Ann Arbor Pitchbot

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As the Mayor of LowerTown, it has been my role to bring a circus-like atmosphere to #a2council meetings for years by decapitating stuffed pigs while wearing my top hat. So when I saw that a professor had brought cookies to tailgate at Planning Commission, I knew a formal investigation was necessary.

I wish this was merely a hallucination and not the fever dream of a nepobaby bsky.app/profile/jean...

I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. But then Neighbors for More Neighbors started tailgating at #a2council meetings.

I was counting my piles of cash when my nepobaby banker son turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why did the library buy the Observer?" And when I told him "because the AADL is run by fascists," he started crying. #a2council

As a Trump donor who tried to buy a local election, I have a unique perspective on fascism. So when I saw that a beloved local publication had found a long-term home at the library, I knew that we had truly crossed the rubicon. #a2council

by Strozzapreti Linguine Rotini

Opinion | I signed the Port Huron Statement. Here's how I plan to Make America Great Again. #a2council

News | The AADL is acquiring the Observer, promising to continue to distribute it for free to all Ann Arbor residents. To find out how residents are reacting, we interviewed the owner of a failed downtown plant shop, who blamed the sale on the William Street bike lane. #a2council

Mlive Special Report | Why is Real Seafood struggling to stay in downtown Ann Arbor? Some say it’s the decades of uninspired food being served to aging clientele, but this Mainstreet Ventures CEO isn’t so sure. #a2council

Special Mlive Report | Downtown businesses are struggling amid a change in A2 office occupancy, rising rents, inflation, tariff impact, and competition from national chains. So why does it feel like bike lanes killed Downtown Home and Garden? #a2council

by Bryan Cranston

Lobbying: $59,000
Legal fees: $531,000

“Only 10% of our activities were lobbying!”

by the Library Grey Conspiracy #a2council

Arkansas Housing Development Restricted to White Residents Sparks Legal Concerns Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.

Finally, a haven for the Ives Woods homeowners who will be gentrified by upzoning. #a2council

Why *did* TC-1 close Angelo's? #a2council

Why is Mayor Taylor shutting down Wurst Bar? #a2council

Opinion | The 2018 vote where 53% of the electorate voted yes was the will of the people, but this 2025 vote where 58% voted yes was an undemocratic travesty.

by The Library Gray Conspiracy #a2council

Opinion | FUCK YOU MARK LEE!!! #a2council

23. I'm voting no because LOL. Ok, George Bush! #a2council

Nextdoor | Panhandlers downtown are out of control—last month I gave one money when he said he needed it to fund a public park. I suspect he is using it for drugs, postcards, possibly both. #a2council

22. I'm voting no because I don't know. Shame? #a2council

21. I'm voting no because these zazzle signs won't pay for themselves. #a2council

20. I'm voting no because the library hasn't provided a detailed plan of what they'd do with the space. I trust Library Green to leave it a parking lot for the next 20 years, just the way I like it! #a2council

19. I'm voting no because they're trying to turn the library into a vertical gated community for bibliophiles! #a2council

18. Extreme corruption. This is not normal. This is not okay. #a2council

17. I'm voting no from my summer home in France because the commons is a framework of values and mutual recognition shared and aspired among people, commoners, commoning. #a2council

16. I'm voting no because I'm just a stupid voter. #a2council

The Library: Too Confusing, Too Extreme #a2council

15. I'm voting no because the library did Lego 9/11 #a2council

yes, we interviewed this voter

14. I’m voting no because as a 30-year real estate professional, I’m pro library but I am not pro-library-interests-give-aways. #a2council

13. I'm voting no because, from a systems perspective, nobody will know who owns the library lot if the library owns it. #a2council