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A2Politico: County Law Enforcement Leaders Kiss Up To Perps While Crime Rates Skyrocket
While Washtenaw County law enforcement officials cater to criminals, crime rates are increasing.
There is No Reason to Resurrect Film Subsidies
by Jaime A. Hope
Picture this: You pitch investors on a company that will create many jobs and offer a great return on investment. The investors bite. They give you seven years and $500 million to work the plan.
Time passes. They ask…
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Should Cancel the Drag Queen Storytime Event Scheduled for June 17
by Gina Kinney
The A2SF exists to promote entertainment and foster a sense of community for all kinds of people. Considering that the Festival occurs during Pride Month, it makes sense that there would be events that would cater to the…
Time is Running Out to Address Michigan’s Population, Prosperity Decline
by Rick Haglund
Beginning a column with a cliché is considered a sign of unimaginative writing. But the old tale of the boiled frog almost perfectly describes Michigan’s demographic and economic plight.
It’s said that if you drop a…
DTE Peak-Hour Pricing Plans Are Seriously Flawed
by Jason Hayes
Michigan’s big utilities, including DTE Energy, claim that their summer peak-rate electricity pricing plans are designed to “reduce energy use.” But a recent Stanford University study appears to show that the…
Expenditure of Mental Health Millage Money to Fund Sheriff Candidate’s Run for Office Must End
by P.D. Lesko
Over the past months, I've received photos of Derrick Jackson's face plastered on the side of Ann Arbor buses and Jackson's face plastered on billboards along I-94, ads paid for with Mental Health Millage money and funds…
Michiganders Pay High Rates for Unreliable Electric Service
Michigan residents pay outsized rates for some of the least reliable electric service in the country.
by Jason Hayes
The February ice storm that struck the state of Michigan took out the electric utility services of as many…
Right to Work Repeal Puts Politics over Michigan’s People
by Mark Mix
Michigan’s Right to Work law defends the simple principle that union bosses should not have the power to get workers fired if they choose not to pay dues to a union they oppose. So what do Michiganders have to gain if state…
Whitmer Copies the Failed Corporate Giveaway Initiatives of Her Predecessors
by Jaime A. Hope
From green energy to college credits, Whitmer plays the classics from the Snyder and Granholm eras
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has a habit of repeating some actions of her immediate predecessors, despite their problems.
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DTE Can’t Tree Trim its Way to Reliability
After ice storms and thundersnow cause mass outages, DTE must admit: Burying power lines underground is the answer
By James David Dickenson
DTE will never trim enough trees to avoid mass power outages in Southeast Michigan.
Every…