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Sabra Briere

EDITORIAL: City Council Candidate Websites

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 10, 2015 0

THIS AUGUST, VOTERS will go to the polls and choose from among candidates running in the City Council Democratic primary elections. In Wards 1, 3, 4 and 5, incumbents’ and challengers’ websites are up and populated with a variety of…

Events

Tommy Chong, Local and State Elected Officials to Speak at 44th Hash Bash

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 4, 2015 0

by Charmie Ghoulson ICONICAL COMEDIAN, actor, writer, director, activist, and musician Tommy Chong is headlining the 44th Annual Hash Bash Rally in downtown Ann Arbor April 4th. The 76 year old Chong will address the crowd of thousands…

Ann Arbor Government

Ward 1 Council Member Pitches Tax Hike to Fund Sidewalk Snow Removal

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 18, 2015 0

IN A CONSTITUENT communication sent by Council member Sabra Briere (D-Ward 1), she discusses snow removal. She writes: “After the snow cleared, it took us all several days to dig out. Once again I learned things about the snow and snow…

Enviro

EDITORIAL: 1,4 Dioxane “Happy Talk”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 17, 2015 0

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…

Ann Arbor Government

Let the Dysfunction Games Begin? Vote to Exclude CPA From Budget Committee, Repetitive Pleas for Concision

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 10, 2014 0

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…

Opinion

EDITORIAL: AnnArborChronicle.com -30-

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 15, 2014 0

WHILE THE ANN Arbor Independent uncovered and reported on inappropriate emails between AnnArborChronicle.com’s editor and publisher and Ward 1 Council member Sabra Briere, the fact remains that the online news site slated to close on…

Ann Arbor Government

Mayoral Candidate Briere: Donations and Comportment Trigger Questions

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 2, 2014 0

Sabra Briere: Campaigning as “works with everyone”: Has the endorsement of no current Council members. Four current Council members have endorsed against her. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Marijuana entrepreneurs gave over 15 percent…

Ann Arbor Government

Mayoral Candidates Have Different Stances on Homelessness

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 23, 2014 0

JUST DAYS AFTER Ann Arbor and MDOT officials bulldozed a homeless encampment, four mayoral candidates signed a pledge to end homelessness in the city by 2018. The pledge which they signed reads: “We pledge to commit financial and political…

Opinion

EDITORIAL: “I Can’t Explain What SPARK Does.”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 13, 2014 0

WARD 1 COUNCIL member Sabra Briere has repeatedly said she (and by extension, the public) cannot be certain that Ann Arbor SPARK is responsible for the jobs the entity’s employees claim their programs and services help create and retain. In…

A2Politico

A2POLITICO: Economic Development Groupies Circle The Bentleys to Defend SPARK

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 10, 2014 0

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…

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