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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
NEWS
Ann Arbor voters
approve millage
Citizens decide
to increase
school millage
By ALICE TRACEY
Summer Daily News Editor
The vast majority of Ann Arbor
voters Tuesday opted to increase the
funds collected by public schools.
The millage renewal proposed by the
Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of
Education passed with 76 percent in
favor.
A school millage rate is a decided
amount of money per $1,000 of
property value that goes toward
property tax, which in turn funds
public schools. In Ann Arbor, this
tax is the public school system’s
main source of revenue. Members
of the AAPS Board of Education say
the operating millage affected by
Tuesday’s vote will impact the taxes
levied on non-homestead properties,
including businesses and rental
properties, rather than homeowners.
Effective for the next 20 years, the
vote renewed the existing millage
of 18 mills, or dollars per $1,000
value, and added an upper limit of
21 mills. The new 3-mill cushion
gives the AAPS Board of Education
more flexibility in dealing with the
Headlee Amendment, a decades-
old piece of state legislation that
allows towns to roll back millages
when
property
values
increase
more quickly than inflation. The
amendment was designed to limit
property taxes, but according to
Board President Christine Stead, it
complicates school funding. Stead
claims rising property values coupled
with the Headlee Amendment have
produced financial losses for the Ann
Arbor public school system.
“Even though property values are
increasing, you’re going to be at a
slower-paced recovery because of the
Headlee Amendment,” Stead said.
“The gap can get bigger and bigger,
and so for us, the Ann Arbor Public
School
District,
that
difference
between what we’re collecting and
what we should be collecting is equal
to $1.3 million.”
Students criticize
lack of response
from University
By GRACE KAY
Summer Managing News Editor
The University of Michigan
claimed
it
is
continuing
to
investigate a vulgar scavenger
hunt list that went viral nearly two
weeks ago detailing numerous
sexual acts and calls for public
nudity and using a racial slur.
University spokeswoman Kim
Broekhuizen
explained
there
are no new developments in the
investigation. In addition, The
Michigan Daily and the Office
of Public Affairs and Internal
Communications were unable to
contact the Division of Student
Life investigating the incident
because its members were at a
retreat.
Meanwhile, LSA senior Casey
Jong, who first posted the list on
Facebook under the title “The
Elite Bar Crawl,” said she has yet
to be contacted by the University,
the Interfraternity Council, the
Division of Student Life or the
Bias Response Team with which
she filed her complaint.
“On my (bias) report I indicated
that I would be willing to provide
further information if needed,”
Jong
said.
“Other
than
the
automatic email indicating they
had received my complaint, they
never contacted me again.”
Despite the lack of information
and communication with the
University, Jong has received
plenty of positive feedback from
people just as frustrated with the
racism and sexism detailed on the
list.
“There
are
a
number
of
comments and I did get a few
messages, but they’re pretty much
all in support of investigating
and
getting
the
responsible
parties off campus and putting
pressure on the University to see
real repercussions,” Jong said.
“Nobody has contacted me or told
me that I have been spreading lies
outside of the AEPi international
member who was quoted by The
Daily.”
Jong explained the list could
be traced back to the fraternity
Alpha Epsilon Pi because she
received the list via a group
message containing several AEPi
members. In addition, Jong said
several of the redacted names on
the list belong to AEPi members
or women associated with AEPi
members.
The list also features several
acts that could only be performed
by female participants, such as,
“Call your mom tell her you’re
pregnant.”
U Investigation of
racist list stagnant
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