By: John Dory

John Dory — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:40:37 +0000

David Cahill’s July 31st, 2010 post to the Ann Arbor Chronicle was spot on with respect to some of the outrageous politics going on in the local court system -especially with the shenanigans going on between Judge Mattson’s courtroom and Judge Brown. The media was aware of this tumult and had not reported it. The hubbub going on with Judge Timothy Connors being sore about his wife, Margaret Connors, not getting a district court magistrate position and wanting the District Court out of the County Building was a second item that Mr Cahill has reported on the blogs and had its genesis from comments his wife, Sabra Briere, received from a county commissioner.

I , however, believe Chris Easthope that neither he nor Joan Lowenstein supported the police/court project out of self-interest. I happen to know that Chris did not even consider running for the judgeship until 2007 after Ann Mattson announced her impending retirement and he was encouraged to run by several heavy hitters in Ann Arbor, including District Court Chief Judge Julie Creal. The idea for a police/court building was in the works long before this. I believe that Mr Cahill was speculating as to Mr. Easthope’s motives as a City Councilman.

That said, I appreciate David Cahill’s astute coverage of the local political scene. He was the only one who called the Steve Kunselman victory over Leigh Greden in 2009 in the Third Ward City Council election. Cahill has been a beacon of information for the local electorate in exposing some of the goings-on at City Hall.

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By: John Dory