The Goodspeed Update

Borders Coverage
” … Borders Corporate Counsel Anne Roman said the strike did not put added pressure on the company to grant concessions.
“We’ve negotiated in good faith throughout the process,” Roman said. “We are pleased with (the tentative agreement) because it is consistent with the two principles we kept during the negotiating process.”
Roman said those two […]

Borders Strike Over?
Seven days after Borders officials walked out of negotiations with the union representing striking Borders employees at the downtown Ann Arbor store, the union is announcing a tentative agreement that would end the strike, “details to follow contract radification.”

Articles of note from the Ann Arbor News:
> “Democratic voting begins Tuesday”> “Affirmative-Action Disfavor”> “McKinley sues to raze old church”> “Park-and-ride option ahead”

From Ann Arbor Is Overrated, here’s a website with many photos of Ann Arbor, including an interesting historical section titled “Lost Ann Arbor.” Ever eaten at the Bruegger’s on North University? You’re dining at the former location of a local sandwich shop called Drake’s (which closed in 1993), so famous as to have earned its […]

Just how alike are George W. Bush and Howard Dean? The New York Times profiles Dean in the last part of their series on the presidential candidates:
“… Even so, the comparison is instructive — and not only for the likenesses it reveals. The two men’s paths diverged in the fractious, culture-shaking heart of the […]

“In 1998, both sides — Daimler-Benz executives in Stuttgart, Germany, and Chrysler executives in Auburn Hills, Mich. — famously labeled the deal a “merger of equals,” a gauzy term without legal definition.
Kirk Kerkorian, the 86-year-old Las Vegas casino mogul who was Chrysler’s top shareholder at the time of the merger, is suing DaimlerChrysler. He contends […]

6 Slightly Harder, More Expensive Things Ann Arbor Could do to Build a Better City(See my post on “Five Easy Things”)
1) Plow (some) sidewalksUnder current Ann Arbor law, the property owner is responsible for clearing snow from the sidewalk on their property. While this might make sense for lightly-traveled residential neighborhoods, in a dense urban […]