The Ecology Center Uses “Front Group” To Attack AAATA Millage Opponents
Ecology Center spokesman says Partners For Transit is financing its own websites, phone banking, field and transit campaign organizer in support of AAATA’s May 6th millage request. Partners For Transit official says that group “has no…
Washtenaw County 14a District Court Employees Use County Credit Cards To Make Dozens of Purchases At Ypsilanti Tim Horton’s
WASHTENAW 14A COURT employees Colleen E. Turek and Lisa Mull have each used their county-issued credit cards to make dozens of purchases at the Ypsilanti Tim Horton’s. The most recent purchase was one for $57.42 made on February 7, 2014 by…
Q & A: Washtenaw Watch Dogs Founder Dr. Douglas Smith
DR. DOUG SMITH, a pathologist, isn’t a guy who rolls over and plays dead in the face of injustice. Prior to July 2011, the University of Michigan’s campus trespass policy permitted lifetime bans. Between 2001 and 2011, 2,050 individuals…
Natural Area Preservation (NAP) Volunteer Events For The Month Of April
CITY OF ANN ARBOR Natural Area Preservation (NAP) works to protect and restore Ann Arbor’s natural areas and to foster an environmental ethic among its citizens. This involves conducting plant and animal inventories, ecological monitoring,…
Bill Sponsor Says Year-Round Schools Will Prove Popular
by Ron French
A BILL TO encourage struggling Michigan schools to convert to a year-round schedule was approved by the House Appropriations Committee last week, and now moves to the full House for consideration. The proposal, sponsored by…
ENVIRONMENT: Michigan League of Conservation Voters National Environmental Scorecard Grades The State’s U.S. Congressional Delegation
MICHIGAN LCV UNVEILED scores for the Michigan delegation as part of the League of Conservation Voters 2013 National Environmental Scorecard. The Scorecard reflects a jarring disconnect between a record-breaking year of climate change…
UPDATED: County Taxpayers Foot The Bill For County Employee Stays At Vegas Casinos, Michigan Resorts & Other Luxury Lodgings
Please note: This article was updated with a quote from Sheriff Jerry Clayton's Executive Assistant, Katherine Wyatt.
AN ANALYSIS OF credit card charges made by Washtenaw County employees between 2012 and 2014 shows multiple charges for…
EDITORIAL: Perks For City Employees
SEWAGE IS FLOWING into the streets and Huron River more frequently. Water mains are rupturing. Ward 4 basements, backyards and neighborhoods flood with alarming regularity. Just a small percentage of residents rate important services as…
OP-ED: Legislature Gives Big Oil More Tax Breaks
By David Schaeffer
AS YOU READ this op-ed, a package of bills aimed at giving big oil further tax breaks and expanding eminent domain rights has already passed through the Michigan House with barely even a glimmer of resistance. This…
URBAN HUNTER: Buy It New? Five Things You Should Never Buy New
by Cliff Weathers
WHILE YOU MAY already be purchasing new products that are deemed environmentally friendly, you can actually contribute to a by buying used items, especially those that take a lot of energy and resources to produce. Of…
