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[quote=Anonymous]What a read this is.

[b]U-M staffer accuses one of Ann Arbor’s biggest landlords of pushing for school to reopen amid pandemic[/b]

[quote]Why the push to reopen the campus? According to a Michigan Daily op-ed published last week written by a U-M staffer who was granted anonymity in exchange for candor, the University's decision was guided by one of Ann Arbor's biggest landlords.

When the decision to reopen the school was made, U-M's Board of Regents was chaired by Ron Weiser, a billionaire megadonor of President Donald Trump. Of course, as a landlord, if the Ann Arbor campus was closed, Weiser would take a huge financial hit.

It gets worse. According to the anonymous op-ed writer, Weiser donated more than $100 million to the school in recent years — including a $30 million gift in the days ahead of U-M's decision to reopen. The writer calls this "one of the biggest conflicts of interest imaginable between public health and private wealth." [/quote]

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/08/31/u-m-staffer-accuses-one-of-ann-arbors-biggest-landlords-of-pushing-for-school-to-reopen-amid-pandemic

https://www.michigandaily.com/section/opinion/op-ed-university%E2%80%99s-summer-lies[/quote]

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