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Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County Get Second Largest Distributions of $60.9M in Supplemental Road Money

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 23, 2014 0

MICHIGAN’S GOVERNOR HAS been pushing Lansing lawmakers to craft a long-term solution to address the state’s crumbling roads. He has estimated that Michigan must increase road funding by more than $1 billion a year in order to significantly…

Dems in This Liberal Bastion Label Strong Women Candidates Incredibly Vag-ifficult

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 18, 2012 8

by P.D. Lesko In Ann Arbor it's often tough to decide who's more addled, the politicos or the voters. In August of 2010 Ann Arbor County Commish Barbara Levin Bergman actually spoke in favor of hiring of sexual predators into county jobs.…

UAW Prez Bob King Tells Dem Members: Stay Away From the Michigan Republican Primary

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 27, 2012 1

by P.D. Lesko A2Politico political writer Joe DiSano is getting behind Operation Hilarity. He posted a piece at the Huffington Post Detroit channel that has a rousing debate going between those who think DiSano is suggesting something…

Michigan GOP Legislators Move To Make Recalls Much More Difficult

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 2, 2011 0

by P.D. Lesko According to a December 1, 2011 piece in The Chicago Tribune, "Less than a month after the rare recall of a state lawmaker, Republican leaders in the Michigan Senate proposed a constitutional amendment to limit the reasons…