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“Fix Scio”: A Scio Township Super PAC Front Group

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 20, 2024

NOTE: This article has been updated to include comments by Scio Twp. Trustee John Reiser. by P.D. Lesko James Dries registered the Fix Scio Super PAC in May 2024. Public records show that on May 17, 2024 Fix Scio (a Super PAC) was…

News

Just so We’re Clear About Who’s Who….Kinda: Ann Arbor Front Group Asks For Money

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 4, 2020 0

The Koch brothers spent a total of $220 million on the 2014 midterm elections through their right-wing political advocacy front groups, such as Americans for Prosperity. Front groups raise money by spinning false narratives. This post…

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Hiding Behind Electronic Masks In Order To Sway Voters

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 21, 2014 0

SO-CALLED FRONT GROUPS are common. The Koch brothers have put together a network of 17 financially interconnected PACs and nonprofits. On the surface, the 17 entities appear independent from each other. It took an investigation by the…

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The Ecology Center Uses “Front Group” To Attack AAATA Millage Opponents

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 13, 2014 0

Ecology Center spokesman says Partners For Transit is financing its own websites, phone banking, field and transit campaign organizer in support of AAATA’s May 6th millage request. Partners For Transit official says that group “has no…