” … The mayor, City Council members, and DDA members say owning the Y keeps many of their options open. For interest-only payments of about $34,000 quarterly, 100 single-resident, hotel-style rooms (no kitchen, shared baths) are preserved indefinitely to provide low-cost housing. The city nets a prime piece of real estate with endless options for […]
The Detroit Greens have decided to hold an informational picket at the new Borders Store in downtown Detroit on Monday: “The Detroit Greens calls for all to join in an informational picket at the Borders store in Detroit at 1012 Woodward Ave in the Compuware Headquarters. We’ll be on the street on Monday December 22, […]
Articles of note: AANews: “New U-M medical unite OK’d”— “U-M staff’s health costs to rise”— “Salaries at U-M: Who makes most?” And, a break-in: “900 block East Ann Street, Thursday. Taken were a wallet with cash and credit cards. Entry through unlocked door.”
Spotted today on a telephone pole on Williams – flyers reading “Boycott the Dell.” Also, I discovered yesterday that Bella Napoli, the pizza restaurant next to In and Out Party Store has closed. Hill Auditorium will reopen January 8. See the renovation website here. (See the U Record story)
A friend of mine who works for the Kerry campaign has sent me a link to a story in the New York Post about Gen. Wesley Clark’s support for the notorious terrorist training camp run by the U.S. Army called the “School of the Americas,” called “School of Hard Knocks for Wes”: “WASHINGTON – In […]
Lest you think Ann Arbor is some sort of liberal paradise, here’s yet another cold splash of reality: the Ann Arbor Public School’s policy of providing same-sex partner benefits is being challenged by 17 residents as a violation of Michigan’s “defense of marriage act.” Richard Florida might point out that if Michigan wants to try […]
” … The threads are awesome, but it’s the weave—of the epic and the intimate, the airy and the visceral, the lofty and the blood-curdling—that’s spellbinding. This is the best of the three Rings movies—more than that, it makes the others look even better. …” That from Slate’s glowing review of the latest Lord of […]