Tag Archives: Ann Arbor Chronicle

The fight intensifies over Ann Arbor’s proposed “ambassador” program

“Does Ann Arbor’s downtown belong to the people of Ann Arbor, or to the City’s most influential and vocal business owners?” It’s a question that’s been asked quite a bit this past week, in the wake of news surfacing about an Ann Arbor DDA plan to further the “mallification” of downtown by hiring a small […]

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Increasing options for our neighbors without either heat or shelter

On Saturday I posted something here about the plight of the homeless during this week’s polar vortex, which, as I understand it, has brought temperatures near levels not experienced in the region since the 1880s. My intention had been to share a comprehensive list of resources available to those in our community who were without […]

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My thoughts on the death of AnnArbor.com

I’m still trying to wrap my head around today’s surprise announcement that, after four years in business, the big experiment in online journalism we’ve come to know as AnnArbor.com would be going away, and that, henceforth, all of the regional reporting done by the staff of Advance Publications would be distributed by way of their […]

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Trabajabamos to join 25 Suaves and Minus9 at the upcoming MarkMaynard.com anniversary party

I’m happy to announce that Trabajabamos will be performing along with 25 Suaves and Minus9 at the September 8 party commemorating the tenth anniversary of this website. Here, if you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing Trabajabamos, is bit of documentary footage, which, I think you’ll agree, is pretty damn good. If you want more, […]

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