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.
Mar 26, 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...
Feb 19, 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...
Jan 22, 2019
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...
Dec 18, 2018
Respecting process, committee volunteers
It took three city commission meetings, but Birmingham commissioners finally approved a contract for the next citywide master plan...
Nov 20, 2018
Lessons for healing state foster care system
Lawmakers returning to Lansing or heading to the Capital for the first time will have a full plate of issues to deal with, but mustn't...
Nov 20, 2018
Our endorsements for November election
Birmingham, Bloomfield Township and Bloomfield Hills voters will be deciding among candidates in the November 6 general election for a...
Sep 25, 2018
