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City Vendor Records Reveal Handful of Board/Commission Members Paid $1.33M

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 1, 2017 14

by Patricia Lesko NextDoor is a city-wide listserv where neighbors can post everything from requests for babysitters to football tickets for sale. Neighbors have also taken to posting information about local city government. In Feb.…

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$1.5M Diverted From Public Schools Used For Ann Arbor SPARK Salaries, Marketing & Legal Fees

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 21, 2014 0

Using a tax increment financing scheme, since 2006, over $5 million dollars have been diverted from the cash-strapped public schools and given to Ann Arbor SPARK officials. WHILE ANN ARBOR Public Schools officials, parents and students…

Still Stealing You Blind: Ann Arbor SPARK Spends $7.7M & Creates 79 Jobs

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 26, 2012 7

by Rob Smith The 1 percent here in Ann Arbor are just different than us. They look at out-of-work folks and hungry children, homeless men and women tossed out of Camp Take Notice, struggling small businesses and cash-strapped school…

Neighborhood Candidate Forum Shows Just How Much Is At Stake in Ward 2 Election

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 27, 2011 9

by P.D. Lesko A Ward 2 neighborhood association packed the house at Thurston Elementary School on Wednesday October 26, 2011 for a candidate forum between incumbent Ann Arbor City Council member Stephen Rapundalo (left) and challenger…

Dem on Ann Arbor City Council Who Supported Snyder in 2010 Rakes In Donations From Dem Pols Who Look The Other Way

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 23, 2011 1

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…