Missed Ticks

A March 1 article on local candidates for state legislative races incorrectly stated that candidates file their petitions to be on the ballot with the Secretary of State. For state House Districts 52, 53 and 54 and Senate District 18, those filings are made at the Washtenaw County clerk’s office. Campaign finance reports for all state races are made with the Secretary of State. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In our last report on the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority board, we incorrectly reported the date of its next regular meeting. The next meeting of the AATA board is March 24, 2010. We note the mistake here and have corrected the original article.

In a recent city council meeting report, we misidentified Sol Castell. He is a member of the citizens advisory committee to the environmental assessment currently being conducted regarding the possible runway extension at Ann Arbor’s municipal airport. We note the error here and have corrected it in the original story.

The Jan. 29 column “Values Before Victories” incorrectly stated that NHL player John Madden was a member of the New Jersey Devils. He’s no longer with that team. We note the error here, and have corrected the original column.

In a Jan. 26 article about Washtenaw County’s Employment Training & Community Services (ETCS) department, we incorrectly stated the deadline to use federal funding for a weatherization program. The county has until March 31, 2012 to use those funds. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.

In an article on battery technology company Sakti3, we incorrectly portrayed that Khosla Ventures invested in Fisker Automotive. According to Khosla Ventures, they do not invest in Fisker Automotive.  We note the error here and have clarified it in the original story.

In a preview of the BreakFest fundraiser at The Art, we were off by a few thousand miles in describing where fingerstyle guitarist Duck Baker would be traveling from. He’ll be arriving from England. We note the error here and have corrected it in the original article.

Jose Canseco’s name was misspelled in a Jan. 15, 2010 column about Mark McGwire’s use of steroids. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original column.

In a report on a November 2009 work session of the city council, we incorrectly described Sandi Smith’s (Ward 1) membership on committees. Smith is a member of the city council as well as the DDA board. She is also a member of the DDA’s “mutually beneficial” committee, which is charged with the responsibility of discussing the parking agreement between the city and the DDA. We note the mistake here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In a report on Huron Valley Ambulance fire dispatch, we incorrectly reported the number of fire stations in Ann Arbor.  The city currently has five fire stations, though the numbering goes #1 through #6 – skipping #2, which was closed in 2002. We note the error here and have corrected it in the original article.

In reporting from the Sunday city council caucus about a position taken by a merchant association on extended parking hour enforcement, we confused the State Street Area Association with the South University Area Association.  It was the State Street Area Association that had conveyed to council that it was not opposed to extended enforcement hours.  We note the mistake here, and have corrected it in the original report.

In a report on a presentation by Alex de Parry for a residential housing development called Heritage Row, we mis-indentified the former president of the Germantown Neighborhood Association as its president.  The current president of GNA is Beverly Strassmann.  We noted the error here and have corrected the original report.

In our report on the Dec. 7 council meeting, we wrote that John Rubin had identified himself as a rower during his public commentary. He is not a rower and did not say he was. We note the error here and have corrected the orginal report.

In our report of the Nov. 17 Ann Arbor Park Advisory Commission meeting, we misspelled the first name of Dea Amstrong, the city’s ornithologist. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In an article about the Nov. 18 Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners meeting, we incorrectly described the 401(k) as a defined benefit plan. It is a defined contribution plan. Additionally, the transfer of most county employees from the Money Purchase Pension Plan to the Washtenaw County Employees’ Retirement System has occurred over the last year. We note the errors here, and have corrected the original article.

In a recent report on a city council meeting, we mis-reported the amount of the Local Finance District budget amendment approved by the council.  The correct amount is $205,000.  We note the error here and have corrected it in the original report.

The Chronicle incorrectly stated that the Ann Arbor District Library will pay to move the archives of the former Ann Arbor News. The move will be paid for by the Herald Publishing Co., which owned the newspaper and is granting the library rights to digitize a large portion of the archives. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In our report on the Ann Arbor city council’s Nov. 5, 2009 meeting, we gave the wrong reason for a closed session held near the end of the council’s regular meeting. The purpose of that meeting was to review the performance of the city attorney and the city administrator. We acknowledge the mistake here and have corrected the mistake in the orginal report. The same error is reflected the official minutes of the Nov. 5 meeting as accepted by the city council at its Nov. 16, 2009 meeting.

A Sept. 30 article on the oral history project at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market misspelled the name of a vendor, Scott Robertello of Kapnick Orchards. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

A Sept. 12 article about potential candidates for the 2010 state legislative election gave the incorrect year for a 53rd District primary race between Rebekah Warren and Leigh Greden. That race took place in 2006. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In our article about the recount of the vote in the Ward 3 Democratic primary election, we misspelled Letitia Kunselman’s name throughout the piece. We also misspelled Tim Colenback’s name. We note the errors here, and have corrected the mistakes in the original article. We also note that Carsten Hohnke’s name was misspelled and corrected in that article.

In an Aug. 28 column by John U. Bacon, the example of deadbeat dads should have referred to child support payments, not alimony. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In a recent report on a special meeting of the DDA board, we mis-characterized what it is that Stauder, Barch & Associates, Inc. does.  They are a bond advisor and financial consultant. We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original article.

In a recent column, we incorrectly represented the current practice by the city with respect to publication of city council agendas in the newspaper, as required by council rules. These agendas will continue to be published until such time as the council rules are changed. We note the mistake here and made the clarification in the original column.

In an article on the proposed city income tax, we reported incorrectly the amount of the general operation millage after the Headlee rollback from the authorized rate of 7.5%.  The correct amount of the millage rate after the Headlee rollback, taken from the authorized FY 2010 budget, is 6.1682%.  We note the error here and have corrected it in the original story.

In an introduction to Paul Saginaw’s letter about his recent heart attack, we incorrectly stated that it occurred last week. He suffered the heart attack in July. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In our most recent city council meeting report, we incorrectly attributed comments made in support of the establishment of a historic district study committee to Carsten Hohnke (Ward 5), which were in fact made by Christopher Taylor (Ward 3). Hohnke also argued in support of the resolution, but it was Taylor who characterized the establishment of the committee as within council’s “arsenal of options.” We acknowledge the error here and have corrected the attribution in the original article.

We spelled Luis Vazquez’s name incorrectly through a recent report on city council caucus.  We note the error here and have corrected it in the original article.  It was originally misspelled in every instance, but we have red-lined only one of them, so as to leave the text readable.

In a July 29, 2009 article about Friday Mornings @SELMA, we incorrectly reported that the L in SELMA stands for Lutz. In fact, it stands for Liberty. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In a New Media Watch item, we omitted the word “million” in the amount of the settlement of a lawsuit involving 500 female prisoners. The correct figure for the settlement of the sex-abuse suit brought by the prisoners  is $100 million.  We note the error here and have corrected it in the original brief.