There are currently four Weekend Polls that are open for voting. Why not have a look and cast your votes? The WISD poll is the hottest, with almost 600 votes, thus far. It’s followed by the Fuller Park Poll, with over 400 votes. 1. Weekend Poll: Should Mayor John Give Dame Mary Sue Parkland at [...]
Need some back story before you cast your vote? A2Politico suggests this fine grilled entrée: “Why Is Christo T. So Hot To Create A City Ethics Policy?” Maybe you’re not the least bit interested in ethics. After all, ethics can be sticky, messy, and terribly inconvenient, like a small child covered in maple syrup [...]
There is a loophole in the City’s zoning laws (interestingly) that allows our City Council to use parkland for transportation purposes. In a piece I wrote about a joint venture between the city and the University of Michigan to put a parking garage (as a part of the larger FITS project) on the current parking lot [...]
On Tuesday August 4th, a day that may live in infamy, depending on your political perspective, the The Washtenaw Intermediate School District’s school board formally voted place a 2-mill enhancement millage on the November 2009 ballot. Each of the county’s 10 traditional school districts’ school boards passed resolutions asking the WISD board to support the millage. If [...]
By now, it’s clear that people have their reasons for wanting the City of Ann Arbor to release the City Council’s emails sent over the past seven years. I’m curious to know your reason. So, here’s a new Weekend Poll (a bit early). Be honest…..or lie. Lord knows you won’t be the first person to [...]
POLL REOPENED. THIS WEEKEND POLL IS HANGING ON AS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR POSTS. SO, IF YOU DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO VOTE, PULL THE LEVER. I’LL CLOSE THE POLL ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND. Pull the lever whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, Independent or Green. Poll closes at 7 p.m. on September 16th. [...]
We all play the game. You know. The choosing game. How would you prefer to die? Burn to death or freeze to death? (A2Politico chooses the latter, by the way.) So, we’re going to pretend Ann Arbor’s CFO Tom Crawford has just found $5 million bucks between the cushions of the leather sofa in his office. [...]
