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Ann Arbor Environmental Commission
by Patricia Lesko
On the April 3, 2017 City Council agenda is an item submitted by Ann Arbor Public Services Administrator Craig Hupy. The item (AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO GENERAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN WASTE MANAGEMENT of MICHIGAN AND…
Recycle Ann Arbor “Government Liaison” Gives Up Seat on Environmental Commission
A GROUP OF Ann Arbor City Council members including Ward 1 Council member Sumi Kailasapathy, Ward 2 Council members Jane Lumm and Sally Hart Petersen, Ward 4 Council member Jack Eaton and Ward 5 Council member Mike Anglin have been vocal…
EDITORIAL: Council Can Send A Strong Message By Rejecting Proposed Appointees to the Environmental Commission
SINCE NOVEMBER 2013, City Council members have shown they are prepared to more closely scrutinize proposed appointees to city boards and commissioners. Council’s newly-found backbone—comprised primarily of council members Mike Anglin in…
Playing the “Progressive Values” Card While Pushing ALEC-Inspired Scams & Parkland Development Schemes
by P.D. Lesko
Ward 2 Democratic City Council candidate Kirk Westphal moved to Ann Arbor in 2004 and in 2006 was appointed by John Hieftje to the city's Planning Commission. It was, perhaps, another example of what one local politico…
Recycle Ann Arbor Quietly Throws CEO Melinda Uerling Under the Wheels of the Compost Truck
MAKE NO MISTAKE. One look at the last three years of financial statements of Recycle Ann Arbor, and the company's losses make it clear that CEO Melinda Uerling was struggling to keep the company, controlled by the Ann Arbor Ecology Center,…