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To listen to Michael Garfield, head of the Ecology Center tell the story, Recycle Ann Arbor, which is controlled by Garfield and the Ecology Center, has been the victim of "miscalculation made in the 2010 contract" between the City of Ann…

by Betsy McMillin Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners. ~Laurence Sterne It was typical craziness at my house the other day, eleven kids under the age of 12. Although, when I start out with six of…

A2P Notes: All of the information about the donors and amounts comes from the Washtenaw County campaign finance web site. To search the database, and examine the candidate campaign finance disclosures yourself, visit this link:…

Fifth Ward Council member Mike Anglin's pre-election campaign finance disclosure runs 29 pages. In the race to represent Ward Five on City Council, Anglin out-raised opponent Neil Elyakin by raising $6,850 to Elyakin's $5,923. Whereas…

A2P Notes: All of the information about the donors and amounts comes from the Washtenaw County campaign finance web site. To search the database, and examine the candidate campaign finance disclosures yourself, visit this…

In October of 2009, A2Politico posted a piece titled, "Time Magazine Raps Rep. Dingell Firmly Across the Knuckles." This is from that piece: In the October 5, 2009 issue of Time magazine, the Special Report is titled “The Tragedy of…

Residents of Ann Arbor have twice defeated attempts to dispose of Huron Hills Golf Course. A2Politico reported on the efforts here, where residents retained a lawyer and alleged that Mayor and Council were breaking the law in attempts to…

Marquette, Michigan averages 141 inches of snow each year, and is the home of Northern Michigan University. The city is not exactly renowned as a hot bed of either political posturing or cutting edge artistic envelope-pushing. All that…

by Betsy McMillin I was really excited after my editor told me to check out an article in The Atlantic, "How To Land Your Kids In Therapy," by Lori Gottlieb. Excited because I realized I had touched on something when I wrote both "The…

by Chris Savage Although many people have never heard of Daily Kos or think of it as simply "that liberal blog," it has become the model for online community political blogging. Founded in 2002 by Markos "Kos" Moulitsas, according to the…