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EDITORIAL: Local Officials’ Roles in $12M “Debacle”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 7, 2015 0

IN 2009, DAWN Gabay, then interim executive director of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA) sent a letter to an MDOT official urging MDOT not to lease 23 outdated rail cars from a company owned by Louis Ferris, Jr. Ferris had…

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Ann Arbor—First Stop in $12M MDOT “Rail Debacle?”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 7, 2015 0

IN 2004, Superior Twp. resident Louis P. Ferris, Jr., purchased dozens of double-decker, stainless-steel passenger rail cars. According to an article published on Feb. 10, 2015 in the Detroit Free Press, “Metra, which operates the Chicago…

Council Members in Open Revolt: Challenge Mayor & Insist Transit Proposal Is Seriously Flawed

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 22, 2012 0

by P.D. Lesko Third Ward Council member Stephen Kunselman has been a pain in John Hieftje's butter dish ever since Kunselman knocked off Leigh Greden in the 2009 stunner of a primary election. While Kunselman won by a 6 vote margin, Greden…