The city of Ann Arbor announced today it will ask voters to approve a plan that would preserve farms and open space around the city. This long-overdue idea – using taxpayers’ money to buy the development rights to land that might otherwise end up as strip malls and the like – helps preserve open space, […]
In case you didn’t heard about the strange case of the Ann Arbor man who was accused of murdering two people last year, this AP article seems to squeeze in the grisly details admirably well. He was recently sentenced to life in prison. > AP: “Man sentenced in 2 deaths, ex-girlfriend’s dismemberment”
Well, since it’s official, I’ll say now the person I know running for Ann Arbor City Council is Scott Trudeau, a recent grad from the University, and former candidate for U-M Regent with the Green Party. I am excited about his candidacy, and I think he would provide a different, and needed perspective on a […]
The webmaster of an anarchist website, Sherman Austin, has been sentenced to one year in federal prison because he linked to information about how to build a bomb on the website, “RaiseTheFist.com“. Bomb building instructions are not illegal unless intent can be proven. Think it’s only crazy anarchists? I remind you this story of a […]
U-M Football player Marlin Jackson has plead innocent today to the charges he hit a man with a bottle at a party.
According to a recent poll of Michigan Democrats, Dean gained while Lieberman lost percentage points. The right hand column reflects change since a late-May poll. The margin of error is 6 percentage points. Joseph Lieberman 19% -8Richard Gephardt 19% 0John Kerry 14% -1Howard Dean 13% +9John Edwards 6% +4Al Sharpton 5% +1Carol Moseley Braun 5% […]
The Michigan Land Use Council, appointed by Governor Granholm to investigate ways to preserve open space and prevent suburban sprawl in the state, is preparing to release their report August 15. The Ann Arbor news reports: “A local builders group representative gave the recommendations mixed reviews, while a local land preservation leader generally was positive […]