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…

by Patricia Lesko The Ann Arbor Independent recently reported that for a period of time thought to be several years, prior to July 2016, Ann Arbor's recycled glass hauled by Recycle Ann Arbor and handled by ReCommunity had been processed…

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…

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…

BETWEEN 2010 AND 2012, Berkeley, California, Walpole, Massachusetts, Auburn, Maine, and Concord, New Hampshire, among other U.S. cities voted not to adopt single-stream recycling, or abandoned single-stream recycling, according to a 2012…

“John Hieftje has the strongest environmental record of any Mayor in the Midwest. He’s championed the city’s Greenbelt, the clean energy initiative, commuter rail, bicycling and our terrific parks system. These programs set Ann Arbor apart.…

by P.D. Lesko The public speaker, an older woman who rides the bus regularly, recounted a conversation with a friend who lives outside of Ann Arbor: "My friend said to me that she wished the AATA buses would run near her house so she could…

In October of 2009, A2Politico posted a piece titled, "Time Magazine Raps Rep. Dingell Firmly Across the Knuckles." This is from that piece: In the October 5, 2009 issue of Time magazine, the Special Report is titled “The Tragedy of…