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Mayor Violated Michigan Campaign Finance Act; Did He Also Perjure Himself?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 23, 2022

by P.D. Lesko 9/8/22: Updated with comments from the Michigan Department of State and Washtenaw County Clerk Larry Kestenbaum. The Michigan Secretary of State's Elections Bureau received a complaint in March 2021 that alleged Ann…

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City Asks $929.84 to Release Body/Dash Cam Video of AAPD 911 Call to Home of Mitchell Irwin and Ann Arbor Council member Jen Eyer Irwin

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 31, 2021 21

by P.D. Lesko The Ann Arbor Independent submitted a March 21, 2021 Freedom of Information Act request to the Ann Arbor Police Department for the body and dash cam footage from the January 13, 2021 911 call at the home of Ann Arbor…

MI 52nd District Race Boils Down to Bamboozling Naive Dems & Independents. Again.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 22, 2012 0

by P.D. Lesko 52nd District Representative Mark Ouimet and Governor Rick Snyder both let mainstream media assumptions that they were moderate Republicans go uncorrected. The last laugh, in retrospect, has been on all of the Ann Arbor and…

Michigan County Clerk Fails to File His Own Campaign Finance Disclosure Form

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 11, 2012 2

Politicos who miss campaign finance deadlines often make headlines. How politicos handle their own campaign finances is seen as a relevant gauge to determine how honest and responsible they'll be if put in charge of taxpayer money and…

As Fast As Birkenstocks Can Carry Him Candidate Backpedals Away From Mayor’s Support

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 30, 2012 6

by P.D. Lesko Ward 5 City Council candidate Chuck Warpehoski is being endorsed by many members of the local Dem Klan, including John Hieftje, whose 2010 Facebook page described him as "Ann Arbor's popular mayor." The Warpehoski race is a…

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

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 27, 2012 3

by P.D. Lesko Tony D.'s campaign finance forms turned in on time to the Washtenaw County Clerk's office show that he has raised $8,475 to finance his effort to defeat challenger Sally Hart Petersen. Interestingly, Derezinski reported…