Former School Board Member Vs. Superintendent on Annexation Question
Bob Rorke is a member of AAPS Superintendent Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift's Blue Ribbon Commission. He is a former member of the Board of Education who stepped down in 2003. Rorke is concerned about the proposed annexation of the Whitmore Lake…
The U-M Athletic Dept., Revised
by Brian Cook
THIS IS AN alternate vision of the U-M Athletic Department. First some base principles:
Michigan isn’t leaving the conference and has to work within the confines of the new Big Ten. If this was “conference commissioner…
Sierra Club Endorses Anglin, Eaton, and Kunselman for Ann Arbor City Council
The Sierra Club, Huron Valley Group, and Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter today formally announced several endorsements of incumbent City Council members, each facing challengers in the Democratic primary in August.
"We are very pleased to…
A2Politico: Doing Less for Longer—A Politician’s Dream
by P.D. Lesko
KIRK WESTPHAL CAUSED the political firmament to tremble (convulse, really) when he was just rumored to be prepared to pitch the idea of changing the length of City Council members’ terms from two to four years. The…
#YoungProfessional: Mere Audacity—The Founding of Kelly’s Bike Repair
by Bryan Kelly
I AM ATTEMPTING every conservative’s dream: starting my own small business. However, unlike other businesses that are imagined, pitched, incubated, funded and realized by “young professionals” of my breed and disposition,…
Deer Management Consultant’s Work Draws High Praise and Harsh Criticism
by P.D. Lesko with reporting by Maddie Fetchiet
BETWEEN DEC. 2014 and June 2015, Project Innovations, a Farmington Hills, Mich. consulting firm owned by Charlie Fleetham, was paid slightly less than $40,000 total by Ann Arbor. Despite…
OP-ED: The Time is Now to Reform Prisons, Save Taxpayers Money
by Phil Power
NOT LONG AGO, most Republican lawmakers wanted to lock convicted criminals in prison and throw away the key. But that’s not so much the case anymore, in part because of a rising conservative organization, “Right on Crime.”…
THE FOODIST: Who’s Funding Nutrition Research? It’s Not Who You Think
by Ari LeVaux
ACCORDING TO A new report, many scientific studies about nutrition, as well as the trusted experts who disseminate this information to the public, are being funded by the very entities that should be scrutinized. The…
Michigan’s Braille and Talking Book Library Named #1 in the Nation by Library of Congress; Wins Top Honor
by Jeannie Vogel
FOR THE MORE than 11,000 patrons who use the Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL), it’s no surprise it took top honors by winning the 11th Annual Network Library of the Year Award from the National Library Service for…
Feds: WCC IGNITE Job Training Program Spent $788K and Issued No Certifications
by P.D. Lesko
In 2012, WCC was awarded a federal grant totalling $2.99 million to implement a program under the auspices of which the college would recruit and train students for IT careers. A Dept. of Labor review dated Feb. 2015 cited…