I have a new piece up today at A2Politico that shows just how far Michigan’s CPA-style Emergency Financial Managers (EFMs) will go to cut costs. Michael Stampfler is Pontiac, Michigan’s EFM. He has the dubious distinction of being the first Michigan EFM to use new powers granted by Michigan Republicans to cancel a union contract. What went nearly unnoticed was […]

New piece up at A2Politico called “Throwing Down With Recall Naysayers Starting With Liberals Like Jack Lessenberry”. In it, I push back against liberal-leaning commentators Jack Lessenberry from Michigan Radio and Eric Baerren of Michigan Liberal. Both of them have maligned the effort to recall Rick Snyder. There’s a certain sort of comfort one can get by being a political […]

I have a new piece up at A2Politico that looks further at the Detroit Newspaper blackout of the gigantic union rally last weekend. Here’s a brief excerpt: Bill Moyers once said, “There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the heart of that struggle.” In Michigan right […]

I am happy to announce that I have been offered a “job” writing a column for the Ann Arbor-based A2Politico.com website. The weekly column is under the byline “Savaged” (based on my last name, of course.) I’ll be writing about national and state politics as they relate to Michigan. This is a first for me. I’ve never been paid to […]

So, if you’ve been just dying to know more about who I am and what motivates me, head over to the most-awesome A2Politico blog where yours truly was recently interviewed. Please tell me I don’t come across as an egotistical attention whore. That was supposed to be my secret.