Moving Forward With Right To Renew
Agenda item C-1 on the September 6, 2022 Council meeting is the draft ordinance for Right to Renew (“Just Cause” for eviction). C-1...
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- Aug 13
Renters Commission Update: Right To Renew (August 13, 2022)
This was part of my August 13, 2022 newsletter Renters Commission Update: Right To Renew Agenda item DC-4 is a resolution from the...
- Jun 12
ARPA Funding Dashboard
The City of Ann Arbor has set up a website "dashboard" to monitor the budgeting and expenditure of $24.2 million in funds under the...
- May 14
Proposed City Budget Amendments for FY2023
The post below originally appeared in my May 14, 2022 newsletter in the "Additional Thoughts" section. The biggest item on this week’s...
- Apr 10
Right To Renew Initiative
This week marked the beginning of an important movement on behalf of renters. Ann Arbor Rising for Tenants (AART) is a coalition of...
- Apr 2
ARPA Funding Update: Proposed Amendments
This was published in my April 2, 2022 newsletter: The biggest decision on this week’s agenda is agenda item DS-2, allocating $24.2...
- Mar 28
Promoting Sustainable Food Options
At the March 21, 2022 meeting, City Council approved DC-4, which prompts next steps toward improving the City’s food procurement...
- Mar 28
Marijuana Excise Tax Update: $1.4 Million to Ann Arbor
The State of Michigan has released numbers for the excise tax funds to be received by municipalities that participate in state licensing...
- Mar 27
Hiring a Permanent City Administrator: Milton Dohoney Jr
The post below originally appeared in my March 19, 2022 newsletter in the "Additional Thoughts" section. At our meeting on March 21, City...
- Mar 19
ARPA Funding to be decided at Council Meeting April 4, 2022
On March 18, 2022, the City announced that a resolution will be brought to the April 4, 2022 Council meeting with staff proposed...
- Mar 19
FY2023 Budget Process Update: Video Presentations
This post was originally published Feb 13, 2022 with links to the Feb 14th presentation. This post was updated Feb 19, 2022 with links to...
- Mar 13
Selective Oversight: TC-1 Zoning and City Contracts
At our most recent meeting (Mar 7, 2022), two items of particular consequence were voted on: first reading of a re-zoning for a Transit...
- Feb 27
Picking & Choosing Contractors
This week’s Council agenda included a contract for work on City infrastructure: CA-3 would have approved a contract with E.T. MacKenzie...
- Feb 19
Additional Thoughts (Feb 19, 2022) - ARPA Funding Priorities and the Arts
The following was originally published in my February 19, 2022 Newsletter in the "Additional Thoughts" section. This week, the City...
- Feb 13
Investigation Reports: The New Political Weapon
At this week’s Council meeting, response to one agenda item (DC-2) highlighted a problem that is typically very difficult to raise as a...
- Feb 13
E Medical Center Bridge Update (Feb 2022)
This week, I participated in a follow-up meeting with representatives from the University to discuss plans for improvements to the E....
- Jan 16
Additional Thoughts (Jan 16, 2022) - ARP, Decriminalizing Sex Work, Resolution Against Protests
The following was originally published in my January 16, 2022 Newsletter in the "Additional Thoughts" section. Since our last meeting,...
- Jan 1
An Inconvenient Truth: There Is Only One Faction
This week’s news about state-wide redistricting is a reminder of political elections happening in 2022. In the coming weeks, we can...
- Jan 1
American Rescue Plan Public Engagement Sessions Jan 12-20, 2022
Update Jan 12, 2022: the City has posted a Zoom link for the engagement sessions on the APR webpage, along with this note which restricts...
- Dec 12, 2021
Reduced Accountability, Less Debate, Concentrated Power
I have spent the last week in many conversations with residents and local leaders who follow Council closely and are alarmed at what they...
- Dec 6, 2021
Statement at the Dec 6, 2021 Council Meeting
It is alarming to me that leaders in our very liberal, progressive community have so little respect for representative democracy, both...
- Dec 5, 2021
Council Appointments & Accountability
Since sharing my newsletter this weekend, people have reached out to me with questions about an item on the Dec 6, 2021 agenda: DC-2, the...
- Dec 3, 2021
Response to Investigative Report Released December 2, 2021
On December 1, 2021, City Council approved the simultaneous release of multiple documents: complaints and corroborating documents filed...
- Nov 13, 2021
Additional Thoughts (Nov 13, 2021) - EV Parking Ordinance
The following was originally published in my November 13, 2021 Newsletter in the "Additional Thoughts" section. On this week’s agenda, I...