Despite pickets by the workers, and a worker’s website, the first you hear about the problems at the Del Rio in the Ann Arbor news is a story about how that bar is closing, heavy on quotes from management. (The subtext: I bet they’re closing because of all that “freewheeling”!) “The Del Rio Bar, known […]
Well, apparently Walter Cronkite is with me on this one: Saddam Hussein should face charges before the International Criminal Court at the Hague. ” … This year, the United Nations established the International Criminal Court at The Hague – a permanent Nuremberg Tribunal. This country, however, withheld its endorsement of the court unless Americans serving […]
Let’s Talk Transit Like many out-of-state students, this holiday break I flew home via Detroit’s Metro Airport. I got to the airport using MSA’s airBus service. According to the Airbus website, they will operate 29 trips to the airport and 24 trips from the airport back to Ann Arbor during this Winter Break. Assuming every […]
A Zingerman’s employee was held up for an undisclosed amount of cash at 10:30 PM Friday night. I wonder why the description of the suspect doesn’t include race? And a few holiday season break-ins (from the same link): “900 block of Greenwood Street, Friday. Computer taken. Entry through unlocked door. 1200 block of Hill Street, […]
” … 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.”