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

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

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

The Library: Too Confusing, Too Extreme #a2council

Series | Reasons why residents are voting "No" on Proposals A and B, despite the library board of trustees unanimously asking for their support. 🧵 #a2council

Opinion | A complaint has been filed against the Library Green Conservancy for using 501c3 funds for electioneering. Here's why that's bad news for Mayor Taylor. #a2council

Food: $200 Live music: $100 AV setup: $250 Illegal political mailers: $59,000 Decadome rental: $500 someone who is good at the love economy please help me budget this. my park is dying. #a2council

Move over Epstein Files, in this midwest college town all anybody can talk about is the Library Green files. #a2council

PRESS RELEASE | We are committed to environmental stewardship and sustainable fuels, which is why we only burn bridges and piles of cash meant for a public park. by the Library Gray Conservancy #a2council

Is it legal for a 501(c)(3) to spend all its money on political mailers? The law says "no" but this out-of-town lawyer who dabbles in Ann Arbor politics isn’t so sure. #a2council

Are Ann Arbor's elections dominated by dark money? Voters say no, but this out-of-town lawyer who donated ⅔ of the money spent opposing a new library isn't so sure. #a2council

Opinion | I am normal and can be trusted at a library. #a2council

In 2018, we promised voters we would fund a park on the library lot without taxpayer dollars. Instead, we spent our 501c3's money on mailers opposing proposals that'd fund the park for free. Here's why it's everyone else's fault that the parking lot has remained desolate and uninviting. #a2council

There is no strict Constitutional prohibition against banning undergraduate students from owing, renting, or occupying real estate within 500 yards of John Godfrey, so it's hard to see why local pro-housing advocates are so upset at #a2council. by Golph McGoo

Residents of this liberal Midwest college town are justifiably panicked about rising fascism in the United States. But we talked to the CEO of an infamous private security firm who asks—could more fascism actually be the answer? #a2council

NextDoor Pitchbot: More people came to see Tony Hawk and friends skate at the new skatepark than showed up to talk to Alan Haber in a hut in a parking lot. Unfair. Must be a conspiracy against our park(ing lot). #a2council

Opinion | The Rent Is Too Damned Low! #a2council by Ken Land (lord)

Unlike the greedy capitalist developers building luxury 600sq.ft. apartments today, my modest 3500sq.ft. home in Ives Woods rose from the soil fully formed without anybody making a penny. #a2council

Santa Ono to join the Weiser Center for Eroding Democracies #goblue

Opinion | We don't need no pubilc libary. #a2council

Experts agree that revising the Comprehensive Land Use Plan is long overdue and is a necessary step to solve Ann Arbor's housing crisis and meet our A2Zero goals. But these two AI-generated podcasters we overheard playing from a lap top speaker in this LowerTown diner aren't so sure. #a2council

Opinion | ICE has arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Here’s why that’s bad news for Mayor Taylor. #a2council

While The Verve opening up 700+ beds of student housing is music to the ears of many, this local Gen X landlord says it's a bittersweet symphony. #a2council

Should Ann Arbor rezone the Library Lot to facilitate the construction of new housing on top of a new library? These sixteen public officials all say “yes,” but this local Holocaust skeptic isn’t so sure. #a2council www.mlive.com/news/a...

In this local neighborhood association meeting, few know what an FA18 Super Hornet is or what it does. But they do know this: until the City Planning Commission finds and recovers the missing warplane from the bottom of the ocean, democracy demands that no work on the Comp Plan proceed. #a2council

A house in Water Hill recently caught fire while a resident was repairing a gasoline-powered motorcycle. Here's why we should ban e-bikes due to their fire risk. #a2council

My aggrieved Gen X neighbor was watching CTN footage from nearly 20 years ago when she asked me, “Why did the mayor change his mind about high rises?” When I told her, “Because some people learn and grow as they age,” she started TikToking. #a2council

Opinion | My grandparents fought fascists in Europe before immigrating to the U.S. Here's why Washtenaw County should capitulate to the oligarch state by detaining residents wanted by ICE. #a2council by Samson Range Linguini

It was tradition in this adoptive college town's farm stop cafe: scoff at the alma mater's current students, complain there's only 2k empty parking spaces downtown, and bemoan the loss of neighborhood character with pen-pal Kenny B. But now the woke mob is trying to take that all away. #a2council

Arts & Culture | Filmmaker Ken Burns, known for his documentaries chronicling American history and culture, has embraced the most American pastime of all: housing segregation. #a2council

By some measures, Ann Arbor is the 8th most economically segregated city in America. But at this Old Fourth Ward Association meeting, the topic on everyone’s mind is: Won’t someone speak for the trees? #a2council

Opinion | As a licensed Michigan attorney, I am trained in the law and sworn to uphold the Constitution. So when I was advised not to report attempted bribery, I knew exactly what to do: wait a few months and then use it to smear my political opponents on my blog. #a2council

Opinion | When I leaked the Guajardo HR complaint to Arienne Leggensalmon, I believed that I was currently clean on the opsec. I was not in fact clean on the opsec. #a2council

Opinion | The Comprehensive Land Use process has included over a year of public engagement sessions, surveys, meetings, and workshops. But inside this endangered Ann Arbor knickknackery, it feels like it was cooked up on the Houthi PC small group Signal chat. #a2council

Opinion | The Allies’ strategic bombing campaign destroyed Europe and Japan, and killed millions of innocent civilians. Ann Arbor’s attempt to revise its Land Use plan is not a war crime, but these four boomers inside Northside Diner aren’t so sure. #a2council

Opinion | I’m a lifelong Democrat. But if #a2council passes a land use plan that allows 6,000 sq.ft. quadplexes next to my 6,000 sq.ft. Burns Park mansion, I will be forced to vote for Donald Trump for a fourth time.

Recent #a2council elections suggest strong support for legalizing housing. But at this invitation only single-family neighborhood association meeting held at 4pm on a weekday, that support feels much lower.

Opinion | My neighborhood should be like me, rigid and unchanging as it decays into dust. #a2council

Statistics show that narrowing roadways and tightening turns slows down traffic and saves lives. But as the owner of a $3M château in Ann Arbor’s most upscale neighborhood, I can tell you it doesn't feel that way to ordinary people. #a2council

I was dropping my four-year old off at his new school when he turned to me gravely and asked, “mommy why did we move?” When I told him, “because the city desecrated our treasured UNESCO heritage site double-wide, piazza-style intersection,” he started crying. #a2council

Three (3) children being killed or injured by cars, which I do not support, must occur before the city is legally allowed to narrow my treasured intersection, which I will not support unless public meetings are conducted until the heat death of our planet, which I also do not support. #a2council

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Sunset fades to Brockman, and even Brockman is long forgotten when Wallingford is upon the council table. #a2council

My 3 year old was watching #a2council when she turned to me gravely and asked, “why does the Mayor want to sell the Center of the City to the library for $1.” When I told her “because Mayor Taylor thinks we live in the Love Economy,” she started crying.

Experts and new residents alike agree that there is a housing crisis in Ann Arbor. But in this Northside Diner, the wealthy retirees aren't so sure. #a2council

We at mlive wanted to understand how regular Ann Arborites are feeling about the comprehensive plan revision process. So we interviewed a holocaust denier who lives in France, Jeff Hayner, and the dead garbage bin coyote. #a2council