A link on the “Drudge Report” news aggregator and an
appearance by Fiscal Policy Director Michael LaFaive on FOX News garnered the
No. 1 article posted on the Mackinac Center’s website with more than a
quarter-million views. The story about the city of Ann Arbor’s plans to spend
$850,000 on a water sculpture to be located across the street from a fire
station – while at the same time discussing layoffs for firefighters – received
some 260,000 hits, making it far and away the most popular Mackinac Center article
of the year.
Below are the top 25 items overall, including articles
posted at www.mackinac.org and on www.michcapcon.com. This list is not
scientific, however, and is based on page views relative to when an article was
posted between Dec. 1, 2009, and Dec. 1, 2010.
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