“Cool Cities” Update Today, the Daily writes a story about the Michigan Cool Cities survey website that Governor Granholm will be emailing every college student about tomorrow. Here in Ann Arbor, the mayor’s Cool Cities Task Force is planning to print postcards soliciting advice about how to improve Ann Arbor to distribute around town, and […]
” … Without assistance from the state GOP and financial support from corporate donors, the MCRI will have to pander to the worst aspects of white conservatism and elitism if it wants to get its proposal on the ballot. Connerly could very well have his way; he could get enough signatures and win the question […]
“Blog it Forward” The idea is simple: pick one blog you read and briefly recommend them. That person then does the same. Started, apparently, by this person: “The rules are really simple. For those of you who are new to this, all you have to do is pick someone from your blogroll and post (on […]
A Village Voice feature argues the Bush administration has given up on its stated goals of establishing a functing capitalist economy and democratic government and decided instead to withdraw in time for next November’s election: “The American occupation would end July 1, 2004, and there wouldn’t be any constitution, just a bare-bones, nonspecific “basic law.” […]
The developer recruited by the city to re-open the majestic downtown Detroit Book-Cadillac Hotel has pulled out of the project, although “Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said he was confident the city would have a deal with another developer by next week.” I fear the project won’t happen: the city will spend millions conducting “interior demolition” and […]
Even though this event is scheduled for next Tuesday, I think it is important enough to post about now: “THE TRUE STATE OF THE UNION: A Panel of community leaders, social activists, and scholars responds to President Bush’s State of the Union address. Tuesday January 20 8:45 pm Room 126 East Quad, 701 E. University […]
“Those twenty people survived not only 53 days of bitter cold, gale force winds and pouring rain…long nights and short days…they survived 15 months of pounding by Borders since the start of the drive…the terror early on of losing their jobs or being discovered, the insecurity of not knowing how their vote would go, 12 […]