The next speaker in the colloquium organized by professors Anthony S. Chen, Matt Lassiter, and Robert Mickey that brought Tom Sugrue to campus earlier this semester is planned for this week. Harvard Professor Lizabeth Cohen will be giving a talk called “The Racial Politics of Mass Consumption in the Consumers’ Republic” on Friday from 12:00 […]
Election Coverage Wrap-Up Michigan Daily> “Voters Welcome Greenbelt”> “Despite efforts, student fail to get council seats” Ann Arbor News> “Greenbelt Proposal Wins Landslide Voter Approval”> “City Runs out of Ballots”> “Republican voice holds on”> “Voters retain rule for council”> “Ann Arbor Township Voters Approve Proposal” Detroit Free Press> “Ann Arbor Voters OK Tax to Buy […]
The union representing employees at Ann Arbor’s Liberty Street Borders will be going on strike this Saturday, November 8 at 9:00 AM after struggling for nearly a year to negotiate a contract with Borders Incorporated management. Below is a message the union is circulating. They’re planning a folk and rock fundraiser at the Ark next […]
“… Prop B is a good start, although not enough to reverse the seemingly inexorable sprawling of America, which can be stemmed only with considerably higher land and fuel pricing, as well as new zoning, regional and urban growth and redevelopment policies. It picks relatively low-hanging fruit that will only get harder to reach with […]
Unofficial results from the city: RUN DATE:11/05/03 12:38 AM PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 48) . . . . . 48 100.00%REGISTERED VOTERS – – TOTAL . . . . 82,834 ANN ARBOR COUNCILMEMBER WARD 1ROBERT M. JOHNSON (DEM). . . . . . 1,545 60.80%ROB HAUG (GRN). . . . . . . . . 371 […]
This from the AP at 12:41 p.m.: “In Ann Arbor, with 96 percent of precincts reporting, a proposed property tax hike to combat urban sprawl was leading 13,503 votes in favor to 6,950 votes against. The proposal would impose a 30-year property tax to purchase development rights to some 7,000 acres outside of the city.” […]
I was the 50th person to vote today in Ward 1, Precinct 1, around 4:30 this afternoon. The voting officials said things had been “quiet.” Also, see AANews: “Early voting pace light despite greenbelt issue”.