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Savaged: Mainstream Media’s Love (Free Content) Hate (Scooped Again!) Relationship With Citizen Journalists

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 16, 2011 8

By Chris Savage By some estimates, there are close to two hundred million blogs in the world, about half of which are in the United States. This number is growing each year. At the same time, the size and number of what are considered…

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…

Ann Arbor Politicos Dish Up Millions in Public Money & Give SPARK Pals A Pass On Public Accountability

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 5, 2011 7

by P.D. Lesko I read a Tweet from Ann Arbor SPARK on November 17th: "Paul Krutko, Ann Arbor SPARK's CEO, speaking at the VC breakfast in San Jose, California. http://twitpic.com/7felds." Krutko was the Chief Development Officer for the…

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,…

Why Is Ann Arbor’s State Senator Accepting Free Meals From the City’s Own Lobbyist?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 28, 2011 21

by P.D. Lesko In September 2011, MLive political analyst Susan J. Demas outed Democratic State Senator Rebekah Warren (left) as one of only four Michigan legislators who had accepted more than $1,800 in free food and drinks from lobbyists…

Michigan Messenger Online News Site Shuttered—Why You Should Care (A Lot)

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 17, 2011 0

by P.D. Lesko If you never read the Michigan Messenger, you missed some of the best investigative reporting around. Eartha Jane Melzer on the Benton Harbor and environmental beats outreported virtually every other news outlet in the state.…

Urban Exile: Homeless Blamed For Closure of Downtown Ann Arbor Boutique Named, Yes, Poshh

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 10, 2011 5

by Erika McNamara Being homeless, once again, is the evil that lurks in every shadow ready to destroy all that is good and right. This is obviously true after homeless individuals were blamed, in a recent piece posted to AnnArbor.com, for…

Will Ann Arbor Voters Press Delete and Dump Another Politico Because of An Email Scandal?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 2, 2011 7

by P.D. Lesko In June of 2009, the now defunct Ann Arbor News broke a story that revealed Ann Arbor City Council members were abusing email during open meetings to mock and make fun of constituents, to script debates and to rig votes, such…

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