I’m seeking help from citizens who are concerned about how the City spends money and how we communicate about it. I have previously said that if there were bad people trying to hide information, the City couldn’t be doing a better job of obfuscating information. I don’t really believe there is anyone evil trying to [...]

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I’m hoping to both find out more myself and encourage others to join me in helping with Ann Arbor’s reaction to Pfizer leaving.
Please visit the Wiki. Anyone can comment, but only invited members can edit the pages. I’m also trying to find out more details about the various SWAT teams that Spark has created and [...]

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Please post your comments, so I can hear from more people before voting on this. The vote is likely to happpen at the January 8th City Council Meeting. (Update - vote postponed till Jan 22nd)
My constituents have been urging me to vote against a resolution that would eliminate two existing boards and replace them with [...]

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Tom Gantert recently reported in the Ann Arbor News that “Ann Arbor Art Center CEO Marsha Chamberlin sent over a proposal Tuesday that would move the Art Center to 415 W. Washington St., now a city maintenance facility. The City and the Art Center have held informal talks over the last year that have included [...]

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On Tuesday, Nov 22, 2006 the Ann Arbor News published a headline: “Suarez against library site“, which my daughter said looked like I am opposed to books. In a 2 minute interview with Tom Gantert during a Council meeting break, I told him that the handful of constituents I had heard from were all opposed [...]

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I am opposed to subsidizing an East Lansing developer with $40 Million of taxpayer money to carry out their proposed $184 Million project. With the interest, the bill to the taxpayers will really be $80 Million.
Some have attempted to represent the $40 Million as a loan that the city will earn back. The confusion here [...]

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