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A2Politico: Politics Have Gotten Nasty? No. They’ve Been Nasty.
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Board members Joan Lowenstein and Keith Orr took to the blog-o-sphere to endorse their candidates for Ann Arbor City Council. The irony of DDA Board members endorsing in local elections is as rich as Devon…
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by P.D. Lesko
In 2009, AnnArbor.com Kontent King Tony Dearing announced the "future of journalism in Ann Arbor":
"Ding. Dong. The Witch is dead," wrote an A2Politico reader in response to a December 2012 piece about the falling…
The Politics of Pandering: Holding Meetings About Public Safety in Private
by P.D. Lesko
When Republican Marcia Higgins was elected to Ann Arbor City Council in 1999, there were over 240 police officers patrolling the town. Ann Arbor had just about as many police officers as the city of Dearborn has today.…
Leaf Collection Resolution Goes Up In Smoke But Debate Provides, Literally, Hours of Entertainment
Ann Arbor City Council is, once again, on fire. When Ward 3 Council member Steve Kunselman proposed a change in the fee schedule related to permits for bonfires and controlled burns of prairie grass areas, Council marm Sabra Briere ahemed…
Mayor Proposes Citizens Advisory Commission Should Continue To Be A Whites-Only Country Club
by P.D. Lesko
John Hieftje is proposing to reappoint 10 people to the Downtown Area Citizens Advisory Commission (CAC) at City Council's May 13th meeting. By law the CAC Board is charged with advising the Board of the Downtown Development…