- Jan 24
Police departments lacking transparency
It's a difficult time to be a cop – recruitment for all police departments is tougher, including at our highly-rated local departments,...
- Jan 24
A solution for downtown development site
Like many in Birmingham, over the last several years, we have been observing the requests, reviews, planning board and commission...
- Dec 28, 2022
Take commissioner Host to the ethics board
City commissioners have a tall order – for a basically volunteer position ($5 a meeting). Each of them are tasked with representing...
- Dec 28, 2022
County board pay hikes cause for concern
We were not among those who feared the shift of control of the county commission in recent years to the Democrats after a decades long...
- Nov 23, 2022
Rent ordinance worth commission review
The power of the press and civil protest were fully on display recently over a two-month rental standoff between former Birmingham mayor...
- Nov 23, 2022
Speak up on new Birmingham Master Plan
Master plans for cities are documents and policy guides that are designed to help the community, their elected leaders and staff create a...
- Oct 25, 2022
Our endorsements for November election
Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township voters will be deciding in the November 8 general election a variety of...
- Sep 26, 2022
Our endorsements for November election
Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township voters will be deciding in the November 8 general election a variety of...
- Aug 23, 2022
A path to connectivity for county residents
The journey towards regional transit has been a long, fraught one in metro Detroit. For decades, those in Oakland County have kept a...
- Aug 23, 2022
Knowledge king on November ballot issues
While most of us know there's an election in November to determine who will be governor of our great state of Michigan, and a lot of...
