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Insider Baseball: If Rep. John Dingell, Jr. Retires, Who’s Next?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 15, 2013 0

by Joseph DiSano THE BIGGEST PARLOR game played among political observers is “Will John Dingell retire?” And this year is no different — except there actually may be some merit to the speculation. It will be a sad day when the…

State Senator Rebekah Warren Becomes First and Only Democratic Michigan Legislator Targeted For Recall in 2011

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 8, 2011 7

Lawrence Kestenbaum has just 280 followers on Twitter. Not a grand following for the County Clerk of Washtenaw County. Kestenbaum, a Democrat, yesterday made the unusual choice to tweet about a new recall effort launched in the state of…

Quislings or Naifs? Well Known Ann Arbor Dem Duo Defend Their Support of Republican Rick Snyder

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 5, 2011 12

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…

52nd District Republican Representative Mark Ouimet Targeted For Recall

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 4, 2011 9

Let me just say for the record that I like 52nd District Michigan State House Republican Mark Ouimet. He's a personable, warm and friendly man. Washtenaw County Democrats, led by Stu Dowty, then Chair, tried to derail Ouimet's march to the…