It appears that the city council is poised to exercise their “right of first refusal” and buy the YMCA building on William for $3.5. (Here’s a letter to the editor I co-wrote to the AANews on the issue) However, I don’t understand the secrecy involved – the city debated the issue in a closed session. […]
Yes folks, it’s a bourgeois contradiction: the rich Ann Arbor homeowners slugging it out with rich Ann Arbor developers over the mayor’s “Greenbelt” iniative, a modest and much-needed proposal not without some drawbacks. Meanwhile, the residents of the low-income housing units at the Y, the people who live in Ypsilanti and are forced to ride […]
‘Keys to the Kingdom’? In an email which made its way into my mailbox recently via prolific forwarding, another little mystery of Ann Arbor has been resolved. Yes folks, the secret recipe of Michigan restaurateur Pizza House’s Chipati Sauce. I’ve found that the Chipati, a glorified salad-in-a-pita served with a mysterious red sauce, has many […]
I’ve neglected to link to the website of “Friends of Ann Arbor Open Space,” a group supporting the greenbelt proposal.
Well, the Daily has shown exactly what an interesting institution it is, publishing today a viewpoint I’ve penned about why I think the Perlman Honors Commons should be formally opened to all students. I have to say that my pessimism about the paper has waned slightly; they’ve posted their bylaws, and proven themselves more mature […]
I was recently reminded about something I have been meaning to post. I heard from a source at the Residential College at the beginning of the month that there was some discussion at a meeting about closing the only two remaining Residence Hall Libraries: the Bursley Library, and the East Quad’s Benzinger Library. As a […]
A Kinder, Gentler Police State Well, the police say everything is O.K., that’s certainly worth putting in a headline! Although “Despite tensions, police praise student relations” contains plenty of warm-and-fuzzy quotes, it does include something a bit more newsworthy than Sargent Hicks’ failed olympic career: “… An LSA junior said two police officers outside of […]