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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…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Economic Development and Public Schools
Economic Development Entities and Public Schools
Thank you to The Ann Arbor Independent and Rep. Jeff Irwin for working to expose the damage being done to public schools across Michigan by so-called “economic development” organizations…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Questions Everyone Asks About Gluten
Answers to the 7 Big Questions Everyone Asks About Gluten
Jill Richardson should stick to the facts in “The Foodist: Answers to the 7 Big Questions Everyone Asks About Gluten.” She makes a personal judgement about applied kinesiology…
OP-ED: I Live Without Making Garbage, and You Can Too
by Amy Korst
I LIVE A zero-waste lifestyle—meaning I live without creating trash. This started about four years ago, when my husband and I dreamed up what became known as the Green Garbage Project, a journey where the two of us vowed to…
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EDITORIAL: WCC Graduation Rate
“COUNTY TAXPAYERS PAY $345 per $100,000 in taxable home value to support Washtenaw Community College. In 2012-2013, county taxpayers paid $45.9 million to WCC officials. In return the two-year college’s President Bellanca graduated just…