Spending thousands of dollars, which I don’t have, to fight tax increases that cost hundreds of dollars, which I also don’t have, is important to prevent shitlibs like Chris Taylor from making local government more effective, which I do not support. #a2council by Kathy Griswold

Kathy Griswold to join the Weiser Center for Eroding Democracies #a2council

I’m a lifelong democrat. But if anyone tries to raise my taxes to pay for schools, libraries, or sidewalks, I will be forced to campaign with Republicans for the fifth consecutive election cycle. #a2council by Kathy Griswold

My five year old was paging through the Observer when he asked me gravely, “daddy, what does ‘from the windows, to the walls’ mean?” When I told him, “till all skeet-skeet, motherfucker!,” he started crying. #a2council

BREAKING | Mayor Taylor seen preparing to distribute candy in order to corruptly influence future voters. #a2council

Impossible! Ann Arbor is a special place. No lessons from other cities apply here. We have to invent everything from scratch with a process that takes a minimum of 20 years and involves at least a dozen postcards sent registered mail to each homeowner (but no renters, please) #a2council

I'm an 80-year-old lifelong Democrat and Ann Arbor resident. But if the new comp plan allows someone to construct a duplex in my neighborhood in 2045, my ghost will be forced haunt both units after voting for Donald Trump for the seventh time. #a2council

Opinion | Morgan Wallen said all of the phonetic sounds of a notorious racial slur, without euphemism. #a2council by Elizabeth Nelson

"They began with Domino's, then NYPD, and now they're bringing in Jet's! It's clear they are slowly increasing the density of the pizza served in an attempt at subliminal messaging," complained local horizontal gated community enthusiast Geoff Crabpot. "What's next, Anthony's?" he added. #a2council

BREAKING | Photographic evidence reveals how Neighbors for More Neighbors A2 corruptly influenced Democratic officials to embrace pro-housing reforms. #a2council

I was going to pause the plan. But then people brought Domino’s Pizza to an #a2council meeting.

Opinion | I’m outraged that someone added fake names to our NIMBY petition. Seymour Butts, Ann Arbaugh, and Harry P Ness have been scrubbed from the list, and shame on the person who added these obviously fake names to our very serious petition. #a2council by Don Balfrey, Dean of Disinformation

"pause the plan! pause the plan!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob. #a2council

Is Ann Arbor’s housing market actually ok? To find out, I interviewed a real estate agent who is on the Pause The Plan steering committee and who publicly describes student renters like they’re a disease. #a2council by Bryan Cranston

Opinion | I’m a lifelong Democrat. But if Mayor Taylor’s allies continue to bring baked goods into City Hall, I will have no choice but to ask Pam Bondi to launch an immediate RICO investigation. #a2council by Geoff Crabpot

As the Mayor of LowerTown, it has been my role to bring a circus-like atmosphere to #a2council meetings for years by decapitating stuffed pigs while wearing my top hat. So when I saw that a professor had brought cookies to tailgate at Planning Commission, I knew a formal investigation was necessary.

I was a lifelong liberal Democrat. But then Neighbors for More Neighbors started tailgating at #a2council meetings.

I was counting my piles of cash when my nepobaby banker son turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why did the library buy the Observer?" And when I told him "because the AADL is run by fascists," he started crying. #a2council

As a Trump donor who tried to buy a local election, I have a unique perspective on fascism. So when I saw that a beloved local publication had found a long-term home at the library, I knew that we had truly crossed the rubicon. #a2council by Strozzapreti Linguine Rotini

Opinion | I signed the Port Huron Statement. Here's how I plan to Make America Great Again. #a2council

News | The AADL is acquiring the Observer, promising to continue to distribute it for free to all Ann Arbor residents. To find out how residents are reacting, we interviewed the owner of a failed downtown plant shop, who blamed the sale on the William Street bike lane. #a2council

Mlive Special Report | Why is Real Seafood struggling to stay in downtown Ann Arbor? Some say it’s the decades of uninspired food being served to aging clientele, but this Mainstreet Ventures CEO isn’t so sure. #a2council

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