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…
“Silver Surfers” Continue To Embrace Technology—Albeit at a Slower Rate Than Other Adults
America’s seniors have historically been late adopters to the world of technology compared to their younger compatriots, but their movement into digital life continues to deepen.
AMERICA’S SENIORS HAVE historically been late adopters to…
Commissioners Unaware of Investigation of Head Start Director As County Administrator Pushed to End Funding For Head Start & Transfer Administration to WISD
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…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ward 5 Council Member Faces Questions from Public and Council Members about His Ethics
I have never met Alan Goldsmith, but I have read hundreds of his comments posted to local news sites. Dr. Goldsmith called for an investigation of Council woman Marcia Higgins’ attendance record. To the credit of AnnArbor.com the news site…
EDITORIAL: What About The Roads?
WE HAVE COME to expect, sadly, the wholesale neglect of our roads by the city’s current mayor and his political allies on City Council, two of whom are currently running for mayor. In 2009, and again in 2011 state officials released a…