State Sen. Pat Colbeck and the Michigan House should be congratulated on their bold refusal of the $9.8 million in federal funding to establish a Michigan Health Insurance Exchange. They did their homework and realized that this funding comes with mandates from Washington that prevents Michigan from creating an exchange ...
I am writing in response to the article about the Liberty Street shop, Organic Bliss, closing their doors, and specifically to the comments pertaining to the article. I was stunned to find so many negative words about the store. Clearly the writers had never entered foot into the establishment. Organic ...
Worrying about the fate of downtown has a long tradition in Ann Arbor. In 1938, the introduction of parking meters had some predicting doom for downtown. In 1970, the doubling of parking rates -- from 10 cents an hour to 20 cents -- caused similar consternation. These days, we’re hearing ...
I'm wondering what the official policy is for repairing potholes on Washtenaw County's highways. I'm guessing that two workers scooping and dumping loose asphalt by shovel, darting onto the highway between traffic, during rush hour, while their truck is parked precariously on the shoulder is not the official process. I ...
The Ann Arbor City Council is scheduled to take up the 4-party agreement again on Monday. This will commit Ann Arbor to turning over control of AATA’s assets to a new transit authority (NTA), operating under a new set of rules. It will also commit Ann Arbor’s transportation millage (about ...
You just had a nice dinner or movie with your spouse or significant other. While pulling in the driveway you notice something funny about the front door of your home. Even though you know you left it closed and locked — you always lock your door if you heed the ...
First, I commend my friends and fellow activists working in education, social work, public and private non-profit help agencies, faith-based help agencies and any other help agencies. I say to you that you must continue to advocate for the people who need desperately the services you provide -- for their ...
Here is a selection of reader comments on some of our top stories on AnnArbor.com this week: University of Michigan officials weren't required by law to report child porn to state “What went wrong is it was easier to momentarily sweep it under the rug! THIS IS DISGUSTING, the description ...
The sense that graduate students should be given the choice whether or not to join the GEO is understandable. The impulse to ensure our students are not limited in their options drives much of how we interact with our students in the medical school, and I am certain in other ...
After turning onto Stadium Boulevard, I headed east toward Washtenaw Avenue. It was still sunny and around 2:30 p.m. First stop would be Planet Fitness behind the Big Boy restaurant in Ypsilanti for a vigorous workout. I could already feel my heart thumping at resistance level ten on the elliptical ...
Editor's note: Robert Faber writes occasional columns for AnnArbor.com about aging, politics and other issues. The world, it is a'changing. We all know that. We’ve seen it ourselves and we had it verified by the lectures of Bob Dylan, but the speed and magnitude of the change is more dramatic ...
By exploiting tax loopholes and using offshore tax havens, companies such as GE and Bank of America avoid paying as much as $100 billion a year on taxes. The corporations’ tax schemes are legal and that’s what makes it unjust. They’re playing by a different set of rules than us ...
Green Things Farm: winter carrots, turnips and kalePhoto | Kim Bayer So we know that Michigan hit the Top 10 ......
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