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The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 12, 2013 14

by P.D. Lesko In 2009, AnnArbor.com Kontent King Tony Dearing announced the "future of journalism in Ann Arbor": "Ding. Dong. The Witch is dead," wrote an A2Politico reader in response to a December 2012 piece about the falling…

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Ward 1 Incumbent’s Campaign Literature Criticized As Full of “Half-Truths”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 10, 2013 12

THE DICTIONARY DEFINES propaganda as the deliberate spreading of information, ideas, or rumors in an effort to either help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, or nation. Most commonly propaganda is used in the political arena.…

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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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Playing Politics With Ann Arbor’s Drinking Water and Massive 1,4 Dioxane Clean-Up?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 2, 2013 14

GROUNDWATER BENEATH a swath of the city of Ann Arbor is currently contaminated by the suspected carcinogen 1,4 dioxane. The City of Ann Arbor website has a FAQ page dedicated to answering questions about the contamination. Likewise, the…

Challenger Alleges Ward 1 Incumbent’s Fundraising Letter Includes Misleading Claims

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 25, 2013 18

Ward 1 City Council incumbent Sabra Briere has started her re-election campaign. Challenger Jeff Hayner, an Independent, is taking issue with allegations made about him in Briere's fundraising. Among those claims, Briere tells prospective…

“It’s Embarrassing….” Says AnnArbor.com Staffer

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 19, 2013 13

In a February 2013 piece about AnnArbor.com, the Columbia Journalism Review called the site's work content-for-clicks journalism. Perhaps the assessment was harsh because MLive leadership had refused the CJR reporter access to the…

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…

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Downtown Area Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) Calls Resolution to Rein in DDA Board “Irrational.” Records Reveal All CAC Board Appointments Expired in 2012.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 1, 2013 22

THE DOWNTOWN AREA Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) is supposed to be a group of no more than 15 mayoral appointees who, by Council resolution, live within the downtown area and "advise the DDA and City Council with regard to implementation…

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

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 29, 2013 11

by P.D. Lesko There are five solid votes on City Council to bring to heel the members of the Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors. Those are the votes of Sumi Kailsapathy, Jane Lumm, Sally Hart-Petersen, Stephen Kunselman…

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