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Partners For Transit Group Backs AAATA Tax Hike Proposal—A Look At Who’s Who In The Coalition

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 5, 2014 0

A COMMITTEE CALLING itself Partners For Transit (PFT) filed papers to register with Washtenaw County’s Elections Division in 2010; the date the committee was formed is listed on the Statement of Organization as November 18, 2009. The…

Opinion

EDITORIAL: The University of Michigan Must Pay For Its Employee Transit Not Ann Arbor Residents

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 17, 2013 0

THE CITY’S 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) focuses on projects that city staff suggest will “provide for large, physical improvements that are permanent in nature that are needed for the functioning of the community, including…

Ann Arbor Government

EDITORIAL: The City’s Five Year Capital Improvement Plan

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 10, 2013 0

FROM A TRAIN STATION to sidewalks, the city’s 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is jam-packed with projects that city staff suggest will “provide for large, physical improvements that are permanent in nature that are needed for the…

Ann Arbor Government

AATA Board Members “Retiring” In Face of County-Wide Transit Debacle

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 14, 2013 4

Long-time Ann Arbor Transportation Authority Board members Jesse Bernstein and David Nacht will be "retiring." The public story is that the two have served their terms and are happily busing off into the sunset. Political insiders, however,…

So, How Much Did AATA Spend on Its Failed Regional Transit Scheme? It’ll Cost Ya $1,538 to Find Out.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 27, 2012 7

by P.D. Lesko Freedom of Information Act requests are governed by the notion that public government has the obligation to err on the side of transparency. It is also governed by the principle that if public records released would benefit…

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