As I knew I was going to be in meetings all evening, and I wouldn’t have the time to write anything meaningful about Tuesday’s City Council election in Ann Arbor, I just went to Facebook and posed a question to my friends concerning incumbent City Council member Jane Lumm, whose reelection race, from my admittedly […]
Tag Archives: NIMBY
Jane Lumm for Ann Arbor City Council… What’s the appeal?
Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alan Haber, Ann Arbor City Council, Chuck Gelman, Conrad Brown, Gelman Sciences, Jane Lumm, Kirk Westphal, Mixed-Use Party, not in my back yard 22 Comments
Putting an “I Support the Troops” magnetic ribbon on your car is one thing, but having wounded vets transported through your neighborhood is quite another
OK, I may well be overreacting, but I just read an article about some Ann Arbor residents who are up in arms over the temporary use of shuttle busses to transport wounded soldiers through their neighborhood, on their way to and from the VA Hospital, and I feel obligated to fan the flames of outrage. […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Other, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged Ann Arbor problems, car magnets, empathy, empathy fail, Glacier Way Association, not in my back yard, patriotism, shuttle busses, support the troops, VA, VA hospital, veterans, Veterans Affairs 30 Comments
Published accusations of NIMBYism
Did you know that there used to be a print version of AnnArbor.com that came out every day? It was called the Ann Arbor News, and, on occasion, they’d print letters from readers in Ypsilanti. Here’s one of those letters, written by my friend Leighton in 2000, in response to another reader’s idea that Ann […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Ypsilanti Also tagged 2000, Ann Arbor News, AnnArbor.com, CHAPSTIK, homelessness, Leighton, Maynard Newton, Meatmen, sarcasm, Tesco Vee, Tesco Vee's Hate Police, Ypsitucky 10 Comments