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Andy Dillon

Michigan Backs Financial Scheme of Convicted Felon & Now Taxpayers on the Hook for $18 Million

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 2, 2012 18

by P.D. Lesko Guess what you can get in Michigan for a $10,000 donation to Rick Snyder's campaign? You can get $18,000,000 in state money to bail you out when your project crashes and burns just 10 months after it's launched. You can also…

Review: Granholm & Mulhern’s Important New Book “A Governor’s Story” – Can The Country Learn from Michigan’s Experience?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 20, 2011 6

A Governor's Story - The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future is an important contribution to the conversation and debate that is occurring right now over our economic path forward as a country. The question is, will the rest of the…

Savaged: Snyder Treasury Appointee Who Implements EM Takeovers Abused City Credit Card, Ignored Auditor Warnings & Plunged Town Into Deep Debt

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 29, 2011 14

By Chris Savage The Peter Principle: In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. In February of this year, Roger Fraser resigned after nine years as Ann Arbor City Administrator to assume the role of Deputy…

Savaged: Ann Arbor Resident, Catholic Nun, & 26 Others Slap Gov. Snyder With Suit Alleging Emergency Manager Law Unconstitutional

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 22, 2011 14

by Chris Savage As I have written about before, the Emergency Manager (EM) law in Michigan, now known as Public Act 4 of 2011 (or, more formally the "Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act"), gave sweeping new…

Savaged: Michigan EFM Outsources Water Treatment to Company Indicted By DOJ For Felony Violations of the Clean Water Act

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 9, 2011 33

by Chris Savage A2PNotes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first. Innocent until proven guilty? Better safe than sorry? What would you do? In 2009, Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed Fred…