Ann Arbor

IN ITS APRIL 3 issue, The Ann Arbor Independent reported on the firing of city staffer Terry Holman shortly after Holman’s partner, Leon Bryson, announced in January 2014 he intended to run for Ann Arbor City Council against incumbent Chuck…

I finished reading the front page story about the emails between AADL trustee Prue Rosenthal and Josie Parker and was left speechless that the public was not alerted to these problems. The information may or may not have caused people to be…

ACCORDING TO FIGURES released by the State of Michigan, seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates in February increased in 15 of the state’s 17 major labor market regions, according to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management &…

THE PRESIDENT OF the Ann Arbor District Library’s Board of Trustees is Prue Rosenthal. At a 2013 board meeting, a member of the public urged the AADL trustees to be more open and transparent, “asking them to allow the public to attend…

Our city council members need to have regular updates about the “happenings” in the Michigan Legislature. But I want to thank you for pointing out the absurdity of paying a lobbyist $50,000 to “carry the news” between Lansing and Ann Arbor.…

FOR FOODIES, Ann Arbor has as many grocery store choices as there are potholes in our roads.  More good news—if you are organically focused you will be able to find options in almost grocery store in the area. But are all organic offerings…

SO-CALLED FRONT GROUPS are common. The Koch brothers have put together a network of 17 financially interconnected PACs and nonprofits. On the surface, the 17 entities appear independent from each other. It took an investigation by the…

by Jack Eaton I REALLY APPRECIATE hearing from many of you about various issues related to homelessness, emergency shelter and affordable housing. I do see a problem in this discussion where some issues are conflated and some opinions…

GROUNDWATER BENEATH  A swath of the city of Ann Arbor is currently contaminated by the suspected carcinogen 1,4 dioxane. The City of Ann Arbor website has a FAQ page dedicated to answering questions about the contamination. Likewise, the…

The Influenza A (H1N1) virus, which became pandemic in 2009-2010 with at least 18,138 global deaths, has staged a comeback in the U.S., including Ann Arbor. IT WAS RECENTLY reported that, “Health officials at University of Michigan…