This from the Ann Arbor News: “Borders, strikers make little progress Borders Group and striking workers at its downtown Ann Arbor store bargained on Tuesday, but significant issues remain, and the two sides will return to the table Dec. 30. Union spokesmen Hal Brannan and Tom Rekuc said they and the company made progress on […]
The White Stripes lead singer Jack White has been booked on a misdemeanor aggravated assault charge for an incident with Von Bondies lead singer Jason Stollsteimer on December 13. Also, two men have been charged with violating something called the Economic Espionage Act for the alleged theft of axle secrets.
Some local media activists have created an Ann Arbor Independent Media Center website. Currently posted stories are mostly about the ongoing Borders strike. For those unfamiliar with the Independent Media movement, anyone is able to post material on the websites. Also, varsity football player Marcus Curry has been charged with a misdemeanor for driving without […]
Two RSS Feeds If everything goes well, I’ll be tinkering under the hood at this website sooner rather than later. Until that time, here’s another RSS feed, in addition to this one.
According to the Border’s Union, Borders management had a gift for them for Christmas: they walked out of negotiations: “Negotiations between Borders Downtown and the Borders Workers Union abruptly terminated at 5:00 pm today wben Company representatives walked out. Union negotiators complained that Borders refused to make proposals on major wage items. According to the […]
Here’s some “holiday wishes” from fellow Arborblogger Brandon Z: ” … May we all find as much peace in the new year as possible, may we fight sprawl and increase density, and may the Borders strikers stay warm, WCBN stay on the air, and all the artists find affordable space. Peace on the Huron and […]
I frequently find myself trying to explain to friends and acquaintances, “What is a blog?” This article, a short history of the blog phenomenon, seems of general interest: “… By highlighting articles that may easily be passed over by the typical web user too busy to do more than scan corporate news sites, by searching […]