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EDITORIAL: Fire, Ready, Aim

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 2, 2015 0

THE AATA SPENT about $1.4 million on consultants, marketing and collateral materials to shape and pitch to Washtenaw County residents a proposed $500 million regional transit plan. The amount spent did not include hundreds of hours of…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Economic Development and Public Schools

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 10, 2014 0

Economic Development Entities and Public Schools Thank you to The Ann Arbor Independent and Rep. Jeff Irwin for working to expose the damage being done to public schools across Michigan by so-called “economic development” organizations…

Still Stealing You Blind: Ann Arbor SPARK Spends $7.7M & Creates 79 Jobs

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 26, 2012 7

by Rob Smith The 1 percent here in Ann Arbor are just different than us. They look at out-of-work folks and hungry children, homeless men and women tossed out of Camp Take Notice, struggling small businesses and cash-strapped school…