This is news in exactly what sense?

A headline from today's installment of annarbor.com:

Local officials respond unfavorably to [Michigan governor Rick] Snyder's call for cuts in state funding for municipalities

Why bother reporting something this obvious?

I look forward to future articles such as:

Local thieves applaud cuts to police budget

Local golfers respond favorably to continued city subsidies to their hobby

Surely annarbor.com can do better than this?