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by P.D. Lesko In June of 2009, the now defunct Ann Arbor News broke a story that revealed Ann Arbor City Council members were abusing email during open meetings to mock and make fun of constituents, to script debates and to rig votes, such…

by P.D. Lesko A Ward 2 neighborhood association packed the house at Thurston Elementary School on Wednesday October 26, 2011 for a candidate forum between incumbent Ann Arbor City Council member Stephen Rapundalo (left) and challenger…

by P.D. Lesko Despite her continued opposition to the city's Greenbelt millage, money that city officials have used to purchase thousands of acres of land (tip o' the keyboard to Rita Mitchell), including farmland, in the area…

by P.D. Lesko After successful October 13 Student Solidarity Protests around the country, including on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan, Occupy Colleges plans nationwide Teach-ins at colleges and universities. You can…

by P.D. Lesko Barbara Levin Bergman (left) is retiring from the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners at the end of her present term. As is the case in Washtenaw County politics,  Andy LaBarre has been identified as the next District 8…

by Betsy McMillin Okay Parents. Time to face facts. According to many studies, you have a favorite child. Never mind that studies don't know you or your kids or your family unit. Chances are pretty good that whether you are able to admit…

By Chris Savage Since most of the writing I do is for my politics-focused blog, Eclectablog which has a strong emphasis on Michigan politics, we thought it would be fun to do a rundown of what I think are the ten best political blogs in…

Restaurant Review:  ** (good, reliable) Broadway Cafe & Jumbo Steak Hoagie 1139 Broadway St., Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Hours: Mon-Fri: 11am - 6pm, Sat: 11am - 2:30pm Ph: 734-769-8900 Run by a Korean opera-singing coach and his wife,…

A2PNotes: Ann Arbor is home to some 16,000 public school students. Those students are parented by tens of thousands of women and men who haven't a clue about what their kids really do at school all day, not because they don't want to know.…

Since spring, nearly one-third of Michigan legislators have been targeted with a recall. 26 Republicans and 20 Democrats out of the total of 148 in office. It started when citizens, unhappy with what they saw as massive Republican overreach…