Jordan Acker to join the Weiser Center for Eroding Democracies. #goblue

In the aftermath of a severe storm, Mayor Taylor shared photos of trees uprooted, pointing to damage from a tornado. But in this Northside Diner, we talked to three townies who were pretty confident of a different cause for the carnage: sidewalks. #a2council

The City's Emergency Manager, who I support, did public engagement, which I support, to decide the fate of outdoor warning sirens, which I support. Most people want to keep the sirens, which I support, and the City decided to keep them, which I support. Mayor Taylor ought to be ashamed! #a2council

One night of severe weather uprooted more trees than installing sidewalks near elementary schools has in the past several years. Here's why I still think Kindergarteners should have to walk to school in the street if it saves a single tree life. #TreeLivesMatter #a2council

by Chuck Ream

Chris Taylor has won a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. Here’s why that’s bad news for Chris Taylor. #a2council

They were merely typing the phonetic sounds, without euphemism.

how do you know we didn’t hack her blog?

“Transphobia on the internet is caused by fake-Democrat Mayor Taylor’s Republican housing policies” by former A2 Council Member Nelson

I wish it were @a2pitchbot.bsky.social, but alas

Roses are red
Ann Arbor is pretty
I feel really lucky
To live in this city

#a2council

Opinion | As a motorist, I appreciate the new bike lanes and road diets, because they make driving safer and less stressful in addition to protecting vulnerable road users. #a2council

Opinion | The new apartment building next door should be taller. But I like how it looks. #a2council

My 90 year old daughter was surfing nextdoor when she asked me gravely, “dad, why are the beavers murdering trees in Hudson Mills?” When I told her “because Mayor Taylor and his developer pal shitlibs refuse to arrest them for first degree tree murder,” she started crying. #a2council

Opinion | Raise the weather shields! #a2council

excerpt from a2view: While some think the Ann Arbor City Council behaves like the mayor’s lockstep fiefdom, a study claims it actually has the “highest dissent rate nationwide” among 142 cities and counties analyzed.

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My eleven-year-old was sitting in our living room when she asked me gravely, "daddy, why did Big Gretch let someone build a duplex five feet from our property line?" When I told her "because she believes in supply and demand," she started crying. #a2council

Opinion | The miniseries “Roots” chronicles the struggles of enslaved people to maintain their human dignity in the face of indescribable oppression. As an Ann Arbor Nextdoor lead who once got called a “boomer Karen,” I’ve never felt so seen.

by Chrissy Granitemelter #a2council

In this midwest college town, liberal townies don't know why the state would reduce minimum lot sizes and allow duplexes by right. But they do know this: if they see a new apartment in their neighborhood, they'll be voting for John James in November. #a2council

Opinion | I’m a lifelong Republican. But Mayor Taylor’s plan to legalize duplexes in my neighborhood has me asking, “did Mao Zedong have some good ideas?” #a2council

In this Northside diner, these landlords aren’t sure who abducted Nancy Guthrie. But they do know this: on the missing Lowertown PUD money, Chris Taylor is public enemy number one, and he’s still on the loose. #a2council

Roses are red
Violets are blue
It's been lovely
Spending Valentine's Day with you

#a2council

The bike lanes are empty
Ann Arbor hates cars
There's too much traffic
Driving home from bars

#a2council

There once was a real estate agent
Whose fees added up to big payments.
She learned R1 could be dead
so with bitterness said,
"But there was no public engagement!!!"

#a2council

I live in a mansion.
Upzoning is theft.
My vote for mayor?
The "Socialist" Yousef.

The election cements
Taylor's corrupt ploys
Time to send in
The bulldozer boys

#a2council

Our boy he was hungry but good
So he texted his love in the next hood
Love said, “Bike up to Maple
What you want’s on my table.
Come on over, I’ll give you this Ricewood.”

#a2council

A journalist living on Hiscock
Saw More Neighbors signs on his block
"Pause the Plan!" he did belch
To his friends here on Felch
"New apartments must be blocked!"

#a2council

There once was a normie Burns Parker
With a yard sign that said Black Lives Matter.
The Plan took the stage;
Burns Park shook with rage.
"But new neighbors' skins might be darker!"

#a2council

Wild nights - Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile - the ZBA -
To a Heart by right -
Done with the PUD -
Done with the CLUP!

Biking in lanes -
Ah - the DDA!
Might I but ride - tonight -
In thee!

#a2council

Townies' got questions
About troublesome mergers
Why did the Libary
Buy the Observer?

#a2council

Blood streaks are red
Bike lanes are green
Was he wearing a helmet?
Or high-vis to be seen?

#a2council