Sep 24, 2019
Our choices in the Birmingham election
Residents in Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills are being asked to choose candidates to fill seats on their city commissions in the November 5
Aug 20, 2019
Free speech priority at public meetings
At city commission and township board meetings, it is customary to have public comment, where members of the community come to the podium...
Aug 20, 2019
Get ready for cuts to township services
The rejection of a 2.3-mill special assessment district (SAD) by Bloomfield Township voters that would have generated about $9 million...
Jul 23, 2019
SAD necessary tool to preserve services
Bloomfield Township voters on August 6 will be asked whether to support a 2.3-mill tax dedicated to public safety departments in the townshi
Jul 23, 2019
Support parking bond and city's future
Birmingham voters on August 6 are being asked to approve a bond proposal in the amount of up to $57.4 million to secure financing for replac
Jun 25, 2019
SAD necessary tool to preserve services
Bloomfield Township voters on August 6 will be asked whether to support a 2.3-mill tax dedicated to public safety departments in the...
Jun 25, 2019
Support parking bond and city's future
Birmingham voters on August 6 are being asked to approve a bond proposal in the amount of up to $57.4 million to secure financing for...
May 21, 2019
Smart development: collaborative effort
In the digital world, a "collaborative development environment" refers to an online process of involving stakeholders to develop new...
May 21, 2019
Missing ingredient for a local tech hub
In the last 10 or 11 years, since the onset of the Great Recession and a brain drain of millennials from the state, we're delighted to...
Apr 23, 2019
Civic duty of recycling comes with a cost
For years municipal recycling programs operated under the sentiment that “one man's trash is another man's treasure,” but times have...