Another beautiful day in paradise.

Trumpeter swans flying over Ypsilanti. Their wing-strokes are so loud I heard them well before i could see them.

🧵 Living in Michigan, if a political issue seems frustratingly impossible to advance, you can almost always find the roots in policies motivated by racial and economic segregation. When you scrape back the "housing theory of everything" you find racism and classism under the hood.

As Michigan lawmakers look to update state zoning laws to allow for additional housing, I think it would be great if we could look at the idea of pre-approved house plans. Cities such as Ann Arbor should do this as well. cc. @abundanthousingmi.bsky.social #A2Council #AnnArbor #Michigan

Really glad that people organized to opposed the Ypsi Township Flock Camera thing in 2022/2023. Great work people.

FBI, HSI, and ICE detaining someone at the corner of Forest and Prospect in Ypsilanti. 5 unmarked cars. ~ 10 officers.

A hint of orange on the horizon this morning in Ypsilanti.

In Ward 2, Teesha Montague has pulled petitions to run as a Democrat in the August #A2Council primary.

Cold and crisp this morning in Ypsilanti.

I wonder of Polly Market in Whitmore Lake is capitalizing off of our nations love of online gambling.

Snowy morning in Ypsilanti.

Some wind damage this morning in Ypsilanti.

Maybe townships were a mistake.

Oh hell yes: annarboraf.com/episode-81-w... #a2Council

Foggy morning in Ypsilanti.

Lion’s mane mushroom from last spring. #fungicriday

Anyone know where to get a good landcover map of Washtenaw County? Looking for standard foldable map size. I would probably accept a topo map if that's the only option.

Ann Arbor City Council really dropped the ball. They should have rezoned this much denser (TC1) to at least make it more viable to see to someone other than Umich. #a2Council

Last night, after #a2council City Planning Commission finally voted to adopt the new Comprehensive Land Use Plan, @danieladams.bsky.social delivered a 12-minute barnstormer of a speech. Everyone should watch the whole thing at www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEGc... I'll put a few choice excerpts below (🧵)

Weird to focus on the unfounded conspiracy theory being peddled by a handful of misinformed gadflies rather than the passage of the plan itself and some of the more powerful public & commissioner comments 🤷‍♂️

Good morning #a2council. If you haven't already, please watch planning commissioner Dan Adams's closing speech from last night: www.youtube.com/live/IEGcVzo...

Kind of fucked up the local paper is calling the update to Ann Arbor’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan a “density plan.” Feels like thy are putting their fingers on the scale. Why not use its real name? Or call it a sustainability or affordability plan? #a2Council

#A2Council #AnnArbor #Michigan #Housing #HousingCrisis #Affordability #Equity #Sustainability #Planning #Zoning

60 and sunny is pretty incredible.

The lights were out on the Ypsilanti Water Tower this morning. This certainly portends something ominous.

“Hall announced her campaign Wednesday, Feb. 18, for the 3rd Ward seat being vacated by Council Member Ayesha Ghazi Edwin, who is endorsing Hall.” So there you have it. #A2Council www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

No line at Dom’s. Get your paczki now.

Heading to Dom’s. Anyone need anything?

This is just so, so funny. #a2Council.

Detroit, Michigan is in the Eastern Time Zone.

Lord, I see what you have done for others. I humbly ask that you do the same for me.

#A2Council Planning Commission considers Comp Plan Draft 4 on Wednesday, 2/18. Please write or speak with your support. [email protected]. Mtg details a2gov.legistar.com/MeetingDetai... Tips on making public comments at CPC www.moreneighborsa2.org/faqs?questio...

The emergence of Nadine and her speed-reading companion:

These benches are great! Thank you to the University of Michigan Urbanism Club for installing them around Ann Arbor. www.michigandaily.com/news/ann-arb... #A2Council #AnnArbor

Do better, AAPD. #a2council www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Just popping in here to pour one out for the Library Green Conservancy 🪦 #A2Council

The cool think about local journalism is that you can have a real impact on your community. #a2Council

Pop quiz: which one of these houses is a virtuous single-family home and which one is a despicable triplex ripping neighborhood integrity asunder?

Good morning from Michigan’s most architecturally significant building.

New CULP draft just dropped: engage.a2gov.org/comprehensiv... #a2Council

Dan pointing out that the people yelling about "dark money" in local politics in 2024 became the Every Accusation is a Confession caucus in 2025. #A2Council

What do we need to do to get Larrytown officially added to as a place in Google Maps?

Several LGC board mbrs played key roles in the 2024 cmpn to regulate election finance in A2, arguing that "dark money" and "special interests" had too much pwer. The next year: LGC illegally plowed its (charitably donated) reserves into a losing effort to stop the AADL's library project. #a2council

6 months ago, voters in Ann Arbor decided turn the page on the Library Lot. Erich Z. shares an elegy for the Library Green Conservancy. The non-profit opposed the Props A and B and was found to have violated state campaign finance laws. www.damnarbor.com/2026/02/the-... #a2Council

#A2Council Ann Arbor should stack, pack and tax the rich: sstrudeau.com/posts/how-an...

Only 14 years to the sesquicentennial. We need to have a big party.

The 9th and 10th largest Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak) in Michigan are located on the 1000 block of Pearl Street in Ypsilanti. At 178 and 171 inches in circumference, respectively I like to imagine these two trees are siblings who have watched each other grow over the years. #ThickTrunkTuesday

Balmy morning in Ypsilanti.

Am I reading this correctly? Is the accusation here that Ann Arborites who opposed expanding US23 have rejected heliocentrism? #a2Council