Articles tagged: Conan Smith
First order of 2013 business: Washtenaw County Commissioners elect Yousef Rabhi as chairman
Posted: Jan 03, 2013In its first meeting of the new 2013-14 term Wednesday evening, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners elected Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor, to take the helm of the body in an 8-1 vote. Read more »
2 Washtenaw County reps appointed to Southeast Michigan Regional Transit Authority board
Posted: Dec 31, 2012Richard Murphy and Elisabeth Gerber will serve as Washtenaw County's first representatives on a new 10-member Southeast Michigan Regional Transit Authority governing board. County Board Chairman Conan Smith, D-Ann Arbor, announced the two appointments late ... Read more »
5 finalists competing to represent Washtenaw County on new Southeast Michigan regional transit board
Posted: Dec 26, 2012Interviews are set to begin Thursday morning as Washtenaw County looks to make two appointments to a new Southeast Michigan Regional Transit Authority governing board. County Board Chairman Conan Smith, D-Ann Arbor, gets to make ... Read more »
with poll: Ann Arbor opposes legislation that includes Washtenaw County in regional transit authority
Posted: Dec 06, 2012Update at 12:53 p.m.: The RTA legislation again failed to garner the needed 56 votes on Thursday afternoon, causing the House GOP to table it again. House Democrats reportedly clapped and cheered after its defeat. ... Read more »
Compensation changes introduced to Board of Commissioners; cost savings unknown
Posted: Nov 08, 2012Compensation changes and salary increases are on the table as the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners scrambles to finalize business before the end of the 2012 term Dec. 31. Read more »
ANN ARBOR CHRONICLE: Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners may change compensation
Posted: Nov 05, 2012The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners may consider changing the way members are compensated, according to a report by the Ann Arbor Chronicle. Read more »
Washtenaw commissioners seek more than 80 volunteers to fill board vacancies
Posted: Oct 26, 2012More than 80 positions on Washtenaw County Board of Commissioner-appointed boards are available and in need of volunteers. Read more »
Ann Arbor candidates for Board of Commissioners share vision for the future
Posted: Oct 11, 2012Editor's note: The story has been edited to reflect Wesley Prater's political affiliation. Three Democratic candidates running to represent Ann Arbor on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners shared their vision for the future of ... Read more »
mackinac 2012/with poll: Conan Smith: Washtenaw County not ready to embrace regional arts tax for DIA
Posted: Jun 01, 2012MACKINAC ISLAND -- While voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties prepare to go to the polls in August to consider a regional arts tax to support the Detroit Institute of Arts, Washtenaw County is sitting this one out. Read more »
mackinac 2012: Oakland County executive to Washtenaw County: 'You don't have any skin in the game'
Posted: May 31, 2012L. Brooks Patterson traded jabs with Conan Smith over regional collaboration on Thursday: 'Until you pay your way in, I don't think you have a whole lot of say about how it's done.' Read more »
mackinac 2012/with poll: Conan Smith: Why Ann Arbor doesn't see itself as part of Metro Detroit - and why it should
Posted: May 30, 2012MACKINAC ISLAND — When Conan Smith joined the elite ranks of Southeast Michigan's "Fab Five" last year, it was a showing of Washtenaw County's role in the region's future. Until that point, the marquee panel ... Read more »
with poll: How the funding works with a regional transit authority for Southeast Michigan
Posted: Mar 13, 2012Wondering how state and federal transit funding will flow to Ann Arbor and other Southeast Michigan communities if a new regional transit authority is formed? A two-page fact sheet laying out the basics is being ... Read more »
AATA financial task force: Countywide transit plan could be funded with 0.5-mill tax
Posted: Feb 29, 2012A financial task force helping the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority with its plans for a countywide transit expansion released a long-awaited funding report Wednesday. Read more »
Who could be Ann Arbor's next mayor after John Hieftje's long reign?
Posted: Feb 21, 2012Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje says there's a chance he might not run for re-election again after this year, meaning the mayor's seat could be up for grabs in 2014. "My inclination would be not ... Read more »
$1M national Pure Michigan campaign to showcase business and tourism in Washtenaw County
Posted: Feb 16, 2012Washtenaw County will be at the center of a new $1 million national advertising campaign planned to showcase the area's opportunities for business and tourism. Read more »
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