$587,000 City Contract Goes to OHM Advisors— Company Employs Two Expert Witnesses for the Defense in FDD Lawsuit
by P.D. Lesko
A PENDING LAWSUIT against Ann Arbor for its Footing Drain Disconnect program begun in 2001 has the potential to cost taxpayers tens if not hundreds of millions in damages. Ann Arbor’s City Attorney once predicted the suit…
June 13 Second Washtenaw County Clean-Up Day
THE WASHTENAW County Solid Waste Division and community partners will be sponsoring two Environmental Clean-Up Days for Washtenaw County residents this spring. The second Clean-Up Day will take place: Saturday, June 13, 2015, from 9:00 a.m.…
Two Ann Arbor Organizations Land NEA Grants
THE NATIONAL Endowment for the Arts recently announced that two Ann Arbor organizations had been awarded two grants totaling $28,000. The grants are awarded through the NEA’s Art Works and State and Regional Partnership grant categories.…
Hoops Hello(!): Tyus Battle
by Brian Cook
2016 FIVE-STAR wing Tyus Battle just committed to Michigan:
Excited to say that I am going to be a Wolverine!!?????????? pic.twitter.com/xdEUC5o9ol— tyus battle (@kidmamba23) May 11, 2015
This should help you salve your…
OP-ED: What Can’t Humans Do? Let’s Be Optimistic
by Lin Sabones
COMBATTING GLOBAL climate change requires a psychological approach. We must overcome functional fixedness which is a form of cognitive bias that limits one’s ability to see multiple uses to an object beyond its traditional…
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Announces KidZone Series Events
AN INTERACTIVE AREA for the A2SF’s youngest festival-goers, the KidZone tent provides a fun and safe area for children ages 4 to 14 and their parents to discover and explore a wide variety of hands-on activities with dozens of local…
Theatre Review: “Henry V”
Updated: The review now clarifies ownership of the studio space in which the play was produced.
by Christian Usera
SHAKESPEARE. A NAME that strikes fear into both the hearts of high school freshman and the teachers who grade their…
EDITORIAL: Freddie Gray, Aura Rosser
A KNIFE COST both Baltimore resident Freddie Gray and Ann Arbor resident Aura Rosser their lives. In Gray’s case, Baltimore police officers alleged that the small, spring-assisted pocket knife Gray was carrying was illegal. The debate over…
City Employee Placed on Paid Leave Used Homophobic and Racial Slurs, Threatened to Beat up Co-Worker
Update: The original article stated that John Swantek had been put on leave Dec. 4, 2015. The correct date was Dec. 4, 2014.
by John Ball
Click here to download a copy of the AFSCME Discipline Report and pay records for John Swantek.…
Ann Arbor Police Chief John Seto to Retire in July 2015
by John Ball
Earlier today, Chief of Police John Seto announced his intention to retire from the City of Ann Arbor Police Department in July. An exact retirement date has not been identified.
Seto has worked for the Ann Arbor Police…