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Sierra Club Endorses Anglin, Eaton, and Kunselman for Ann Arbor City Council
The Sierra Club, Huron Valley Group, and Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter today formally announced several endorsements of incumbent City Council members, each facing challengers in the Democratic primary in August.
"We are very pleased to…
A2Politico: Doing Less for Longer—A Politician’s Dream
by P.D. Lesko
KIRK WESTPHAL CAUSED the political firmament to tremble (convulse, really) when he was just rumored to be prepared to pitch the idea of changing the length of City Council members’ terms from two to four years. The…
Deer Management Consultant’s Work Draws High Praise and Harsh Criticism
by P.D. Lesko with reporting by Maddie Fetchiet
BETWEEN DEC. 2014 and June 2015, Project Innovations, a Farmington Hills, Mich. consulting firm owned by Charlie Fleetham, was paid slightly less than $40,000 total by Ann Arbor. Despite…
Consulting Firm Produced “Biased” Deer Management Study, Says HSHV Official
by Madeline Fetchiet
AFTER NEARLY A year of presentation and debate over Ann Arbor’s Community-Endorsed Deer Management Plan at City Council meetings, the Humane Society of Huron Valley, some city residents, and city officials still…
Residents Fume Online as City Staff Fumble SeeClickFix Requests for Services
The online site where residents can report service requests from potholes that need filling to graffiti, fields a growing number of requests each week. Over the course of the month of May, dozens of residents reopened tickets which had been…
Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Deputy Wins HVA ‘Life Saving Award’
by Joyce Williams
At their annual EMS Recognition awards dinner on May 19, Huron Valley Ambulance honored the late Joe Dulin with a Special Recognition Award for his contributions while serving on the HVA Board of Trustees. Dulin was…
Progress Michigan Announces “Adopt-a-Pothole” Program
On June 2, Progress Michigan announced its new “Adopt-a-Pothole” program that will allow Michigan citizens to nominate Michigan’s worst potholes by naming them after elected officials who have failed to fix Michigan’s crumbling roads.…
Since Jan. 2015, 1,549 Crimes Reported by the Ann Arbor Police Dept.
BETWEEN MAY 4-May 11, there were 81 crimes reported by the AAPD, down from 107 crimes reported the previous week. Since Jan. 1, 2015, the AAPD has reported 1,549 crimes, total. Last week, there were 17 vehicle break-ins, three in a single…
Judge Kuhnke Rules Against Ann Arbor DDA
by P.D. Lesko
Circuit Court Refuses to Dismiss Pro Se Plaintiff’s Complaints
To download Judge Carol Kuhnke's April 2, 2015 Opinion in PDF format, click here.
ACCORDING TO HIS bio., local attorney Jerry Lax is currently in his…
Ann Arbor City Attorney Shenanigans?
Asst. City Attorney Says Postema’s Office “Represents” Detroit City Employee
Ann Arbor Public Services Administrator Sue McCormick left in 2011 to head the Detroit Water and Sewerage Dept. In a March 2015 email regarding depositions in…