Ward 1 Independent Challenger Snags Support From Council Dems
WARD 1 CITY Council challenger Jeff Hayner has landed the quiet support of several City Council Democrats. Ward 2 City Council incumbent Jane Lumm has the unabashed support of several City Council Democrats. So why are card-carrying members…
Dems Turn Out To Support “Paesano” Independent Jane Lumm At Campaign Kick-Off
WARD 2 CITY Council challenger Kirk Westphal sent out a fundraising letter that includes several interesting claims, one of which is he is the "only Democrat" running in the Ward 2 November general election. Well, yes. For those who were…
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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…
Ward 1 Incumbent’s Campaign Literature Criticized As Full of “Half-Truths”
THE DICTIONARY DEFINES propaganda as the deliberate spreading of information, ideas, or rumors in an effort to either help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, or nation. Most commonly propaganda is used in the political arena.…
Four Years Later Ethics Problems Still Haunt EMU Governmental Relations Director
The only former Ann Arbor City Council member having a worse time of it politically than Downtown Development Authority Board member Joan Lowenstein (former Ward 2 Council member) is former Ward 3 Council member Leigh Greden. Lowenstein,…
Council Members Rebuke Mayor Over Proposed Appointee’s Perceived Conflicts of Interest
On August 20th, John Hieftje announced his intention to appoint Albert McWilliams to replace Newcombe Clark on the Board of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority. McWilliams, who works for Quack Media, is in his 30s and a self-styled…
Playing Politics With Ann Arbor’s Drinking Water and Massive 1,4 Dioxane Clean-Up?
GROUNDWATER BENEATH a swath of the city of Ann Arbor is currently contaminated by the suspected carcinogen 1,4 dioxane. The City of Ann Arbor website has a FAQ page dedicated to answering questions about the contamination. Likewise, the…
Challenger Alleges Ward 1 Incumbent’s Fundraising Letter Includes Misleading Claims
Ward 1 City Council incumbent Sabra Briere has started her re-election campaign. Challenger Jeff Hayner, an Independent, is taking issue with allegations made about him in Briere's fundraising. Among those claims, Briere tells prospective…
Ward 1 Sabra Briere Gets A Challenger for City Council Seat
At the 4th of July parade as the Backwards Clown Brigade chuckled along the parade route, a man seated on the curb turned to his wife and said, loudly enough for others to hear, "The Backwards Clown Brigade. Ann Arbor City Council." People…
“It’s Embarrassing….” Says AnnArbor.com Staffer
In a February 2013 piece about AnnArbor.com, the Columbia Journalism Review called the site's work content-for-clicks journalism. Perhaps the assessment was harsh because MLive leadership had refused the CJR reporter access to the…