Opinion

by Jack Eaton MY NAME IS Jack Eaton. I am the Democratic Party candidate for City Council in the Fourth Ward. I am unchallenged on the November 5 ballot. Like many local Democrats, I support Ward 2 Council member Jane Lumm’s re-election.…

THE ANN ARBOR Board of Education is asking voters to approve a proposed five-year renewal of its 1 mill sinking fund millage. That means the owner of a home with a taxable value of $200,000 would pay $100 per year. By law, funds captured…

Saline, Michigan public school Superintendent Scot Graden has been blogging about his job, public education and a variety of other education-related issues since 2007.  In 2009, writer Mark Stock published a piece in The School…

by Manny Lopez Scrutiny and sunshine are great ways of keeping government officials honest. But the effort doesn’t come without occasional conflict. That’s especially true today given the advances in technology and ease with which…

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