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Julie Grand

It’s Sunshine Week: Ann Arbor and Michigan Struggle With Governmental Transparency

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 13, 2017 5

by Dave Alexander In recognition of Sunshine Week, a time that highlights the need for transparency and accountability in government, Progress Michigan is rolling out several major updates to the Sunshine Squad, an online tool that now…

Ann Arbor Government

Council Member Lashes Out at Residents: You’re “Afraid of Tall Buildings….”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 20, 2015 2

by P.D. Lesko At the Jan. 5, 2015 Council meeting, speakers at two public hearings urged officials to lower the maximum height in a zoning change proposed by city staff to accommodate a property owner whose 1.6 acre parcel borders a…

A2Politico

A2Politico: Fear of Heights

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 17, 2015 1

by P.D. Lesko FROM SETBACKS TO obscure acronyms such as D-1 and D-2, it might be tough to understand how 11 adults could possibly have anything to snipe at each other about while discussing zoning regulations. However, on Jan. 5, the…

Ann Arbor Government

Let the Dysfunction Games Begin? Vote to Exclude CPA From Budget Committee, Repetitive Pleas for Concision

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 10, 2014 0

The Dec. 1 City Council meeting included members grappling over their own rules, a failed floor motion to put Council’s only CPA on the group’s Budget & Labor Committee and a lengthy debate centered around limiting members’ speaking…

Ann Arbor Government

Q + A: Ward 3 Candidate Samuel McMullen Wants to Pop Ann Arbor’s Political Bubble

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 3, 2014 0

by P.D. Lesko SAMUEL MCMULLEN IS a local Waldorf school graduate and a U-M sophomore. He remembers Bob Dascola, one of his two opponents in the Ward 3 City Council Democratic primary election. McMullen talks about getting his hair cut…

A2Politico

A2POLITICO: You Want What? “We Can’t Possibly Fix All The Roads.”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 23, 2014 0

by P.D. Lesko THE LAST TIME Julie Grand ran for City Council, she told a room full of voters at a Democratic candidate forum: “And I don’t know that we can get every road paved in the neighborhood. I don’t know that we can fix all of the…

Ann Arbor Government

Member Of Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority Board Of Directors Insults Residents And Criticizes Council Members In Public Rant

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 15, 2014 0

Please note: Kathy Griswold is the Chair of The Ann Arbor Independent's Editorial Board. JOAN LOWENSTEIN, A long-time member of the Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors launched a website titled A2BetterCity.com. On her…

Ann Arbor Government

Four Years Later Ethics Problems Still Haunt EMU Governmental Relations Director

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 9, 2013 9

The only former Ann Arbor City Council member having a worse time of it politically than Downtown Development Authority Board member Joan Lowenstein (former Ward 2 Council member) is former Ward 3 Council member Leigh Greden. Lowenstein,…

Challenger Alleges Ward 1 Incumbent’s Fundraising Letter Includes Misleading Claims

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 25, 2013 18

Ward 1 City Council incumbent Sabra Briere has started her re-election campaign. Challenger Jeff Hayner, an Independent, is taking issue with allegations made about him in Briere's fundraising. Among those claims, Briere tells prospective…

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