Yearly Archives: 2014


2015 Cadillac ATS Premium – It’s Way Better Than the Caddies I Grew Up With

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For 2015, the Cadillac ATS and the rest of its siblings have abandoned the wreath surrounding the crest

Paraphrasing one of the last tag-lines from the now defunct Oldsmobile, “the 2015 ATS is absolutely not your father’s Cadillac, and that’s a very good thing.” In fact this ATS is the antithesis of what Cadillacs were when I was growing up in the 1970s and ‘80s.
Back in those days, Caddies defined the term land yacht. Actually aircraft carrier might have been a more apt description. When I was high school in the early-1980s, a friend of our family stopped by our house one day to show off the new Caddie that he had bought himself as a retirement gift after putting in his 30 years in one of the local steel mills.

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My son Max has been involved with the awesome

My son Max has been involved with the awesome +Corner Health Center in Ypsilanti for more than 5 years

The corner provides physical and mental health and social services to an often underserved part of the community. Their theater troupe goes out to schools around the region to perform and educate youth about issues including substance abuse, relationships and domestic violence. I'm so proud of the work Max has done there and it has really helped him grow into a fine young man. He was recently invited to join the board of directors of the Corner and is studying social work at +Eastern Michigan University. ?

Max Abuelsamid, Corner Health Center Board Member, shares his connection to the Corner and why the C