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Stephen Kunselman

Was Council Aware of the Successful Class Action Lawsuit Against Seattle’s Percent For Art Program Before Approving Ann Arbor’s Art Ordinance?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 22, 2012 13

By P.D. Lesko In 2007, Ann Arbor City Council passed the Public Art Ordinance that sets aside one percent of funds from all public construction budgets for art projects — to a maximum of $250,000 per project. On the City of Ann Arbor web…

Members of Feisty Ward 2 Crowd Pressure Tony D. To “Answer The Question!”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 1, 2012 8

by P.D. Lesko The meeting room at the Traverwood Library is modern, with plenty of light and clean lines. The room was full, with about 70 people in attendance to hear the candidates answer questions for 90 minutes. It was there that Ward…

The Hatchet Job: Why's Sabra Briere Trying to Make Jane Lumm Look Bad?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 4, 2012 9

by P.D. Lesko Ann Arbor's fire department is under-staffed, fire-related deaths have tripled, citizens routinely wait for an hour for police to show up to non-emergency calls, fees for water, sewer and solid waste have risen sharply.…

Ward 5 Council Candidate Chuck Warpehoski: A Moderate Religious Voice Prone To Immoderate Lapses

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 8, 2012 10

by P.D. Lesko Fifth Ward Council member Carsten Hohnke has had enough. In his email to constituents, Hohnke told readers he was stepping down after two terms to "spend more time with his family." A classic political dodge. Norman Fowler, a…

Residents Say “No Go” to Mayor’s Plan To Pay For County-Wide & Regional Transit With City Millage

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 24, 2012 3

by P.D. Lesko The public speaker, an older woman who rides the bus regularly, recounted a conversation with a friend who lives outside of Ann Arbor: "My friend said to me that she wished the AATA buses would run near her house so she could…

Council Members in Open Revolt: Challenge Mayor & Insist Transit Proposal Is Seriously Flawed

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 22, 2012 0

by P.D. Lesko Third Ward Council member Stephen Kunselman has been a pain in John Hieftje's butter dish ever since Kunselman knocked off Leigh Greden in the 2009 stunner of a primary election. While Kunselman won by a 6 vote margin, Greden…

Via Email Blast Local Politicos Urge Public To Rise Up & Stop Mayor’s Anti-Democratic Scheming

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 16, 2012 0

by P.D. Lesko In 2004, the Ann Arbor News Editorial Board published an endorsement of Hieftje's mayoral opponent that included this zinger, preserved for posterity by Google: “Hieftje’s largest failure is not one of vision, but leadership.…

A Local Political Machine Gets Sabotaged From Within — Again

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 19, 2011 3

by P.D. Lesko How many direct hits from within can the Hieftje-Hive-Mind-Collective Cube withstand? In summer 2009, the Cube took its first hit from within: Ann Arbor residents woke up to a front page piece in the Ann Arbor News that was…

Local Politico to City’s Voters: You’re “Xenophobic,” “Old,” “Selfish” and “Stingy.”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 7, 2011 19

by P.D. Lesko DDA Board member and former Second Ward City Council member Joan Lowenstein (right) is having a really tough time of it, politically speaking. Should you care? Absolutely. It's a better show than "Real Housewives," but with…

New Ward 2 Council Member Jane Lumm Scores Spots on Powerful City Council Committees

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 6, 2011 4

by P.D. Lesko City Council committee appointments are out, and it looks as though newly elected Second Ward Council member Jane Lumm worked some black magic to get herself spots on two of the most powerful Council committees. For…

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