Matt Hampel | matth.org » ypsilanti http://matth.org I'm Matt Hampel, a student in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:16:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Investigative Power at the Snooze still off; reporters not reporting http://matth.org/2007/10/04/investigative-power-at-the-snooze-still-off-reporters-not-reporting/ http://matth.org/2007/10/04/investigative-power-at-the-snooze-still-off-reporters-not-reporting/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:15:24 +0000 Matt Hampel http://matth.org/2007/10/04/investigative-power-at-the-snooze-still-off-reporters-not-reporting/ (I’m waiting for a response from John here — so I will post an update)

John Mulcahy posted a civically-minded piece to the AA News Blog yesterday about a group of homes in Ypsilanti that were illegally connected to utilities. Of course, the News keeps the management company conveniently anonymous:

All of the affected homes are owned by one housing management company, though the residents have separate accounts with DTE, Simons said.

Many of the residents said they also were trying to get answers from a representative of the company that owns the units. An attempt by The Ann Arbor News to reach the representative was unsuccessful.

So, the News knows who owns the units, and the company won’t respond, yet they won’t publish the name. Yeah, that’s real community reportage there.

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