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THE ENVIRONMENT: John Hieftje’s Legacy—Ann Arbor’s Neglected Infrastructure—Water Main Breaks, Sewage Spills
YELLOWSTONE DRIVE is approximately 1/3 of a mile long, a quiet side street located between Green Road and Bluett, on the city’s northeast side. It takes about 10 minutes to stroll from one end of Yellowstone to the other. According to…
The Ann Arbor Independent 2013 Local Election Voter Guide
Click on the link to download The Ann Arbor Independent 2013 Local Election Voter Guide in PDF format:
ON NOVEMBER 5TH, Ann Arbor voters in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 will go to the polls and choose from among candidates running for City…
Savaged: GOP Leaders Teach That Educators Are Costly Parasites. Are Americans Really Uneducated Enough To Believe It?
by Chris Savage
To say that Republicans are on a mission to destroy unions in this country is not an understatement. Across the country, and particularly in the Midwest, newly-elected Republican legislators and governors have spent the…
WEEKLY WHOPPER: “35 Staff Journalists. 407 Years of Experience.”
Newspaper executives routinely exaggerate circulation numbers. They fib about pass along rates (how many people handle a single copy of a newspaper). Newspapers have a well deserved reputation of less than honest reporting when it comes to…
WEEKLY WHOPPER: Ann Arbor Observer Prints Claim That, “40 Percent of Property” in A2 off Tax Rolls
Headline: Small town monthly tabloid newspaper supported by advertising gets circulated free of charge to most homes in the city. Lots of human interest pieces, history, restaurant reviews, and peeks into the nooks and crannies of the…
Weekly Whopper: “The Community Wants us to Focus More Sharply on Local News Reporting.”
Sometimes, other people beat A2Politico to the punch, and that's perfectly fine. In fact, sometimes it's a bit of a relief. The Weekly Whopper this time around goes to AnnArbor.com Kontent King (Chief Content Officer) Tony Dearing for…
Weekly Whopper: "Ann Arbor’s Long Term Debt Has Increased from in $119M in 1999 to $246M in 2010."
On March 3, 2011 Council member Christopher Taylor sent out an email to Ward Three constituents that purported to "explain" the extent and reasons for the city's ballooning debt load. AnnArbor.com published Taylor's assertions in its print…
Weekly Whopper: “We are blessed to have one of the largest football programs in the country.”
The University of Michigan's Athletic Director Dave Brandon (pictured, left) is a confused man who has, obviously, never understood that value for money means paying the least amount of money for the most value. In a January 7, 2011 entry…
