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Eric Goldberg

@theeric.bsky.social

YIMBY in Ann Arbor. Professionally, a keyboard slapper in the cloud. Hobbies include biking as transportation, biking upon gravel, and fighting NIMBYism. he/him

198 Followers  |  346 Following  |  87 Posts  |  Joined: 06.02.2024  |  2.1834

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The nefarious โ€œpeople not dying for stupid reasonsโ€ agenda has to be stopped at any cost.

09.08.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if you are mad at people on bikes because they are biking where you're walking, you are almost certainly actually mad at cars

09.08.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 598    ๐Ÿ” 96    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Thatโ€™s nuts that they donโ€™t cover your complaint! Youโ€™d think it would be something their readers would care about. Thanks for filing that complaint.

06.08.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would like to note that several local media outlets covered this lawsuit with breathless incredulity and have not so much as mentioned my MCFA complaint against the LGC.

Which I am not withdrawing. Because its legitimate.

06.08.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Election

#A2Council we did it! 58/42 electionresults.ewashtenaw.org/electionrepo...

06.08.2025 04:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We need to up our reporting game!

06.08.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bike Lane Obstructions

New bike lane obstruction violation analytics dashboard just dropped. analytics.a2gov.org/superset/das... #a2council

05.08.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone at the LWV event said this. Like the absence of charging taxes somehow makes it bad. What an insanely privileged and surface-level take.

05.08.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Supporters of the Downtown Library | Vote YES on Ann Arbor Proposals A and B Support Ann Arbor Proposals A and B on the August primary ballot for a new state-of-the-art downtown library with no new taxes!

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ anyway if you live in #annarbor, today is election day so donโ€™t forget to vote YES on PROPOSALS A AND B to save our downtown library for many generations to come. you have until 8 pm tonight to vote. go to supportaadl.com

05.08.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ann Arbor: vote YES on Props A & B! A new downtown library! Paid for by revenues from building housing! We need both of these things!

05.08.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Driving through a parade? $100
Speeding within a parking facility? $108
Blocking residential door? $63

Fare evasion? $125

Bonus: Applying for a residential parking permit in a zone you live over 1,000 feet from? You can do it, as long as you can afford $4,750.

05.08.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you want to see some wild carbrain stuff, check out how affordable SFMTA parking violation tickets are compared to SFMTA mass transit violation tickets. www.sfmta.com/sites/defaul...

05.08.2025 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you live in the city of #AnnArbor?
Are you a US citizen?

We need you to vote today! If you're not registered, you can still stop by city hall and register! If you are registered, your local polling place has the library on the ballot!

05.08.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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shoutout to alfred hitchcock for depicting the value of public libraries and librarians being there for you late at night when you need to research whether your charming uncle might be a serial killer

05.08.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Me (middle-aged white lady) in front of the "I voted" sign at Ann Arbor City Hall

Me (middle-aged white lady) in front of the "I voted" sign at Ann Arbor City Hall

Where are the early voting sites?
If you are registered in the City of Ann Arbor, you can early vote in the August 5, 2025 special election at any one of the following 4 locations:

City Hall, hours: 9am - 5pm

Traverwood Library Branch, hours: 11am - 7pm 

Malletts Creek Library Branch, hours: 11am - 7pm 

Westgate Library Branch, hours: 11am - 7pm

Where are the early voting sites? If you are registered in the City of Ann Arbor, you can early vote in the August 5, 2025 special election at any one of the following 4 locations: City Hall, hours: 9am - 5pm Traverwood Library Branch, hours: 11am - 7pm Malletts Creek Library Branch, hours: 11am - 7pm Westgate Library Branch, hours: 11am - 7pm

Thrilled to have voted to allow the award-winning @aadl.org to build a new building on the library lot! So excited to have a modern library with lots of meeting and performance space, a well-programmed plaza, and a mix of affordable and market-rate housing right by the bus station! #A2Council

31.07.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A selfie taken outside the Westgate branch, next to a sign that says "VOTE EARLY! at Westgate Library". I have an "I Voted" sticker on my hoodie.

A selfie taken outside the Westgate branch, next to a sign that says "VOTE EARLY! at Westgate Library". I have an "I Voted" sticker on my hoodie.

A2 friends, right now you have the EXTRA SPECIAL opportunity to vote FOR the library, AT the library! Early voting sites are the Westgate, Traverwood, and Mallets Creek @aadl.org branches, as well as City Hall. Get yourself to any of 'em and vote YES on A and B today! #a2council

31.07.2025 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Ann Arbor, please vote YES on Prop A&B by Tuesday so my kids stop making each other laugh by doing an impression of me saying, "It's a PARKING LOT!" #a2council

03.08.2025 03:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Voted at my @aadl.org library branch in support of Ann Arbor Props A&B. Get to it, friends! #a2council

31.07.2025 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Series | Reasons why residents are voting "No" on Proposals A and B, despite the library board of trustees unanimously asking for their support. ๐Ÿงต #a2council

01.08.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

What every NIMBY wants you to do: absolutely nothing!

03.08.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
02.08.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 186    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There seems to be a pattern w.r.t. followthrough.

02.08.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is no way to consume any amount of their work product and come away with the impression that they were either competent to perform or serious about accomplishing any task outside of blocking the Core Spaces project.

31.07.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At the LWV event, one Library Lot advocate used her public comment/question time to complain that local news outlets never used her pretty (forced perspective) photo of the planter. After the event she approach Ryan Stanton to complain, and he told her he used the photo 3 times in articles. ๐Ÿ˜‚

01.08.2025 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A parking lot with a large cement planter full of  plants that are gone by, are invasive, or have died. In front of it is a dead tree.

A parking lot with a large cement planter full of plants that are gone by, are invasive, or have died. In front of it is a dead tree.

Just saw all the cool events that @aadl.org has scheduled (in addition to the Summer Game!) and compared that to what the Center of the City/Commons group has going on. Seems as if they canโ€™t even keep a planter looking good. Vote yes on A & B, for crying out loud. This is embarassing. #A2Council

24.07.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m kind of not surprised. A bunch of stuff the LGCโ€™s legal counsel and president have been saying on Nextdoor this week, about what theyโ€™ve done with money for the No campaign, sounded questionable-to-illegal, but IANAL. I am interested to see how this resolves.

01.08.2025 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Complaint filed against Ann Arbor's Library Green Conservancy for Michigan Campaign Finance Act violation A screenshot of the complaint filed against the Library Green Conservancyย  Andrew Robins, a researcher atย  U of M, has filed a complaint a...

Exclusive: a Michigan Campaign Finance Act complaint has been filed against Ann Arbor's Library Green Conservancy. The complaint alleges LGC's advocacy against Props A & B violates state law limiting how 501(c)(3)s can engage in politics. Read more here: www.damnarbor.com/2025/07/excl...

#a2Council

31.07.2025 23:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Opinion | A complaint has been filed against the Library Green Conservancy for using 501c3 funds for electioneering. Here's why that's bad news for Mayor Taylor. #a2council

01.08.2025 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah super bad move to tie one hand behind our back before the affordability fight.

These moves are one reason Iโ€™m excited for RCV in Michigan. Iโ€™d love to be able to support strong urbanist candidates while not splitting votes.

Excited to canvass for RCV!

31.07.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ceding ground on unit count is what bothered me the most about the #a2council resolution last week. Height limits were annoying but workable, but this takes a ton of *less expensive* housing off the table in more than half the city.

31.07.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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