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Thursday, May 10, 2018
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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