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Ann Arbor School Officials First Deny Having Actual Enrollment Numbers—After Multiple FOIAs & 72 Days Officials Relinquish Numbers

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 26, 2011 7

by P.D. Lesko On December 13, 2011, A2Politico posted a piece titled, "30? 40? 50? Ann Arbor Officials Have No Idea Exactly How Many Kids Are In District Classrooms." For several days, it was among the top 5 most clicked headlines in the…

Reader’s Choose The 2011 Whopper of the Year Award

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 24, 2011 1

It's time for readers to help choose the A2Politico.com Whopper of the Year Award winner. A2Politico.com gave the 2010 Whopper of the Year to former City Administrator Roger Fraser. For 24 months, Fraser fibbed to Ann Arbor residents…

Look Out Boys! The Über Spinster Lets Down Her Hair

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 21, 2011 1

by P.D. Lesko I read it, and I laughed. Out loud. I read it again, and laughed even more. I kept reading. Sometimes, I get bored and quit in the middle. Other times, reading this stuff is like taking flax seed oil. It's good for me, so I…

A Local Political Machine Gets Sabotaged From Within — Again

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 19, 2011 3

by P.D. Lesko How many direct hits from within can the Hieftje-Hive-Mind-Collective Cube withstand? In summer 2009, the Cube took its first hit from within: Ann Arbor residents woke up to a front page piece in the Ann Arbor News that was…

30? 40? 50? — Ann Arbor School Officials Have No Idea Exactly How Many Kids Are In District Classrooms

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 13, 2011 10

by P.D. Lesko Class size: one time when size does matter. Research on the success of K-12 students has concluded definitively that class sizes impact the performance of all students. Kids learn better in small classes. According to…

Pure Michigan: MSU Survey Shows Governor Snyder Has Lowest Approval Ratings in the Nation

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 7, 2011 8

by P.D. Lesko For the past year, Governor Rick Snyder has been getting pretty much everything he wanted from the state's Republican-controlled legislature. Together, the state's Republicans have been accused of legislatively sucker…

Local Politico to City’s Voters: You’re “Xenophobic,” “Old,” “Selfish” and “Stingy.”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 7, 2011 19

by P.D. Lesko DDA Board member and former Second Ward City Council member Joan Lowenstein (right) is having a really tough time of it, politically speaking. Should you care? Absolutely. It's a better show than "Real Housewives," but with…

New Ward 2 Council Member Jane Lumm Scores Spots on Powerful City Council Committees

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 6, 2011 4

by P.D. Lesko City Council committee appointments are out, and it looks as though newly elected Second Ward Council member Jane Lumm worked some black magic to get herself spots on two of the most powerful Council committees. For…

The Parent Trap: Errors In Co-Parenting

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 4, 2011 0

Sophia van Buren I resisted the urge to look up and scan the audience, but the temptation was just too great. At least it didn’t take long to find her. She was sitting alone and motionless in the stands about 30 rows above the high…

Ann Arbor Crosswalk Ordinance Mess Gets National Attention

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 2, 2011 7

by P.D. Lesko On The Atlantic's web site, writer Micki Maynard quotes David Askins of The AnnArborChronicle.com explaining how the pedestrian crosswalk ordinance mess has gotten so out of hand. Askins, with a straight face one presumes,…

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