Comments on: UM Plans Research Hub at Former Pfizer Site

By: Reamed Again

Reamed Again — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:49:18 +0000

Joan you too! But in all fairness to the University…MSC is doing a great job with the stadium, football team and keeping ethics in research right? It fits in perfectly with her plan to turn this into the Peoples Republic of Ann Arbor. If I was Pfizer I would have left to who wants neighbors like MSC…she really doesn’t want you on HER lawn.

By: Monica

Monica — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:00:33 +0000

Kris,
You answered your own question in the first sentence.

All,
While I have wanted to throw a thing or two at Pfizer, throwing myself into the snow to make as now angel never occurred to me. I’m surprised their security guards didn’t run right out at the person and yell for them to get off their property. I work in a building next to one of the Pfizers and have been yelled it for trying to take a shortcut across their lawn.

By: Joan

Joan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:52:09 +0000

The purchase of the Pfizer space and the possibility of 2000 jobs in the future is not comforting to those recently fired by the hospital and it’s IT department, MCIT.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:30:05 +0000

It would be nice to see UM step up and help fill the enormous philanthropic gap left with Pfizer’s departure. We all know they don’t pay taxes but there are other universities that do more to help their surrounding community than UM has. I can envision a variety of ways not all requiring large outlays of cash in which the U could help the area.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:08:48 +0000

So:

1. How can UM as a public institution have budget for such a purchase while also raising tuition rates to their students? It would seem UM doesn’t feel teaching the public is their core business.

2. What is Ann Arbor going to do to reduce the budget in adjustment for this lose of tax base?