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Pro-Life, Anti-Marriage Equality Ward 1 Candidate Says He Has Endorsements of Sen. Rebekah Warren and Chris Taylor
by P.D. Lesko
WARD 1 COUNCIL candidate Don Adams, Jr. doesn’t have any endorsers listed on his website, but when asked offered up an impressive list: Mayor John Hieftje, former Ward 1 Council member Sandi Smith, Ward 3 Council member…
Q + A: Ward 3 Candidate Samuel McMullen Wants to Pop Ann Arbor’s Political Bubble
by P.D. Lesko
SAMUEL MCMULLEN IS a local Waldorf school graduate and a U-M sophomore. He remembers Bob Dascola, one of his two opponents in the Ward 3 City Council Democratic primary election. McMullen talks about getting his hair cut…
Mayoral Candidate Briere: Donations and Comportment Trigger Questions
Sabra Briere: Campaigning as “works with everyone”: Has the endorsement of no current Council members. Four current Council members have endorsed against her.
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Marijuana entrepreneurs gave over 15 percent…
Mayoral Candidate: Two Interviews With Sally Hart Petersen—Then and Now
"I am running for Mayor of Ann Arbor because it is time for new leadership, new knowledge, skills and abilities to leverage the economic growth ahead of us into improved city services for all residents."—Sally Hart Petersen
POTENTIAL…
Interview: Circuit Court Candidate—Michael Woodyard, The Seasoned Outsider
MICHAEL WOODYARD is either Gandalf or Saruman, it just depends on whom you ask. He challenged Judge Timothy Connors for his seat on the 22nd Circuit Court last year, a seat Connors has either warmed, or filled admirably, depending on whom…
Mayoral Candidate Taylor: OMA Lawsuit, Poor Attendance Record on Council
Christopher Taylor: Campaigning as “collaborative”: Four current Council members endorsed against him.
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: U-M employs Taylor’s wife, Eva Rosenwald, full-time. Accepted $4,000 campaign donation from U-M…
Detroit’s Water War: Former Ann Arbor Official at the Center of a Scandal. Again.
SUE MCCORMICK’S woes started with former Ann Arbor Chief of Police Barnett Jones. In January 2013, the Detroit Free Press caught Jones serving as both the full-time Chief of Police in Flint, Mich. and head of McCormick’s department of…
Prosecuting Teens As Adults—Prosecutor Mackie Says Hands Are Tied
by David Alexander
Juvenile Justice Part III: Washtenaw County— County Prosecutor Brian Mackie Talks About The Prosecution of Teenagers as Adults
Over the past 30 months, in Washtenaw County, 12 of 1,353 juveniles were charged as…
Car Thefts in Ann Arbor Increase From a Total of 31 in 2013 to 67 as of July 17
ACCORDING TO THE FBI Uniform Crime Reports, between 2012 and 2013, crime in several categories rose in Ann Arbor. The number of reported rapes rose from 15 to 23, an increase of 65 percent. The number of violent crimes rose from 112 to 119.…
Mayoral Candidates Have Different Stances on Homelessness
JUST DAYS AFTER Ann Arbor and MDOT officials bulldozed a homeless encampment, four mayoral candidates signed a pledge to end homelessness in the city by 2018. The pledge which they signed reads: “We pledge to commit financial and political…