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...

At the March 21, 2022 meeting, City Council approved DC-4, which prompts next steps toward improving the City’s food procurement...

The State of Michigan has released numbers for the excise tax funds to be received by municipalities that participate in state licensing...

The post below originally appeared in my March 19, 2022 newsletter in the "Additional Thoughts" section. At our meeting on March 21, City...

On March 18, 2022, the City announced that a resolution will be brought to the April 4, 2022 Council meeting with staff proposed...

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...

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...

This week’s Council agenda included a contract for work on City infrastructure: CA-3 would have approved a contract with E.T. MacKenzie...

The following was originally published in my February 19, 2022 Newsletter in the "Additional Thoughts" section. This week, the City...

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...

This week, I participated in a follow-up meeting with representatives from the University to discuss plans for improvements to the E....

The following was originally published in my January 16, 2022 Newsletter in the "Additional Thoughts" section. Since our last meeting,...

This week’s news about state-wide redistricting is a reminder of political elections happening in 2022. In the coming weeks, we can...

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...

I have spent the last week in many conversations with residents and local leaders who follow Council closely and are alarmed at what they...

It is alarming to me that leaders in our very liberal, progressive community have so little respect for representative democracy, both...

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...

On December 1, 2021, City Council approved the simultaneous release of multiple documents: complaints and corroborating documents filed...

The following was originally published in my November 13, 2021 Newsletter in the "Additional Thoughts" section. On this week’s agenda, I...

This week, news from our State government is relevant to Ann Arbor. At about 2 AM Wednesday morning (October 27, 2021), a Republican...

I posted previously about the process of prioritizing American Rescue Plan funds here: https://www.a2elnel.com/post/prioritizing-american...

On June 7, 2021, City Council unanimously approved a resolution, directing the then City Administrator, Tom Crawford, to “recommend and...

At our October 4th meeting, City Council discussed a serious issue involving high level City staff. I co-sponsored a late addition to our...

In the last six months, City Council voted to put a number of proposals on the November 2021 ballot. I generally support the idea of...