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Savaged: Snyder Treasury Appointee Who Implements EM Takeovers Abused City Credit Card, Ignored Auditor Warnings & Plunged Town Into Deep Debt
By Chris Savage
The Peter Principle: In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
In February of this year, Roger Fraser resigned after nine years as Ann Arbor City Administrator to assume the role of Deputy…
Ward 3 & Ward 5 Challengers Get Campaign Funding From Many of the Same Donors
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:…
Ward Five Incumbent Mike Anglin Top Fundraiser in 2011 Field of Candidates for Council
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…
Dem on Ann Arbor City Council Who Supported Snyder in 2010 Rakes In Donations From Dem Pols Who Look The Other Way
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…
Interview: The Very Popular, Gregarious, Fiscally Responsible Thorn in the Mayor’s Side—Mike Anglin
Council member Mike Anglin (pictured left) has represented Ann Arbor's Fifth Ward for the past four years. He shocked many when, in 2007, as a newbie to local politics, he knocked off three-term incumbent Fifth Ward Council member Wendy…
WEEKLY WHOPPER: In Ann Arbor Just 21 of The City’s 300 Miles Of Roads Are in Poor Condition (It’s Obviously Local Drivers Who Are Cracked)
The Street Repair Millage is up for renewal in 2011, and the city staff want to ask for a tax increase to have the City pay for sidewalk repair, something Ann Arbor did for many years using, yes, the City's own money. Then, John Hieftje's…
Ann Arbor Has Third Worst Roads in Michigan and Some Seriously Fed Up Residents
Since 2008, Ann Arbor has been at the top of MITA's list of cities with the worst roads in the state of Michigan. With its Road Repair Millage that brings in $9-$11 million dollars per year in funds that, in theory, are supposed to be used…
Quislings or Naifs? Well Known Ann Arbor Dem Duo Defend Their Support of Republican Rick Snyder
The fact is that Michigan's Governor Rick Snyder is not very popular at the moment. That could change. Certainly President Obama's approval ratings, once stellar, have fallen, then recovered. The fact of the matter is that governance and…
WHISPER: Think Local First Executive Director Enters Third Ward Council Race
A2Politico Notes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first!
There are now two challengers running to unseat Third Ward Council member Stephen Kunselman. The first to throw a hat into the ring was Marwan…
Service Cuts Have Resulted In Sharp Rise In Number & Frequency of Fire-Related Deaths
A2P Notes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores," because you read it here first!
The graph, above, is simple to read. As the number of firefighters in Ann Arbor has declined, the number and regularity of fire fatalities have…