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Special Interests Trying to Get What They Want Through Amending Mich Constitution

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 29, 2012 1

by Rob Smith Michigan Radio writer Lester Graham points out in a great piece titled, "Muddying the Michigan Constitution?": "In the 224 years since it was ratified, the U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times. The latest Michigan…

MI 52nd District Race Boils Down to Bamboozling Naive Dems & Independents. Again.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 22, 2012 0

by P.D. Lesko 52nd District Representative Mark Ouimet and Governor Rick Snyder both let mainstream media assumptions that they were moderate Republicans go uncorrected. The last laugh, in retrospect, has been on all of the Ann Arbor and…

Michigan GOP Undermines Voting Rights While Claiming to Battle Rampant Voter Fraud

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 14, 2012 1

by P.D. Lesko Judging from the number of bills Michigan GOP members pushed through the state Senate today, one could be led to believe that voter fraud in Michigan is a problem of epidemic proportions. However, nothing could be further…

Michigan GOP Legislators Move To Make Recalls Much More Difficult

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 2, 2011 0

by P.D. Lesko According to a December 1, 2011 piece in The Chicago Tribune, "Less than a month after the rare recall of a state lawmaker, Republican leaders in the Michigan Senate proposed a constitutional amendment to limit the reasons…

Savaged: The Little Recall Effort That Could — Snyder Recall Proceeds Despite the Odds

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 5, 2011 24

Will the recall effort succeed? If current momentum, the additional resources and the rising dissatisfaction of Michigan residents is any indication, the answer to that question is "Yes". In the long-term, however, their ultimate success…

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…

If You Read This, Governor Rick Snyder and Fox 2 News Political Pundit Tim Skubick Might Think You’re Stupid

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 12, 2011 5

Well, Snyder and Skubick won't think you're stupid, exactly. Just dumb. Skubick (pictured left), who most recently prognosticated that the recall effort against Governor Snyder was "dead as a door nail" just a few days before the Michigan…

The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Michigan Education Association To Back Snyder Recall Efforts

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 1, 2011 21

A2P Notes: This is filed under "Scoops & Scores" because you read it here first! Michigan Education Association spokesman Doug Pratt told A2Politico recently via email that the MEA was not endorsing the citizen-led efforts to recall…

Legislature Reforms Teacher Tenure: Education Experts Recommend Michigan Residents (1) Rejoice or (2) Mourn

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 30, 2011 3

As you might imagine, A2Politico gets lots of press releases. We never simply reprint press releases as "news." That would be cheating, as any fourth grade teacher knows. Yesterday, A2P got several press releases concerning the same news…

Gov. Snyder: Your Child Can Be Educated For $6K Per Year, But $20K Per Year Not Enough To Educate My Kid

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 17, 2011 9

The mainsteam media have finally picked up on the fact that Rick and Sue Snyder's child attends a private school in Ann Arbor, Michigan called Greenhills School. The timing of the light bulb moment was almost too perfect. Shortly after…

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