Missed Ticks Section

In a New Media Watch item about an upcoming meeting to discuss Prospect Park, we misspelled the last name of Ypsilanti city councilmember Pete Murdock. We note the error here, and have corrected the original item.

In our article about the Feb. 25 Washtenaw County administrative briefing for the board of commissioners, we reported an incorrect amount for a proposed brownfield application fee. To apply for brownfield projects under $1 million, the new fee is $3,000. Also, fees in the county have previously been below state benchmarks, not national ones as we reported. We note the errors here, and have corrected the original article.

In the inaugural edition of Wiki Wednesday, we misspelled the name of the Ann Arbor District Library’s associate director for IT and production.  It’s Eli Neiburger. We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original story.

In a report on the Feb. 19 New Enterprise Forum awards, we misspelled Peter Dresslar’s name. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

The Secretary of the Interior is a federal office, not a state of Michigan department as we indicated in an article about possible demolition in a historic Ditrict.  The SOI created the standards and guidelines for rehabilitation that the state of Michigan then adopted. The city of Ann Arbor uses them via state enabling legislation.  We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original article.

In a Feb. 11 article about the state Court of Appeals ruling on a lawsuit against Washtenaw County, we incorrectly stated that the appeals court had reversed a lower court decision regarding an Open Meetings Act technical violation. Rather, the appeals court indicated that because the county later re-enacted decisions that took place during the meeting that technically violated the Open Meetings Act, “any issue pertaining to the existence of a violation of the act was rendered moot.” We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In a writeup of a recent DDA board meeting, we mis-spelled the name of a city of Ann Arbor park planner, who has recently taken a job with the Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Department. His name is Jeff Dehring. We note the mistake here and have corrected the spelling in the original story.

A Jan. 27 article about the Jan. 26 Ann Arbor District Library board meeting stated that the library is authorized to levy up to 1.92 mills, but that the goal, according to board member Prue Rosenthal, is to work within a budget of 1.55 mills. The library does levy the entire 1.92 mills – we clarify that point here, and have made the clarification in the original article as well.

In writing around the actual words of a wise-crack made by Russ Collins at a DDA board meeting, we erroneously compared the remark to a line made famous by Bill Murray on Saturday Night Live.  The line is associated with Dan Aykroyd. We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original story.

In relaying Mayor John Hieftje’s self-described recycling credentials from a recent city council meeting report, we miscalculated the 20-year difference between 2009 and 1989 – when he served as chair of Recycle Ann Arbor’s board  – as “nearly a decade.”  We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original report.

In the write-up of council’s Feb. 2 meeting we mispelled the name of one of the speakers who’d signed up for reserved time, and spoke to the issue of the Farmers Market renovations.  Her name is Chris Hildebrand.  We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original report.

We got the name wrong of the person who announced the robotics competition at a recent a2geeks/GoTech event.  Keith McClary is his name.  We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original item.

The physiological analogy of the bus system described by Jesse Bernstein at council’s budget retreat as an alternative to the spoke-and-hub system was not a spine-and-rib model, but rather a spine-and-nerve model. We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original story.

In  a couple of recent stories we spelled some names wrong.  Jeff Kahan is  a city of Ann Arbor planner.  We note the error here and have corrected it in the [original story]. We also spelled Dave Konkle’s name wrong.  He was until summer the energy coordinator for the city of Ann Arbor.  We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the  [original story].

In our report of the Jan. 7, 2009 Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners meeting, we incorrectly stated that Jeff Irwin was the only commissioner to vote against a change in the board’s rules and regulations that shortened the amount of time and limited the topics for public commentary at the Ways & Means Committee meeting. Rolland Sizemore Jr. also cast a no vote. We note the error here, and have changed it in the original article.

In an a photo caption included in an article about an exhibition at the Gallery Project, we spelled the name of a family of artists incorrectly.  It’s Lou, Susan and Matt Krueger.  We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original piece.

In shooting a photo of a bank building to accompany a column written by Dan Madej, we apparently pointed the camera in the wrong direction. We note the mistake here and have added a photo to the original item.

In an article about Performance Network’s reading of “A Christmas Carol,” we incorrectly identified Phil Powers. He is not a former UM regent or the Center for Michigan founder – that would be Phil Power. Phil Powers is an actor who is married to Performance Network’s executive director, Carla Milarch. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

A caption in our article about UM’s purchase of the Pfizer site misidentified a Crain’s Detroit Business reporter. His name is Ryan Beene. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In summarizing public commentary on the Germantown study committee, we spelled the name of one of the speakers incorrectly.  The correct spelling is Claudius Vincenz.  We acknowledge the mistake here and have corrected it in the original piece.

In describing the possible sites for location of replacement units for those lost at the site of the old YMCA, we named the wrong intersection for one, and invented one that doesn’t exist for another.  The correct descriptions of the three sites are: A at the southwest corner of Fourth and Anne; B at the southwest corner of Fourth and Catherine; C at the northwest corner of Fourth and Catherine. We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original piece.

In a New Media Watch item, we erroneously identified the plaintiff in a lawsuit brought against GM in 1993 as the city of Ypsilanti, when it was in fact Ypsilanti Township that filed the suit. We note the mistake here and have corrected it in the original item.

Of course Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling, not da Vinci, as we incorrectly stated in an article about the “Step Right Up!” show at the Gallery Project. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In a report on the Dec. 3 Washtenaw County Commission board meeting, we misstated the role of Mike Score, who works with the local unit of the Michigan State University Extension. Score was a lead founder of the Food System Economic Partnership, for which he was honored on Dec. 3. He does not lead the local MSU Extension program. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.

In an Old Media Watch item about the auto industry, we gave the figure for financial assistance to the industry as $250 billion.  The correct figure is $25 billion. We acknowledge the mistake here and have corrected it in the original item.

In our write-up of the Ypsilanti Community Band’s rehearsal, we mis-identified the instrument played by Harold Goodsman Award winner Tom Warner. He plays percussion. On Tuesday, for example, he was playing the chimes. We note the error here and have corrected it in the original piece.

Our write-up of the last city council meeting indicated the incorrect date for the next meeting. The correct date of the next meeting is Monday, Nov. 17 starting at 7:00 p.m. We note the error here as well as in the original item.

Also worth noting: preceding that meeting, from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. there will be an informal open house with light refreshments to meet the four new councilmembers, who will be formally sworn in at the meeting, after having been legally sworn in a week prior.

In an account of the Nov. 6 city council meeting, we attributed to councilmember Mike Anglin a question posed to the developer about per-bed versus per-unit leasing. In fact, the question was posed by outgoing councilmember Stephen Kuselman. We note the mistake here as well as in the original piece.

In a roundup of Election Day coverage, HD described a text message he thought he’d received from city attorney, Stephen Postema. The message was not from Postema. We note the mistake here as well as in the original report.

In explaining that Karen Lovejoy Roe did not run for re-election as county commissioner, we said that she’d won a different Democratic primary race in Ypsilanti townships than the one she did: clerk.  We note the error here and have corrected the original piece: Lovejoy Roe won the Democratic primary in the clerk’s race.