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Lisa Brown

AAPS Superintendent Tells Crowd at Rally: State K-12 Funding Cuts Causing a “downward spiral into mediocrity”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 3, 2014 0

by David Alexander During her comments, AAPS Superintendent Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift continually referred to a “downward spiral into mediocrity” caused by reduced money, saying “Shame on our legislators if they don’t figure this out, and…

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Schauer and Brown Must Show Voters Their Plan to Rebuild Michigan’s Economy

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 20, 2014 0

DEMOCRAT MARK SCHAUER’S choice of former state legislator Lisa Brown as his running mate serves notice that the Democrat’s 2014 gubernatorial strategy will focus on Michigan’s social fabric, which has become badly frayed over the past 36…

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.…

Savaged: Recalls! Recalls! Recalls!

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 18, 2011 12

Since spring, nearly one-third of Michigan legislators have been targeted with a recall. 26 Republicans and 20 Democrats out of the total of 148 in office. It started when citizens, unhappy with what they saw as massive Republican overreach…