Apr 23, 2019
Keys to consensus: civility and compromise
In the last few months, both the Birmingham City Commission and Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees have been dealing with significant...
Mar 26, 2019
Tax, funding formula overhaul to fix roads
Blowback from Governor Gretchen Whitmer's proposed fuel tax increase to “fix the damn roads” is expected in a state.
Mar 26, 2019
Bistros a city asset that must be protected
Birmingham in 2007 created a bistro liquor ordinance with the goal of invigorating the city's streets and creating greater walkability.
Feb 19, 2019
Action needed now to combat climate change
Despite efforts by Michigan's GOP-lead legislature to reverse the first meaningful action taken by the state in more than a decade to...
Feb 19, 2019
Sherr should resign following vigilante action
Being a local city commissioner, council member or member of a board of trustees comes with both honors and responsibilities. As an...
Jan 22, 2019
Challengers to state's rules are all wet
Just as no one is above the law, neither can municipalities or public works utilities choose which laws, or which parts of laws, they can...
Jan 22, 2019
Bill for long-unfunded benefits has come due
Bloomfield Township, established in 1827, is a beautiful, bucolic, primarily residential community of about 41,000 people spread out...
Dec 18, 2018
Leave the state ballot proposals alone
Several bills being pushed through the legislature in the last days of the lame duck session were attempting to usurp the will of...
Dec 18, 2018
Shortchanging the voters on marijuana
On November 6, voters across Michigan approved Proposal 1, by 56 percent of the electorate, which made the state the first in the Midwest...
Nov 20, 2018
Respecting process, committee volunteers
It took three city commission meetings, but Birmingham commissioners finally approved a contract for the next citywide master plan...
