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Deer Management Consultant’s Work Draws High Praise and Harsh Criticism

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 8, 2015 0

by P.D. Lesko with reporting by Maddie Fetchiet BETWEEN DEC. 2014 and June 2015, Project Innovations, a Farmington Hills, Mich. consulting firm owned by Charlie Fleetham, was paid slightly less than $40,000 total by Ann Arbor. Despite…

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Consulting Firm Produced “Biased” Deer Management Study, Says HSHV Official

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 16, 2015 2

by Madeline Fetchiet AFTER NEARLY A year of presentation and debate over Ann Arbor’s Community-Endorsed Deer Management Plan at City Council meetings, the Humane Society of Huron Valley, some city residents, and city officials still…

Savaged: Mainstream Media’s Love (Free Content) Hate (Scooped Again!) Relationship With Citizen Journalists

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 16, 2011 8

By Chris Savage By some estimates, there are close to two hundred million blogs in the world, about half of which are in the United States. This number is growing each year. At the same time, the size and number of what are considered…

Savaged: County Commishes Suggest Euthanizing Local Humane Society Over Money Dispute

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 30, 2011 5

By Chris Savage "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."— attributed to Mohandas Gandhi What would you call a group of municipal leaders that was receiving $1.5 million in…