A2POLITICO: AAPD Sources Dish on How Drug Crimes Might Get Classified as Trespass Violations
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…
CULTURE VULTURE: Cinetopia International Film Festival Scheduled for June 4-8 in Detroit, Ann Arbor
by Dave Marsh
THE CINETOPIA International Film Festival features feature-length dramas, comedies, and documentaries from the world’s best film festivals (e.g. Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, SXSW, Tribeca, etc.). The festival…
Ward 3 Council Member Wants Answers From AAPD Concerning Heroin Sales/Use at Downtown Library
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…
Ann Arbor Officials Seek to Charge The Ann Arbor Independent Over $700 for Public Records Related to the Firing of City Staffer
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…
The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Board Elects New Chair & Adds New Board Member
The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Megan Blackshear as our newest member. Ms. Blackshear, a local business owner who, along with husband Peter, owns the independent bookstore Bookbound,…
EDITORIAL: Schauer and Brown Must Show Voters Their Plan to Rebuild Michigan’s Economy
DEMOCRAT MARK SCHAUER’S choice of former state legislator Lisa Brown as his running mate serves notice that the Democrat’s 2014 gubernatorial strategy will focus on Michigan’s social fabric, which has become badly frayed over the past 36…
OP-ED: Did CBS Even Consider Hiring a Woman?
by Ophira Eisenberg
AS A CHILD, I would have told you that by 2014 we’d definitely have jet boots, pills for food and a woman hosting a late-night talk show. Instead we have selfies, Xanax and a bunch of white guys.
When it was…
EDITORIAL: Chief of Police Needs to Keep Council Apprised
WARD 3 COUNCIL MEMBER Stephen Kunselman’s comments at a recent City Council meeting—about what some believe is a hushed-up, long-term problem with Class A drug sales and drug use in the AADL library system—illustrate a breakdown in…
Dispose of Old, Broken Computer Equipment at April 26 Event Co-Sponsored by U-M and AAPS
SO YOU FINALLY got that upgrade you’ve been longing for or that must have computer gadget you didn’t think you could live without. It’s all unpacked and the only thing in the way of setting it up is your old dated machine it will be…
EMU Cuts Almost All FT Non-Tenured Faculty Members in its College of Education
by Matthew Thomas
EASTERN MICHIGAN University issued layoff notices to ten of its eleven full-time non-tenured faculty in the College of Education. Some have been with the university for decades. The layoffs are effective for the fall…