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John Hieftje

While Ann Arbor Pols Push Tax Hike, Street Repair Millage Fund Balloons & Miles of Roads Resurfaced Plummets

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 8, 2011 0

For more than five years, Ann Arbor residents have had to deal with a mismanaged and heavy- handed city sidewalk program which forced them to pay for repairing sidewalks along their property. City officials estimate property owners spent…

Evidence Surfaces That Council Member Rapundalo’s Web Site Misleads Voters About Opponent’s Voting Record

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 3, 2011 4

On September 15th, former Second Ward Council member Jane Lumm (pictured right), who is challenging current Second Ward Council member Stephen Rapundalo, dropped what A2Politico described on September 15, 2011 as an endorsement "bomb."…

The Politics of the B-24: City Council Candidate Jane Lumm Drops Endorsement "Bomb" On Incumbent

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 15, 2011 5

by P.D. Lesko Second Ward Ann Arbor City Council member Stephen Rapundalo has 25 friends on Facebook. Two of his 25 Facebook friends (Joe Upton and Carey Jernigan), according to information contained in a press release issued on…

FOIA Reveals Mayor and Council Targeted Popular Parks For Development

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 13, 2011 3

A2PNotes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first by P.D. Lesko Collectively, Ann Arbor residents own about 2,000 acres of parkland. A conservative estimate of the value of the land, according to city…

Mayor & Police Chief’s Longtime Claims That “Crime Is Down” Bogus? AAPD Sources Reveal Crime Reports Not Filed & Allege Crimes Misclassified

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 8, 2011 6

A2PNotes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first. In answer to how often the officers on Ann Arbor's police department simply skip the step of filing official police reports, a source within the AAPD told…

Ward 3 & Ward 5 Challengers Get Campaign Funding From Many of the Same Donors

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 24, 2011 6

A2P Notes: All of the information about the donors and amounts comes from the Washtenaw County campaign finance web site. To search the database, and examine the candidate campaign finance disclosures yourself, visit this link:…

Interview: The Very Popular, Gregarious, Fiscally Responsible Thorn in the Mayor’s Side—Mike Anglin

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 13, 2011 4

Council member Mike Anglin (pictured left) has represented Ann Arbor's Fifth Ward for the past four years. He shocked many when, in 2007, as a newbie to local politics, he knocked off three-term incumbent Fifth Ward Council member Wendy…

The Wheels Come Off The Recycling Cart: Projected Collections Down 40 Percent & Recycle Ann Arbor On the Ropes Financially

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 6, 2011 3

A2Politico has been consistently critical of the city's move to single-stream recycling, interviewing and quoting national experts who dubbed the move "environmentally regressive" and a "waste of taxpayer money." A2Politico questioned the…

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WEEKLY WHOPPER: Mayor Claims City “Not in Hiring Mode Since ’06.” Records Reveal Almost 1,000 FT & PT Hires Since ’06

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 27, 2011 2

In 2004, John Hieftje appointed a Blue Ribbon Panel to study potential changes to the city's employee pension system. Among the recommendations, was the restructuring of the Board of Trustees to remove city managers and employees. In…

As Budget Woes Mount, City Managers/Staff Spend On Extravagant Meals & Luxury Resorts At Taxpayer Expense

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 20, 2011 34

A2P Notes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first. Over the past 36 months Council has struggled with budget "deficits," threatened to close Mack Pool and the Burns Park Senior Center to make ends meet,…

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