Film based on U-M Professor’s Controversial Graphic Novel to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival
by Sydney Hawkins
LONG BEFORE LENA Dunham brought her groundbreaking depiction of the sexual life of post-college women to HBO’s “Girls,” a University of Michigan professor shocked audiences with her novel, The Diary of a Teenage Girl.…
Washtenaw County Offers Half-Price Radon Test Kits During Radon Action Month
by Angela Parsons
JANUARY IS NATIONAL Radon Action Month. Half-priced radon test kits are available at Washtenaw County Public Health’s Environmental Health Division and the Ypsilanti Township Supervisor’s Office through January 30,…
WCC President’s Credit Card Records: Meals Out Curbed, But Charges for Limos & the Ritz
by P.D. Lesko
Records show that Dr. Bellanca’s assistant’s credit card is being used to charge items previously charged to the president’s college-issued credit card, including charges for limousine services and $2,000 worth of stays at…
EDITORIAL: Ann Arbor is Not Ferguson
THE INVESTIGATION INTO the police shooting of Aura Rosser is complete and the Michigan State Police have handed their findings over to the City of Ann Arbor as well as the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s office. County Prosecutor Mackie will…
Washtenaw County Prosecutor Authorizes Charges Against AAPD Officer Jason J. Kitts
by John Ball
In May and June 2014, citizen complaints filed with the Ann Arbor Police Department included several from women alleging that an officer named Jason J. Kitts had offered to waive traffic tickets in exchange for sexual…
EDITORIAL: Thank You Gov. Snyder
FROM FOIA TO concealed weapons, last week Gov. Rick Snyder showed some of the “moderation” that has been missing from his leadership over the past four years. While campaigning, Snyder never professed to be a moderate Republican. Neither…
A2Politico: Rich, Thick and Board
by Bryan Kelly
THE FOLLOWING IS a cover letter included in my application for prospective appointment to one of Ann Arbor’s boards or commissions:
To the Mayor’s Office,
I am writing to express my interest in serving municipal…
Michigan to Require Amazon, Other Stores to Collect Sales Taxes for Online Purchases
MICHIGAN RESIDENTS who buy from Amazon, Overstock and some other online retailers will be forced to pay the state’s 6 percent sales tax starting in October, a move to close what backers say is a loophole that has left traditional businesses…
Council Member Lashes Out at Residents: You’re “Afraid of Tall Buildings….”
by P.D. Lesko
At the Jan. 5, 2015 Council meeting, speakers at two public hearings urged officials to lower the maximum height in a zoning change proposed by city staff to accommodate a property owner whose 1.6 acre parcel borders a…
A2Politico: Fear of Heights
by P.D. Lesko
FROM SETBACKS TO obscure acronyms such as D-1 and D-2, it might be tough to understand how 11 adults could possibly have anything to snipe at each other about while discussing zoning regulations. However, on Jan. 5, the…