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.
In an article about Abracadabra Jewelry and Gem Gallery, we incorrectly reported that the store sold “mocha” mokume. The store sells pieces made using the mokume gane metalworking technique. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.
In an introduction to an interview with Caryn Simon, we misreported the date of the first class session of her class on salve making. The first session is July 11. We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original piece.
In an article about a proposed Main Street business improvement zone (BIZ), we incorrectly listed the corporate affiliation of Rob Spears, a member of the BIZ initiative’s transitional board. He is with Cabrio Properties. Additionally, Keith Orr is a tentative board member, but is not currently on the board. We also clarified that a portion of Liberty Street on either side of Main is included in the proposed BIZ district. We note the errors here, and have corrected the original article.
In our report on the June 18, 2009 meeting of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, we incorrectly paraphrased remarks by regent Julia Darlow, who voted against a tuition increase. Her example that a 5.6% increase will contribute only an additional $12.9 million, or less than 1% of the general fund total, referred to the increase for resident undergraduate tuition only. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.
In a recent report of a meeting of the DDA board, we mis-reported the date of the upcoming board retreat at the Michigan Theater. It will be held on May 20 on the stage of the Michigan Theater, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We note the error here, have added it to our events list, and have corrected the mistake in the [original story]. In that same story we have also corrected the mis-identification of Joan Lowenstein as Jennifer Hall.
We previously reported an incorrect location for the next Park Advisory Committee meeting. It takes place on Tuesday, April 21, at 4 p.m. in county board of commissioners chambers at the County Administration Building, at 220 N. Main St. We note the error here and have corrected it in the original article.
In a report on the April 16 University of Michigan regents meeting, we stated that one of the speakers at public comment, Claire Herbert, paid tuition as a graduate student. Herbert is a graduate student instructor, and her tuition is covered by that position. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.
In our most recent UM regents meeting report, we mis-reported the amount of a Gold permit for FY 2010. They’ll cost $1,443. We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the [original story.]
In our report on the most recent DDA board meeting, we erroneously combined the result of voting on an amendment to a resolution about the A2D2 zoning proposal with the vote on the main resolution. On the amendment, Hall and Smith voted for striking (6) from the resolution, meaning the amendment failed. But the vote on the main resolution was unanimously for it, with one abstention from Higgins. We note the error here and have corrected it in the [original piece].
In a piece that discussed alternate jobs for morning newspaper carriers whose routes have been shuffled around, we mentioned the idea of a job that did not cause “sleep depravation.” We meant “deprivation.” We’d like to state here that we do not believe that loss of sleep causes depravity and thus note the error and have corrected it in the original piece.
Due to incorrect information supplied by the city, we inaccurately reported the name of a member serving on the Ann Arbor Area, Height and Placement Advisory Committee. Bob Martel (not Bill) is on that committee. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.
In our March 15 article about the master class given by Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Silk Road Ensemble, we incorrectly stated that the members of Trio Animando were students at Pioneer High School. Only one – Jacob Joyce – attends Pioneer. Eric Tinkerhess attends Community High School, as does J Bennett, who also is home-schooled. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.
