For the second consecutive year, a Michigan Capitol Confidential story that was linked on the Drudge Report news aggregator garnered the most hits of anything we posted this year. The story, about the city of Coldwater attempting to ban Tea Party signs on public property, garnered more than 221,000 hits.
Below are the top 25 items overall, including blog posts, commentaries and analysis posted at www.mackinac.org and www.michcapcon.com. The list is not scientific, however, and is based on page views relative to posting dates between Dec. 1, 2010, and Dec. 1, 2011.
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