I’m really surprised we don’t yet have a good, cheap corner bakery in downtown Ann Arbor. Sure, there’s Zingerman’s but that doesn’t really count. I’m looking for something like the bakeries in Chicago’s Chinatown, or Detroit’s Mexicantown, where I paid $7.50 for this delicious box of treats:
(how much do you think that would have cost at Café Japon?)
In France, there’s a smart little bakery on every corner. Same in Germany, but they’re generally national chains with Stehplätze (standing tables) only. You can still get your sweet roll for 40 euro cents, though.
(photo above from David Ortman, by-nc)
from the aanews:
Under the living-wage law, groups that have contracts with the city of $10,000 or more must pay above-minimum wages. That wage level is now around $12 an hour for employees who don’t receive health benefits
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But upping the grant would increase the festival’s cost by some $19,000. And City Council Member Chris Easthope, who’s promoted the change, argues that the festival’s seasonal employees - almost all students - are not the kind of workers the wage law was meant to protect.
Thanks, Chris, for your beneficent leadership.
In my inbox today, a response to my question about the accessibility of the City of Ann Arbor’s website:
Thank you for your patience. The city is in the process of converting to new Web site management software. As the city trains its team of Web content editors to work with the new software, the importance of alt tabs [sic] is emphasized, and editors are shown how to complete this important step. The addition of alt tabs is becoming a part of editors’ routine content-updating process.
In addition, the communications office is meeting regularly with members of the city’s commission on disability issues to further help ensure our Web site is accessible to all. This partnership has been very valuable.
I hope you will find our site even more user friendly with the upcoming launch of the new software in the weeks to come. As always, we welcome your feedback.
The RC is home to a forum on urban organization and development — everyone is welcome to attend any and all meetings:
OCT 30: Structures of inequality, political economy of marginalized urban communities, political organizing. By Michelle & ???????
NOV 6:Â Housing issues, commercial improvements, a closer look at asset-based development. By Patrick
NOV 13: Urban gardening, green development. By Ashlee (and Jessi?)
DEC 4: Nuts and bolts of non-profit start-ups- 501c3 status, grants, technology, initial mobilization. By Matt & Michelle.
DEC 11: Educational development & the arts for social change. By Ashlee and Alex.
All meetings are 7-9pm in 24-26 Tyler, East Quad, 701 E. University, 48109.
WEMU host Michael G. Nastos retired from station this evening after nearly 30 years. An explanation will appear in Saturday’s Ann Arbor News, he says. No further explanation was printed, so either the News left out information or I misheard.
I grew up with Michael G. Nastos and WEMU Jazz, nearly every day since I was conscious. It makes his departure particularly saddening for me. If anyone knows more, I’d be interested to hear.
All interested editors of ArborWiki are invited to the Summer Work Party this coming Thursday, the 26th, at 9pm. We’re meeting at the Ann Arbor outlet of Primo Coffee for a couple of hours to hack away at MediaWiki.
There are a couple specific code parts that I hope to attack, namely:
- The upcoming server change and partnership that — after about a year — is finally ready to happen.
- Forcing search to actually search everything. It doesn’t do talk pages, I don’t think, and certainly not categories.
- Providing a new syntax for mapping
- I will also bring along some of my extra schmaltz for community use.
We will also be discussing how AW can neatly be extended to neighboring communities, especially Ypsilanti.
