Documents released by Ann Arbor city officials in response to a recent FOIA request revealed that the March 31, 2011 meeting to discuss “police dispatch” was set up via email and included Ann Arbor’s interim City Administrator Tom Crawford, management consultant Kerry Laycock, and Gregory Dill, director of administrative services for Washtenaw County. By April, [...]
A2P Notes: This is filed under “Scoops & Scores” because you read it first here. In response to multiple FOIAs, information released by city officials shows that perks including monthly car allowances, city-provided cars, mileage reimbursements, cell phone allowances, cell phone costs, meals, stays at resorts and spas, entertainment and travel for Ann Arbor’s top [...]
According to information provided to A2Politico in response to a FOIA, in Ann Arbor government, an attorney, planning department staffers, police officers, and even a DDA employee receive stipends worth $50 to $400 a month to put toward vehicles despite doing the majority of their work in city offices, or being provided a city vehicle [...]
A2P Notes: This is filed under “Scoops & Scores” because you read it here first. Over the past 36 months Council has struggled with budget “deficits,” threatened to close Mack Pool and the Burns Park Senior Center to make ends meet, powered down streetlights, cut spending on parks, cut fire coverage to inadequate levels, left vacancies in [...]
A2P Notes: This is filed under “Scoops & Scores,” because you read it here first! The graph, above, is simple to read. As the number of firefighters in Ann Arbor has declined, the number and regularity of fire fatalities have increased sharply. Let’s be clear, “fire fatalities,” as well as “crime statistics” are people. They are [...]
At the end of March, the Michigan Department of Education released MEAP scores for the state’s elementary and middle schools. The data is a treasure trove for those who enjoy sifting through such information. Test scores impact districts’ curricula and often determine what a particular school will “focus” on academically. For example, a school with [...]
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, in his State of the City address, verbally slapped around Governor Snyder (who was in attendance) a bit about the proposed state budget which would, Bing said, do the “most harm to Detroit.” A few minutes later, Mayor Bing stressed that he is “…committed to change the way we deal with [...]
