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Prue Rosenthal

In 2013 Ann Arbor Library Security Team Documented Over 1,000 Incidents Ranging From Weapon and Drug Crimes to “Flatulation”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 9, 2014 0

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, AADL officials turned over 1,307 pages of incident reports generated by library staff during 2013. A total of 160 of the incidents involved patrons sleeping on library premises. ON…

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Ann Arbor District Library Trustee Must Resign

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 5, 2014 0

IN JANUARY 2011 Ann Arbor District Library Trustee Prue Rosenthal sent this email in response to news from the Library’s Executive Director that there had been two heroin overdose victims discovered at the Downtown Library: “Scary to think…

Crime

“Scary to think of the effect if the public knew there was heroin dealing in the building.”—January 2011 Trustee Email To AADL Director

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 3, 2014 0

ON MARCH 17 Ms. Josie Parker, Director of the Ann Arbor District Library, spoke before Ann Arbor City Council and confessed that “over the past 36 months” there have been “five heroin overdoses” at the main branch of the public library. In…

Crime

A2POLITICO: Trustees & Director Keep Mum On Library’s Drug Crime Problem

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 31, 2014 0

by P.D. Lesko THE DIRECTOR OF the Ann Arbor District Library (AADL) has a heroin problem. It’s not only her heroin problem, exactly, except that it is. On March 17, AADL Executive Director Josie Parker went before City Council to tell…

Library Tax Proposal Goes Down In Flames—And the Political Firmament Trembles

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 7, 2012 15

by P.D. Lesko On November 6, 2012 the firmament trembled in Ann Arbor—the political landscape opened up and swallowed local politicos and their monied donors whole, casting the owner of Main Street Ventures, members of the Downtown…