Ann Arbor

Facts and truth should matter to all of us. It has to be the starting point for every decision. by Elizabeth Nelson I’m relieved to be living in Ann Arbor during this pandemic. Your local leaders and city staff are serious about…

by P.D. Lesko "There is no funding plan." Ward 2 Council member Jane Lumm (I) repeated this phrase during the discussion on April 20 of a resolution co-sponsored by Mayor Taylor, Ward 3 Council members Grand and Ackerman, and Ward 5…

by P.D. Lesko On March 23, 2020, Mike and Hilary Gustafson, the owners of the Literati bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor, launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $100,000 in order to save their seven-year-old bookshop. The campaign raised…

by P.D. Lesko The only reason former City Administrator Howard Lazarus is several hundred thousand dollars richer is thanks to an open-ended, 2016 contract negotiated by someone among the attorneys employed in the City Attorney's…

by Martha Stuit What words come to mind when you think of the Midwest? You may think about its geography, the middleness, or its position and moniker as the heartland with farming and small towns. You might look at a map to see…

by Robert Parker and Rebecca Lewis For decades land use regulation across the U.S. has emphasized single-family houses on large lots. This approach has priced many people out of the quintessential American dream: homeownership. It also…

by P.D. Lesko Correction: Derek Delacourt, Ann Arbor's Community Services Area Administrator, responded to say he has no involvement with or jurisdiction over the Ann Arbor Unit of Community Standards. On Friday February 21, 2020…

In November 2019 AnnArbor City Council voted to pass a Climate Emergency resolution. When the resolution passed, Mayor Chris Taylor told the public, "This is an opportunity for the city to begin to address a topic of planetary concern in…

by Clara Hendrickson Thousands of local newspapers have closed in recent years. Their disappearance has left millions of Americans without a vital source of local news and deprived communities of an institution essential for exposing…

Sam Stein's Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State offers a blistering and persuasive critique of how real estate dominates city planning—to the detriment of most residents. "Through his analysis of how these housing…