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OP-ED: Will Michigan’s White, Independent Voters Fall For Gov. Rick Snyder’s Song & Dance Again in 2014?
by Rob Smith
CHAD SELEWSKI IS a good writer. He opines on politics for the Macomb Daily. The Macomb Daily is one of the few newspapers published in southeastern lower Michigan not decimated by the slash and burn newsroom strategy being…
Q & A With Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Schauer
MARK SCHAUER SERVED as a U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 7th congressional district between 2009 and 2011. Schauer was a member of the Michigan Senate, where he served as the Minority Leader, and the Michigan House of Representatives. In…
MCFN Again Lists Sen. Rebekah Warren Among Pols Accepting Most Lobbyist-Paid Hospitality
IN SEPTEMBER 2011, MLive political analyst Susan J. Demas reported that Ann Arbor’s Democratic State Senator Rebekah Warren was one of only four Michigan legislators who had accepted more than $1,800 in free food and drinks from lobbyists…
Ann Arbor State Rep. Jeff Irwin Abstains On Vote That Defines ‘Journalists’
THE HOUSE JUDICIARY Committee recently approved House Bill 4770, which among other things, attempts to define what a journalist is to restrict access to motor vehicle accident reports for a period of 30 days after the accident.
The…
The Political Agenda of the Michigan GOP Has Created Economic Apartheid, Not Jobs
by Rob Smith
On December 12, 2012 Governor Rick Snyder was quoted in the Detroit Free Press as saying that "Michigan is well-positioned for a comeback." A few days later, for the third year, Forbes Magazine ranked Michigan 47th in Forbes’…
Ann Arbor Dems Who Supported Governor Rick Snyder Get Some Recognition
A2P Notes: This piece originally ran in April 2011. In the interim, much has changed, politically, in our state. The Michigan GOP and Governor Rick Snyder have waged a relentless war on unions, teachers, reproductive rights, gays, voting…
House Calls: Representative Jeff Irwin Still Behind County-Wide Transit
Representative Jeff Irwin, a Democrat, served for a decade as a Washtenaw County Commissioner. In January 2013, he will began his second term in the Michigan House of Representatives. In his regular column, House Calls, A2Politico will pose…
Special Interests Trying to Get What They Want Through Amending Mich Constitution
by Rob Smith
Michigan Radio writer Lester Graham points out in a great piece titled, "Muddying the Michigan Constitution?": "In the 224 years since it was ratified, the U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times. The latest Michigan…
MI 52nd District Race Boils Down to Bamboozling Naive Dems & Independents. Again.
by P.D. Lesko
52nd District Representative Mark Ouimet and Governor Rick Snyder both let mainstream media assumptions that they were moderate Republicans go uncorrected. The last laugh, in retrospect, has been on all of the Ann Arbor and…
Michigan Rising: A Political Souffle That Has Fallen
by Rob Smith
Michigan Rising was born The Committee to Recall Rick Snyder. It was exciting and dynamic—citizens who came together to try to rid Michigan of Republican Governor Rick Snyder. Volunteers across the state took on the incredible…