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A2POLITICO: Where’s Your Snyder, Now, Eh?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 21, 2014 0

by P.D. Lesko IN THE FILM “The Ten Commandments,” with Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, a mocking Robinson quips to downtrodden Hebrew slaves “Where’s your Moses, now, eh?” It’s a line that is all at once absurd (Robinson’s New…

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A2POLITICO: AAATA Betrays Voters’ Trust (and The Ann Arbor News)

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 26, 2014 0

by P.D. Lesko ONE OF THE first things the mayoral appointees on the Board of AAATA bus system did after spending millions of dollars to pass a $4.4 million annual millage was to raise AAATA CEO Michael Ford’s salary and pay him $174,836…

Special Interests Trying to Get What They Want Through Amending Mich Constitution

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 29, 2012 1

by Rob Smith Michigan Radio writer Lester Graham points out in a great piece titled, "Muddying the Michigan Constitution?": "In the 224 years since it was ratified, the U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times. The latest Michigan…

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…

Savaged: Michigan’s Best Political Blogs

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 21, 2011 1

By Chris Savage Since most of the writing I do is for my politics-focused blog, Eclectablog which has a strong emphasis on Michigan politics, we thought it would be fun to do a rundown of what I think are the ten best political blogs in…

Savaged: The Little Recall Effort That Could — Snyder Recall Proceeds Despite the Odds

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 5, 2011 24

Will the recall effort succeed? If current momentum, the additional resources and the rising dissatisfaction of Michigan residents is any indication, the answer to that question is "Yes". In the long-term, however, their ultimate success…

State Senator Rebekah Warren Becomes First and Only Democratic Michigan Legislator Targeted For Recall in 2011

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 8, 2011 7

Lawrence Kestenbaum has just 280 followers on Twitter. Not a grand following for the County Clerk of Washtenaw County. Kestenbaum, a Democrat, yesterday made the unusual choice to tweet about a new recall effort launched in the state of…

The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Michigan Education Association To Back Snyder Recall Efforts

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 1, 2011 21

A2P Notes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first! Michigan Education Association spokesman Doug Pratt told A2Politico recently via email that the MEA was not endorsing the citizen-led efforts to recall…

Savaged: Throwing Down With Recall Naysayers Starting With Liberals Like Jack Lessenberry

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 4, 2011 19

by Chris Savage There's a certain sort of comfort one can get by being a political commentator who stands on the outside looking in on the political machinations of society. Removed from the fray, one can wax eloquent about what others are…

AnnArbor.com Is A Failure Because Tony Dearing Was “Clueless” Argues Former AA News Reporter

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 15, 2011 26

A2P Notes: Just after AnnArbor.com was launched, essayist Jack Lessenberry wrote in the Metro Times: Now I like to think of myself as a fairly sophisticated newspaper critic. I've worked for a lot of them, have had bylines in The Washington…

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