These multi-ton vanity projects chew up our infrastructure, ignore public safety, and put everyone else at risk just to satisfy a fragile ego.
This isn't a work truck, it's a security blanket.
These multi-ton vanity projects chew up our infrastructure, ignore public safety, and put everyone else at risk just to satisfy a fragile ego.
This isn't a work truck, it's a security blanket.
βItβs too hard to build in [Massachusetts]. Thereβs too much regulation. Thereβs too much red tape. And one of the things we want to do in the Senate is tackle this and make it easier to build." - State Senator Barry Feingold
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You're my favorite constituent, boxes of cords YOU WILL NEVER NEED included.
03.03.2026 13:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Siren locations are in blue, image from Ed Vielmetti, back in the AnnArbor dot com days.
03.03.2026 13:14 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0How can this be verified?
03.03.2026 03:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This is what is giving me pause... even when the forecast indicates potential for severe weather and I go to bed with my phone volume all the way up, I've slept through it. Also, people who work outdoors and don't have phones on them due to company policy, personal preference, etc.
02.03.2026 21:59 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I tend to agree. Very interested to see the survey results.
02.03.2026 15:47 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If this is how theyβre talking publicly, imagine the private discussions.
02.03.2026 14:16 β π 16 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Ann Arbor is considering retiring its 22 outdoor warning sirens. Residents can provide input via an online survey. See www.a2gov.org/news/posts/a... for details. #a2council
02.03.2026 14:08 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 5 π 0Nice morning to walk down to City Hall and pull petitions to get on the ballot for August! I hope you'll join me tomorrow at 1p, Virginia Park, and help collect signatures. My birthday is Monday and it would be a real gift to turn these petitions back in to the clerk that day. #LFG #A2Council
27.02.2026 15:51 β π 13 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0One family is about to control CBS, CNN, HBO, and TikTok. Theyβll buy Warner Brothers with $24 billion from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi. To win over Trump, they canceled Colbert, blocked a 60 Minutes CECOT investigation, and blocked Talarico. Much more will follow. Block this rotten deal.
26.02.2026 23:40 β π 1687 π 746 π¬ 70 π 48βBut have you seen Miller Ave in Ann Arbor,β says a prodigal son.
27.02.2026 01:22 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
There are still a few tickets left for the @a2artcenter.bsky.social Social next week! www.ecurrent.com/art/adults-c... #annarbor #a2council
26.02.2026 20:09 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Quote from Governor Gretchen Whitmer's 2026 State of the State address: "Our laws have made it easy to expand suburbs but hard to build walkable downtowns and main streets or do more with your own property. It shouldn't be so hard to build the homes people need in the places where they want to live."
Gretchen Whitmer is on point: We need more homes and allowing more choices and more building will help get us there.
@abundanthousingmi.bsky.social
#a2council #shareourcity #neighborsformoreneighbors #annarbor #a2 #michigan
Come join our team! The A2AC is now hiring multiple positions, including a Director of Education, a host of Spring & Summer Camp positions, and a rolling call for instructors. If you have a passion for the arts & serving our creative community, you may be a good fit. https://bit.ly/49vAv0q
24.02.2026 23:50 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
I hope everyone participates in the North Main Street Transportation Study! Survey is open now.
#A2Council #VisionZero
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24.02.2026 16:15 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Get off NextDoor!
24.02.2026 02:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#A2Council friends, please join me and special guest State Representative Jason Morgan for my campaign kickoff on Tuesday, March 10th at Mediterrano. Iβd be honored to have your support as we build a more equitable and accessible future for all of our neighbors.
22.02.2026 16:42 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1Shocking!
23.02.2026 20:41 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hope to see you Saturday, #a2Council mailchi.mp/a2jenn/join-...
22.02.2026 17:55 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Adams noted the city has about 1,200 affordable housing units built or in the pipeline using money from the 20-year affordable housing millage city voters approved in 2020. βThese two approaches β increasing market-rate supply as the plan recommends and the affordable housing subsidies that the cityβs already doing β theyβre complementary,β he said. When housing stock is constrained by zoning, increasing market competition and prices, public dollars invested into affordable housing donβt go as far, Adams said. βTo quote Ned Resnikoff of the Roosevelt Institute, market-rate housing is not an alternative to social policy,β he said. βItβs a strategy for making social policy work the way we want.β
It's pretty gratifying to see a local planning official take up this point and run with it! www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
20.02.2026 15:18 β π 64 π 7 π¬ 2 π 1Someone should have been held accountable for those gaudy signs being super spray glued to public property all over downtownβ¦
21.02.2026 02:31 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 2 π 03yrs of engagement re land use doesnβt count when neighborhood assoc leaders decided to (checks notes) ignore messages from the city because they werenβt handwritten & left with a bow on their porch. Heaven forbid they pass along info they decided to take responsibility to inform neighbors onβ¦
21.02.2026 02:23 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The only acceptable housing is affordable housing built by the City, because housing affordability isnβt a thingβ¦ smdh.
21.02.2026 02:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Last night, after #a2council City Planning Commission finally voted to adopt the new Comprehensive Land Use Plan, @danieladams.bsky.social delivered a 12-minute barnstormer of a speech. Everyone should watch the whole thing at www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEGc...
I'll put a few choice excerpts below (π§΅)
I regret to miss the Washtenaw County Brownfield Authority mtg on Thurs - a large project in the City is on the agenda. I've had plans to be out of the country this week since June, traveling with a group, & plans could not be modified. Commence the conspiracy theories over my absence! #a2Council
10.02.2026 00:27 β π 17 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0"Any attempt by the federal government to take over Michigan elections should be seen for what it is, an attempt to take away your constitutional right to vote." -Gretchen Whitmer www.wzzm13.com/article/news...
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