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Rolling Stone Mag Calls Out Michigan GOP For "Dark Side" Politics & War on Voting
by P.D. Lesko
Who doesn't want to get a mention in Rolling Stone magazine? You, Adam Levine, Lady Gaga and Nicki effing Minaj rubbing elbows in print. What could be cooler than that? Michigan made the pages of Rolling Stone in a June 27,…
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice Members Object To Use of Religious Org. to Push Pols' $500M Transit Plan
by P.D. Lesko
Ward 5 City Council candidate Chuck Warpehoski lists his job as the Executive Director of the tiny Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice on his City Council campaign web site as "community service." It's obvious that he's…
Fourth Ward Dem Incumbent Margie Teall Launches Campaign Website Fit For a Republican
by P.D. Lesko
Margie Teall is not one of the Ann Arbor City Council members who used to be a Republican, changed parties, then ran as Democrats. She's one of the Democrats on Ann Arbor City Council who votes like a Republican, squeezes pay…
Ward 5 Council Candidate Chuck Warpehoski: A Moderate Religious Voice Prone To Immoderate Lapses
by P.D. Lesko
Fifth Ward Council member Carsten Hohnke has had enough. In his email to constituents, Hohnke told readers he was stepping down after two terms to "spend more time with his family." A classic political dodge. Norman Fowler, a…
The Many Faces of Margie Teall
by P.D. Lesko
Fourth Ward Council member Margie Teall has talked a good game for a long time. The incredibly incurious (Ann Arbor News/AnnArbor.com), overly obsequious (Ann Arbor Observer) or just plain naive (Michigan Daily) local media…
Tony D Is Suddenly For Ann Arbor—Crass Political Opportunism Makes A Return
by P.D. Lesko
In November 2011 Second Ward Council member Stephen Rapundalo sent a damaging email to AnnArbor.com in which he painted himself as a disingenuous opportunist, writing that he wanted to “look engaged” prior to the election. …
Snyder Endorsement of Romney Hurting Not Helping, Survey Shows
by P.D. Lesko
Sometimes, endorsements can help a candidate get elected. Sometimes they can't. Sometimes, a political endorsement can actually cause voters to be less likely to vote for a candidate. That's exactly what's happening in…
Second Ward Council Member Tony Derezinski Trapped Under The Same Political Baggage That Crushed Rapundalo
by P.D. Lesko
Former Second Ward Council member Stephen Rapundalo was not popular. He had earned a reputation among constituents and city staffers as being nasty. One police officer, when asked about Rapundalo prior to the November 2011…
Daily Kos Owner Tells NY Times Those Who Object to Manipulation of Michigan Presidential Primary Are “Pearl Clutchers”
By P.D. Lesko
Operation Hilarity may not be quite so funny to Markos Moulitsas Zuniga. Moulitsas Zuniga owns the liberal blog Daily Kos which has over 300,000 registered users and serves up 2,000,000 pages per month. Moulitsas Zuniga…
Representative John Dingell: “The 1964 Civil Rights Act Couldn’t Pass In Today’s Congress.”
by P.D. Lesko
Congressman John D. Dingell, Jr. is 17 months away from breaking the late Congressman Robert Byrd’s record for total combined congressional service in the House and Senate. Dingell has been in the U.S. House since 1955, when…