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Ann Arbor’s State Representatives’ Independent PACS—Leadership Funds Or Havens For Special Interest Money?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 13, 2014 0

MICHIGAN’S CAMPAIGN FINANCE laws, dating to the mid-1970s, require public disclosure of and set limits on many political contributions. Records for state offices are filed with the Bureau of Elections in the secretary of state’s office in…

PAC Member Complains That Parks Millage Money Is Being Diverted Through Accounting Trickery

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 11, 2011 5

The cash cows who live in Ann Arbor have a record of voting to nickel and dime themselves to death, literally. The city's property tax bill, thanks to "supplemental" millages, has come to resemble a check in a French restaurant where…