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Matthew Yglesias

COLUMN: Members Of City Council Can’t Seem To Get Along. What’s The Problem?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 26, 2013 0

MIDWESTERNERS HATE conflict more than we hate freezing rain, haughty vegans and screaming kids/ineffectual parents in the grocery store. We smile. We’re solicitous. We want to get along. We want other people to get along. The truth of the…

New Study Shows Michigan Ranks in Top 10 Among States in Which State and Local Politicos Ignore Public Opinion

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 10, 2011 1

Two professors from Columbia University who study how well elected state and local officials translate public opinion into policy, have determined that Michigan ranks fourth in the nation among states in which elected officials are most…