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EDITORIAL: Ann Arbor State Reps Must Focus on Bipartisanship
ANN ARBOR STATE representatives Sen. Rebekah Warren, Rep. Jeff Irwin and Rep. Adam Zemke left Lansing for their break with crucial work undone, including a solution to funding road repairs in Michigan. Republicans are primarily to blame for…
EDITORIAL: Don’t Rely on Endorsements
THIS NEWSPAPER DOESN’T endorse candidates or issues. In January 2012, the Chicago Sun-Times stopped endorsing in political races. The editor of that paper explained the decision: “We have come to doubt the value of candidate endorsements by…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence
When we think of domestic violence it is easy to think, “This doesn’t happen in my neighborhood. Domestic violence is a problem that affects only other people.” However, the reality is very different. Domestic…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bar Association Poll
Washtenaw County Bar Association Candidate Survey
Nearly 80 percent of the respondents indicated that they did not know me. Yet 52 percent of the respondents felt my technical qualifications (defined as legal ability, legal knowledge,…
EDITORIAL: No Swimming Allowed—Weekly Tests of the Huron River Necessary
IT’S TIME FOR the Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation Department to start weekly testing of the Huron River’s water between Barton Pond and the Dixboro Dam. The Huron River Watershed Council pointedly does not test the river’s water within the…
EDITORIAL: Eager to Interpret the Law, But Unclear on Following it
SEVERAL OF THE the eight candidates running for two seats on the Washtenaw County Trial Court have their campaign yard signs planted on public property. The signs appear on public property throughout Ann Arbor, including one at the…
EDITORIAL: Overpaid Teachers and Underpaid Administrators
THE AUDIT RELEASED by Ann Arbor Public Schools officials was prepared in part by an auditing firm and in part by a human resource consulting firm from Birmingham. The June 22 document draws on data compiled by the Michigan Department of…
EDITORIAL: “I Can’t Explain What SPARK Does.”
WARD 1 COUNCIL member Sabra Briere has repeatedly said she (and by extension, the public) cannot be certain that Ann Arbor SPARK is responsible for the jobs the entity’s employees claim their programs and services help create and retain. In…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Open Letter to the AAATA Board
An Open Letter to the AAATA Board Questioning the Legality of CEO Michael Ford’s Retroactive Raise
The Michigan Constitution art 11, Sec. 3, provides: “Neither the legislature nor any political subdivision of this state shall grant or…
OP-ED: The Economy Is Binging on Fast Food and Low Wages—and It Needs to Change
by Mike Evangelist
Fast-food workers are walking off the job in 150 U.S. cities today to demand a raise in pay, in the latest demonstration of discontent with the low-wage jobs that have become the new normal in today’s economy.
The…