Ann Arbor

Washtenaw County Bar Association Candidate Survey Nearly 80 percent of the respondents indicated that they did not know me. Yet 52 percent of the respondents felt my technical qualifications (defined as legal ability, legal knowledge,…

IT’S TIME FOR the Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation Department to start weekly testing of the Huron River’s water between Barton Pond and the Dixboro Dam. The Huron River Watershed Council pointedly does not test the river’s water within the…

by P.D. Lesko AT A RECENT mayoral candidate forum, unabashed supporters of “crony capitalism”—what President Obama’s former economic expert Dr. Lawrence Summers called the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s programs—defended Ann…

THE CITY’S ROADS are a wreck despite an additional millage dedicated to street repair that generates between $8-11 million annually. Our city’s water and sewer infrastructures have been allowed to crumble, with large portions of those…

by Jill Richardson I MET MY friend Rachel because we were both in the same situation: We each had neighbors who inexplicably hated our chickens. Rachel and I each had small flocks of hens, no roosters, and sprawling, fertile, organic…

Please note: Editorial Board member Katherine Griswold did not participate in shaping this editorial. STAFF AT AAATA first agreed to a meeting with The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board concerning the proposed millage. Then, after…

by Lou Glorie IN 1973 WHEN Ann Arbor voters first approved a millage dedicated to public transportation, the United States was learning a tough lesson due the Oil Embargo. Cars were lined up around gas stations for their rationed  gas. …

By Jeffrey Hayner I’m an Ann Arbor resident and  I want to speak about the upcoming May 6th special election that’s been called to request a 34 percent increase in our transit millage.  I’ve paid 2 mills for transit since I’ve lived in…

That is what I heard as I listened to the President of the United States speak at the University of Michigan. Think about these words one more time: Everyone - you, your mom, your brother, sister, your neighbor down the street - all of us…

GOV. RICK SNYDER recently announced a statewide plan designed to increase residential recycling access statewide. He also announced appointments to a nine-member Michigan Recycling Council to guide the plan’s implementation. Jim Frey, of…