You Ann Arbor residents better not miss THIS meeting

The Ann Arbor Municipal Center, the newly designed home for all things Ann Arbor City, will be discussed. What's at stake? PLENTY. If the full on "bells and whistles" version is approved it'll cost Ann Arbor 57 million dollars, well above the "bare bones" version costing 24 million.

"The difference between the plans boils down to the optional add-ons included in the more expensive version, as well as anticipated increases in construction costs, professional and legal fees, and moving and furnishings, officials said."

Uh huh, what do you want to bet cost overruns on this would have NO penalities, we mean REAL penalties, and instead will be passed on to taxpayers.

City Council Member Leigh Greden, D-3rd Ward: "We are early in the planning process, and we will only build what we can afford."

That's why it's UP TO YOU VOTERS, to make sure Leigh Greden's word is gold. You know how this works, things get passed, the old city government mantra of "It'll be MORE expensive to add this later so let's get it now. We can't afford NOT to get bells and whistles now" will become the unspoken guiding light.

MEETING on this 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. The meeting will take place at the Ann Arbor District Library, 343 S. Fifth Ave.


Imagine what 24-57 million dollars could do for local roads, schools and or civic improvements. Funny how there's always money for the city to spend on the city but on nobody else.