greg Dill:
Mr Dill,Have Commissioners Lyte and Sanders been invoiced for their 2023 FlexSpending account overspending yet? Could you please post 2024 spendingto…
Why Are Americans Increasingly Seduced by Facism?
by Max McCoy
Why are Americans increasingly seduced by fascism?
That’s the question I pondered for this, my 100th opinion essay for the Kansas Reflector, a milestone (or perhaps millstone) that invites deep contemplation of where…
