Chuck Warpehoski

by P.D. Lesko On July 31, 2021, The Ann Arbor Independent published an article that revealed SafeHouse Center was unsafe, unsanitary and that client-facing staff at the non-profit worked in an atmosphere of what they called "racist…

by Patricia Lesko During four public meetings in early 2017, Ward 4 Council member Jack Eaton (D) spent a total of four hours accessing Facebook and a total of five hours accessing Twitter. Eaton, when asked to comment said: "I…

by Patricia Lesko The Ann Arbor Independent used FOIA to obtain emails, Tweets and text messages sent over several weeks prior to the April 17 City Council meeting between a trio of Council members and Caleb Poirier, founder of tent…

by Patricia Lesko City web server log records turned over to the The Ann Arbor Independent in response to a series of FOIA requests show that yet another Ann Arbor City Council member used his city-owned computer to access Facebook and…

Update: This article has been updated to correctly attribute the video screen capture photo of Council member Chip Smith to Ward 5 resident Kevin Leeser. by Patricia Lesko Public records turned over to the The Ann Arbor Independent…

by Patricia Lesko U.S. Navy veteran and Democrat David Silkworth has pulled nominating petitions to run for Ann Arbor City Council in Ward 5. Silkworth, an insurance executive, must gather 100 signatures of registered Ward 5 voters in…

by Patricia Lesko NextDoor is a city-wide listserv where neighbors can post everything from requests for babysitters to football tickets for sale. Neighbors have also taken to posting information about local city government. In Feb.…

MAYOR CHRIS TAYLOR recently posted an “update” concerning public safety, the city’s finances, parks, trees and the environment, to his Facebook page. In the course of updating the public about the feared contamination of the Huron River and…

The Dec. 1 City Council meeting included members grappling over their own rules, a failed floor motion to put Council’s only CPA on the group’s Budget & Labor Committee and a lengthy debate centered around limiting members’ speaking…

by P.D. Lesko A Washtenaw County employee told City Council in January 2014 that Ann Arbor’s homeless men, women, children and families could use a variety of public buildings during the day to escape temps. that plummeted to -20F. One…