Wrong message on a mass transit plan
Nearly 16 months after Oakland County voters rejected a $4.6 billion regional transit plan that would leave much of the county without...
Feb 20, 2018
Stay the course on Bloomfield land fight
Bloomfield Township had a lawsuit filed against it in federal court by a developer who wanted to subdivide three lots into eight...
Feb 20, 2018
Keeping bad cops from getting hired
A new state law that went into effect on Monday, January 15, requiring law enforcement agencies to share a record of an officer's...
Jan 23, 2018
Wise move with liquor license changes
The dining and entertainment scene in Birmingham has changed over the last few years, as it has in the local region overall. A decade...
Jan 23, 2018
Address ongoing asbestos danger now
The fact that asbestos is still used to manufacture hundreds of consumer products in the United States today will likely come as a...
Dec 19, 2017
City commission must become decisive
Frankly, it is hard to believe. The Birmingham Ad Hoc Brand Development Committee (BBDC) was created in July 2016, to work with a design...
Dec 19, 2017
Land swap a good deal for all parties
Last January, Bloomfield Township trustees unanimously denied a preliminary plat proposal to turn five single family residential lots...
Nov 21, 2017
Finally, medical marijuana regulations
Nearly a decade after voters approved a statewide ballot proposal making marijuana legal for medical purposes, state officials are...
Nov 21, 2017
Michigan must regulate use of dicamba
Reports of massive crop damage in several southern states caused by vaporized plumes of the herbicide dicamba that have spawned at least...
Oct 24, 2017
Birmingham: reconsider toxic weedkiller
Birmingham is a community which considers itself fiscally responsible and environmentally progressive, which is why we were so surprised,...
Oct 24, 2017












