A Downtown Park: Should we go it alone?
On the August 4, 2016 City Council meeting we will be asked to put on a resolution to ask the voters to approve a City Charter amendment to dedicate the entire of the Library Lot to be city-owned in...
View ArticleTown Hall Meeting on Discovery of Dioxane in Shallow Groundwater Sampling
This Thursday October 27, 7-9 p.m. Eberwhite Elementary School 800 Soule Blvd. Please attend a community Town Hall meeting to learn about the results of the Shallow Groundwater testing study which...
View ArticleMaking the Call on the Library Lot
As I wrestled with the vote on Monday, for me it came down to affordable housing. As I reviewed the list of projects in the pipeline that might need money from the affordable housing fund (which is...
View ArticleTaking a knee
Back in high school football, when my coach wanted to make sure we were listening and not goofing off he’d tell us to “take a knee.” If someone was badly hurt on a play and we wanted to show respect...
View ArticleCreating a Community Policing Commission: Thoughts on Process and Content
After the events in Ferguson, national attention turned to how to address racial disparities and excessive force in policing. After the death of Aura Rosser in Ann Arbor local attention to the issue...
View ArticleHow to spend the City’s public safety rebate
Since voters overwhelmingly passed the public safety and mental health millage in November 2017, there has been some debate about how Ann Arbor should spend the rebate it receives for already providing...
View ArticleWhat’s the Deal with Dioxane?
A brief history: 1,4 dioxane is an industrial solvent that was used by Gelman Sciences in the manufacture of medical filters. According to the EPA, dioxane is a carcinogen. Gelman disposed of the...
View ArticleWhat’s Going On There–Using eTRAKiT to Look Up Building and Development in...
Oren loves watching the bulldozers, cranes, and excavators as they work on a construction project in front of his daycare. But what is it going to be? Maybe you’ve had this same question when you’ve...
View ArticleVets Pool Update
Like many families on the west side of town, my kids have been sad that the Vets Park pool isn’t yet open. Bill Meeks, the staffperson in charge of the pool, shared the explanation for the closure...
View ArticlePost-election thoughts
Like many progressives, I’m upset about last night’s election results. As a father, I worry about the country my daughter is growing up in when a man who brags about groping women can be elected...
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