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U of M Lecturers Participate In FLASH MOB To Call Attention To Contract Negotiations

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 4, 2013 2

The University of Michigan's Lecturer's union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), entered talks for the group's fourth contract with on November 30, 2012. LEO, as the union is known, represents some 1,500 full-time…

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At the University of Michigan Hospital, Top Administrators’ Salaries Skyrockets

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 10, 2012 1

REPUBLICANS, TEA PARTIERS and malcontents have blamed Obamacare for the rise in health insurance premiums. Republicans in Washington complain that Obamacare will result in soaring costs for health care providers. Progressive Washington DC…

House Calls: Representative Jeff Irwin Still Behind County-Wide Transit

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 11, 2012 1

Representative Jeff Irwin, a Democrat, served for a decade as a Washtenaw County Commissioner. In January 2013, he will began his second term in the Michigan House of Representatives. In his regular column, House Calls, A2Politico will pose…

Almost ALL Washtenaw County Townships/Cities Opt OUT of $500M Dollar Regional Transit Plan

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 23, 2012 10

by P.D. Lesko Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje doesn't have a good track record of getting other politicos to jump on board his transit schemes. The WALLY commuter train was supposed to run between Washtenaw and Livingston counties and be…

Reader’s Choose The 2011 Whopper of the Year Award

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 24, 2011 1

It's time for readers to help choose the A2Politico.com Whopper of the Year Award winner. A2Politico.com gave the 2010 Whopper of the Year to former City Administrator Roger Fraser. For 24 months, Fraser fibbed to Ann Arbor residents…

Republicans in the Michigan Legislature Wildly Exaggerating Savings From Same-Sex Benefits Cuts

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 19, 2011 0

by P.D. Lesko Michigan Republicans want to see House Bill 4770 and House Bill 4771 signed ito law by Governor Rick Snyder. The bills would prohibit public employers from including domestic partner benefits in their public employee…

Savaged: Michigan Supreme Court Quietly Affirms Access to Courts Is Based On Ability To Pay

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 8, 2011 4

By Chris Savage In late November of this year, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a tersely worded order (pdf) that said simply this: On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the July 19, 2011 judgment of the Court of…

Ann Arbor Crosswalk Ordinance Mess Gets National Attention

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 2, 2011 7

by P.D. Lesko On The Atlantic's web site, writer Micki Maynard quotes David Askins of The AnnArborChronicle.com explaining how the pedestrian crosswalk ordinance mess has gotten so out of hand. Askins, with a straight face one presumes,…

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…

Why Is Ann Arbor’s State Senator Accepting Free Meals From the City’s Own Lobbyist?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 28, 2011 21

by P.D. Lesko In September 2011, MLive political analyst Susan J. Demas outed Democratic State Senator Rebekah Warren (left) as one of only four Michigan legislators who had accepted more than $1,800 in free food and drinks from lobbyists…

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