The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Michigan Education Association To Back Snyder Recall Efforts
A2P Notes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first!
Michigan Education Association spokesman Doug Pratt told A2Politico recently via email that the MEA was not endorsing the citizen-led efforts to recall…
Legislature Reforms Teacher Tenure: Education Experts Recommend Michigan Residents (1) Rejoice or (2) Mourn
As you might imagine, A2Politico gets lots of press releases. We never simply reprint press releases as "news." That would be cheating, as any fourth grade teacher knows. Yesterday, A2P got several press releases concerning the same news…
Pell Grants For Summer Study Eliminated—20K Students Impacted At Local Institutions
The end of the year-round Pell Grant program is here. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the Pell Grant award maximum per student was $5,500. In the 2008 academic year, it is estimated that the average Pell Grant awarded was $2,770, which…
The Culture Vulture: U2 Stamps Godzilla’s Carbon Footprint on Michigan
by Chris Savage
This past Sunday I got an unexpected call with an offer to purchase tickets to the East Lansing stop of U2's 360° tour later that evening. The show was a rescheduling of the original tour which had been postponed because…
House Calls: Michigan State Representative Jeff Irwin Talks About Tenure Reform
Representative Jeff Irwin, a Democrat, served for a decade as a Washtenaw County Commissioner. In January 2011, he began his first term in the Michigan House of Representatives. In his regular column, House Calls, A2Politico will pose a…
Rev. Jesse Jackson Slams Michigan Gov. Snyder For “Trampling Democracy”…in Chicago (Not Detroit) Newspaper Op-Ed
You have to wonder: Did the Reverend Jesse Jackson submit his op-ed piece to either The Detroit News or the Freep before he shot it off to the editors of the Chicago Sun-Times? Did the editors of those two Michigan papers take one look at…
WEEKLY WHOPPER: Mayor Claims City “Not in Hiring Mode Since ’06.” Records Reveal Almost 1,000 FT & PT Hires Since ’06
In 2004, John Hieftje appointed a Blue Ribbon Panel to study potential changes to the city's employee pension system. Among the recommendations, was the restructuring of the Board of Trustees to remove city managers and employees. In…
The Parent Trap: Hello, May I Know Who’s Calling, Texting & Sending Pics, Please?
by Betsy McMillin
I was mulling over what topic to write about next. Then my phone rang; I ignored it. It rang again. And again. And again.
I had my topic.
According to an April 16, 2011 piece by April Conger for ABC News:
Data from…
How the Mighty Have Fallen: Snyder’s Approval Ratings Have Fallen the Furthest of All GOP Govs
A2Politico has been tracking the approval ratings of Michigan's Republican Governor Rick Snyder. In November 2010, Rick Snyder breezed past Democratic candidate Virg Bernero, and won the race for governor with 58 percent of the vote. After…
Foodist: Urban Gardens and Heavy Metal (And No, I Don’t Mean Black Sabbath)
Ann Arbor's Project Grow is an extremely popular and often over-subscribed program under the auspices of which gardeners without the space (or who may want more space) can pay a fee to have their own little slice of black to grow gardens…
