Tag Archives: not in my back yard

Jane Lumm for Ann Arbor City Council… What’s the appeal?

By Mark | November 4, 2013

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 […]

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, NIMBY | 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

By Mark | July 28, 2011

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. […]