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Please note: Editorial Board member Katherine Griswold did not participate in shaping this editorial. A MEMBER OF a citizen group recently alleged that AAATA was involved in the theft of that group’s yard signs placed on…

by P.D. Lesko THE PRESIDENT OF Washtenaw Community College recently endorsed AAATA’s proposed $22 million tax hike. In a statement, WCC President Rose B. Bellanca said, “The AAATA is a valuable resource for our community and for…

MICHIGAN’S GOVERNOR HAS been pushing Lansing lawmakers to craft a long-term solution to address the state’s crumbling roads. He has estimated that Michigan must increase road funding by more than $1 billion a year in order to significantly…

by P.D. Lesko IN ANSWER TO how often the officers on Ann Arbor’s police department simply skip the step of filing official police reports, a source within the AAPD said: “Probably four times per month and all of the officers are doing…

WARD THREE CITY Council member Stephen Kunselman—who’s running for mayor—read aloud from The Ann Arbor Independent at that group’s April 7 meeting. Kunselman read to his Council colleagues and the public from the newspaper’s April 3 article…

IN ITS APRIL 3 issue, The Ann Arbor Independent reported on the firing of city staffer Terry Holman shortly after Holman’s partner, Leon Bryson, announced in January 2014 he intended to run for Ann Arbor City Council against incumbent Chuck…

Information about the outside investigation was shared with commissioners “after the fact” and after commissioners had voted to eliminate county funding for Head Start. One commissioner asks whether the County’s funding for and…

Pease note: Kai Petainen is a member of The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board. WARD 5 COUNCIL member Chuck Warpehoski is facing persistent questions from the public, his Council colleagues and his opponent in the August 5…

THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF Community Health (MDCH) recently became aware of a breach of protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and is notifying 2,595 individuals and the Department…

by P.D. Lesko THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES had taken the majority of the chairs out of the waiting room and into a conference room, where a gaggle of them were gathered around a table having a meeting. The waiting room was full of people…