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High Overhead & Debt Load Push DDA Parking Space Revenues Well Below National Average

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 15, 2013 0

MAYOR JOHN HIEFTJE’S propensity to populate the city’s boards and commissions with what City Council members allege are his political cronies has long irked political insiders. This, among other reasons, is why there is a quiet movement…

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Four Years Later Ethics Problems Still Haunt EMU Governmental Relations Director

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 9, 2013 9

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,…

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Council Members Rebuke Mayor Over Proposed Appointee’s Perceived Conflicts of Interest

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 4, 2013 21

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…

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Ward 1 Sabra Briere Gets A Challenger for City Council Seat

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 3, 2013 32

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…

Playing the “Progressive Values” Card While Pushing ALEC-Inspired Scams & Parkland Development Schemes

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 17, 2013 3

by P.D. Lesko Ward 2 Democratic City Council candidate Kirk Westphal moved to Ann Arbor in 2004 and in 2006 was appointed by John Hieftje to the city's Planning Commission. It was, perhaps, another example of what one local politico…

Mayor Proposes Citizens Advisory Commission Should Continue To Be A Whites-Only Country Club

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 13, 2013 6

by P.D. Lesko John Hieftje is proposing to reappoint 10 people to the Downtown Area Citizens Advisory Commission (CAC) at City Council's May 13th meeting. By law the CAC Board is charged with advising the Board of the Downtown Development…

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Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority

High Overhead & Debt Load Push DDA Parking Space Revenues Well Below National Average

Four Years Later Ethics Problems Still Haunt EMU Governmental Relations Director

Council Members Rebuke Mayor Over Proposed Appointee’s Perceived Conflicts of Interest

Ward 1 Sabra Briere Gets A Challenger for City Council Seat

Playing the “Progressive Values” Card While Pushing ALEC-Inspired Scams & Parkland Development Schemes

Mayor Proposes Citizens Advisory Commission Should Continue To Be A Whites-Only Country Club

Emails Reveal DDA Threatens to Cut Money That Funds Job of Council Member’s Wife

Library Tax Proposal Goes Down In Flames—And the Political Firmament Trembles

AADL Executive Director’s Fuzzy Math and Alleged Violations of Patrons’ Privacy Raises Red Flags

Someone’s Not Feeling the Love: City Council Colleagues Donate Zip, Zero, Nada to This Incumbent