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Daniel Adams

@danieladams.bsky.social
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Lawyer, A2 Planning Commissioner, Notorious Density Whisperer. Views expressed are my own.

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Molly Kleinman @mollyak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Anti-safety advocates tried to stop the city from putting in this sidewalk on a route to 3 schools. They fought it at every step, driving in from across town to pack public meetings and the neighborhood walk-through. It’s exhausting having to battle for every foot of sidewalk. But we won! #a2council
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philtribble.bsky.social @philtribble.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
After nine years of hopeful waiting, my kids finally got to walk on sidewalks all of the way to school today. Woohoo! #a2council
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Colin Kennedy @ck3po.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is a gut-punch. Tommy was a great guy. May his memory be a blessing.
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It is with heavy, shattered hearts that we share the news that beloved partner, friend, father, and community pillar Tommy York has passed away at home. May his memory be a source of love and comfort for all of us who knew him. He gave with his entire self - always, with no exceptions. He loved others and supported his community selflessly for more than four decades. He will be deeply missed
and has left us all feeling determined to make the most of the time we all have and to live like Tommy: caring for others, giving generously, being authentic, and smiling daily. Please respect the York family's privacy at this time and know that further updates will be shared as appropriate. We are all better off for knowing Tommy. We hope you have support around you today as you grieve the loss of this legend. Rest in peace, beautiful soul.
yorkannarbor We love you, Tommy.
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Mark Madonna @awesomark.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A brief history of Ann Arbor roads have too much traffic 🧵 #a2council
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The anonymous "Planning Commissioner" who wrote to Observer newsletter editor Steve Friess to object to his cruel, indefensible decision to platform a gutter internet conspiracy about a tragic local suicide was me. I love the Ann Arbor Observer. This is not the Ann Arbor Observer. #a2council
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Travis Radina @travisradina.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“This Editorial Board has decided to endorse Taylor for reelection. His proven track record as mayor, along with his policies focused on making Ann Arbor more affordable, position him as the reliable candidate to continue serving this community.” #A2Council
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Vote Christopher Taylor for Ann Arbor mayor
After substantive interviews with both candidates, significant deliberation and a vote, this Editorial Board has decided to endorse Taylor for reelection. His proven track record as mayor, along with ...
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
#a2council Candidate Rebecca Arends’ response to the Library Lot questions: perfection. A candidate boldly keeping the Hayner/Bannister “who are you, how dare you, your political engagement makes me angar” political tradition alive.
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Mayoral candidate Yousef Rabhi decided to prove out the “all bullhorn, no gavel” theory of the case by going after the “all bullhorn, no gavel” article and author on the record in the LWC forum tonight. #a2council
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“This campaign is going to be a people’s campaign,” [Rabhi] said. “The whole purpose of running and what I’ve always been about as a public official is restoring power to people.” Ope. #a2council
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More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org · 19/06/2026
Where #A2Council Candidates Stand on Housing* *and transportation, zoning, neighborhood businesses, and downtown development We are thrilled to announce the results of our first-ever candidate questionnaire! 🧵
graphic for the election questionnaire
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damnarbor.bsky.social @damnarbor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New from @awesomark.bsky.social: The Truth About Those Football Condos: www.damnarbor.com/2026/06/the-... #a2Council
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The Truth About Those Football Condos
If you live in or around Ann Arbor long enough, you will inevitably hear the “gameday home” or “football pad.” For those unaware, a gameday ...
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"Classes struggle to mix well." I'll let you decide how to interpret this comment by #a2council candidate Rebecca Arends: as an argument against including affordable units in market-rate housing projects, or an as argument in support of exclusionary zoning writ large. Either way: A doozy.
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Rabhi's comments at Monday's forum should alarm #a2council voters. Every central plank of his platform--housing, public power, in-sourcing staff work--is unfunded, and Rabhi's plan to pay for it all is literally (a) hope it pays for itself, and when it doesn't (b) load the city up with debt.
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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
#A2Council Why I'm supporting Christopher Taylor for mayor sstrudeau.com/posts/taylor...
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All Bullhorn, No Gavel: Why Ann Arbor Needs Taylor, Not Rabhi
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This sarcastic but otherwise inoffensive reply prompted Ward One #a2council Candidate Rebecca Arends to report me to the City Council and the City Administrator for potential discipline under the CPC bylaws. Seriously. a2gov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...
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Donnell Wyche @donnell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
At a housing training this spring, a presenter walked us through the math behind building a small affordable project–it reframed how I think about the whole debate. I wrote up a little reflection on what I learned, including the question I can't stop asking: who is going to close the gap? #a2council
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Affordable Housing Is Harder to Build Than We Want to Admit
Affordable housing isn't built by demanding it, it's built when the math works. A look at the financing gap behind every project, and who closes it.
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Jenn Cornell @jenncornell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Calling all #a2Council folks! I'd be grateful if you'd consider supporting my campaign by hosting a yard sign for me and/ or knocking doors in Ward 5. Sign up here to volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Volunteer with Team Jenn!
As the weather gets warmer, I'll need your help to knock doors, deliver yard signs, and help turn out the vote in Ward 5. Sign up to stay informed about our upcoming volunteer opportunities.
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
There is a post on Ann Arbor Nextdoor suggesting that apartment buildings cause ebola outbreaks. It has 190 comments. #a2council
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The traffic calming on Brooks, today, is both uncontroversial and effective, and these arguments against the project (“I have never heard of a kid getting hit by a car”) continue to be made against every pedestrian protection project that the city proposes. #a2council
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I don't get it. Rabhi got arrested in college for trespassing into Mary Sue Coleman's office. What possible relevance does that have to anything? Does he think that qualifies him to urge unarmed civilians to confront masked, heavily armed ICE goons in the streets? #a2council
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Much of what this editorial recommends--legalizing duplexes and triplexes, making it easier to build housing--are things we are doing today or plan to do in the near future. If Yousef Rabhi and his slate win their #a2council races in August, much or all of that work will slow or stop completely.
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I am incredibly proud to have the support of my friend, Lieutenant Governor @garlingilchrist.bsky.social! From our life-saving work on his COVID-19 Racial Disparities Task Force to today, it is an honor to join him in standing tall for Ann Arbor and the state of Michigan. Let's do this, #A2Council!
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Dan Meisler @dmeis22.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I’ve heard it said that #a2council hasn’t done enough for affordable housing. I leave this here (from the Ann Arbor Housing Commission) for your consideration.
A poster listing several affordable housing developments recently completed or in the pipeline (totaling more than 1,000 units) and a map showing several vacant city-owned properties identified as potential sites for more affordable housing
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More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org · 08/05/2026
*whispers* it's working Rents are falling and concessions are increasing because of the vast increase in rental supply in 2024. Let's keep it up, #A2Council! www.apartments.org/wp-content/m...
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Mark Madonna @awesomark.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
#a2council 🧵 A brief history of Ann Arbor isn't a small town anymore
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Joe LaBriola @joelabriola.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
reposting this from SEMCOG and shaking my head so you know I disagree with it
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Reasonable minds can differ on Arbor South, but Rabhi's opposition ("disgusting," "revolting") is overheated and alarming. In the range of outcomes, a 2nd downtown is a best-case scenario: a boon for residents, businesses, and the tax base. Rabhi would turn that down? Wild. #a2council
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Mark Madonna @awesomark.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A brief history of there isn't enough parking in Ann Arbor #a2council 🧵 (I hope @paulisci.bsky.social doesn't mind that I am stealing his bit)
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
🧵 This is an important and unintuitive point. This does not mean cities should plan to be 4-5x bigger. What is permitted does not dictate what is built. A high-zoned capacity allows for more thoughtful and contextual redevelopment because there are many more development opportunities to meet demand.
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
When Yousef Rabhi talks about making “historic investments” in public housing and co-ops (instead of just, uh, making it legal to build housing), he’s inviting Ann Arbor to make the same bet: let’s try this unicorn solution, whoops it failed oh well I’m going to inherit my parents’ house. #a2council
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/03/2026
oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...
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Austin’s Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
After decades of explosive growth, Austin, Texas, in the 2010s was a victim of its own success. Lured by high-tech jobs and the city’s hip reputation, too many people were competing for too few homes....
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
#a2council www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
#A2Council Petition to support the excellent housing bills in Lansing. Go sign! c.org/nZNzBmcSNK
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Have you seen this petition yet?
Support the Michigan Housing Readiness Package
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I generally really like what Hell Gate is doing, but this post is just flat wrong. I wrote about the problems with this "major new housing study" here: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/there-i...
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There Is No Housing Affordability Without Building More Housing
If we make it easier to build dense housing in cities, then the resulting supply boost will ease the cost burden on renters and put homeownership within closer reach for millions of households.
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
#a2council
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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🧵 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.
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
#a2council
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Jenn Cornell @jenncornell.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Hope to see you Saturday, #a2Council mailchi.mp/a2jenn/join-...
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Join me for a signature blitz on Saturday, February 28
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
#a2council
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I grew up in a low-income, single-parent household, raised by a mother who spent much of her life working exhausting hours as a dry cleaner to keep us afloat. We lived in fear of homelessness, empty stomachs, and a lack of basic safety. 🧵
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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
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Molly Kleinman @mollyak.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Here are a few ways to support our immigrant neighbors in Washtenaw County, from the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (WICIR). #a2council
Support Neighbors
STOP ICE
CALL
Report ICE sightings to MIRA
(734) 224-3852
Immigration-related emergency support
(734) 355-2707
GIVE
Donate to WICIR
wicir.org/donate-now/ VOLUNTEER
Sign up with WICIR
linktr.ee/wicir
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I believe in a better Ann Arbor — a better tomorrow for all of us. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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Library board member announces Ann Arbor council campaign with goal to expand housing
Aidan Sova, the Ann Arbor District Library board vice president, announced he's running for City Council.
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Before she was a 1st Ward candidate, Rebecca Arends was a vocal Jeff Hayner defender, even writing a long email to #a2council defending him as "a devoted father, [and] compassionate neighbor" and arguing that his use of a homophobic slur in a FB post was "none of [Council's] or my business."
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I am running for #A2Council in the Fourth Ward! Please support our people-powered campaign and help us lead Ann Arbor forward. secure.actblue.com/donate/sova2...
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Ann Arbor Pitchbot @a2pitchbot.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
And Joseph came with Mary, great with child, to Ann Arbor. But the Townies turned them away toward Ypsilanti, saying, "The city is full; it is not meet that every man should afford to dwell among us." And they were cast out, for there was no room for the poor in their sight. #a2council
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Jonathan Levine @jnthnlvn.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
#a2council A friend expressed concern about the loss of single-family neighborhoods in Ann Arbor once the Comprehensive Land-Use Plan and associated zonings are adopted. I made some calculations based on the Portland experience. Here was my response: tinyurl.com/portlandtoa2
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Dear friend
Dear friend -- I'm glad you followed up, and I always enjoy talking with you about these issues.  You asked about the future of single-family neighborhoods over the next few decades, once the Comprehe...
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Daniel Adams @danieladams.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
In August and Sept 2021, a group of anti-sidewalk activists lobbied the city to cancel the construction of a sidewalk on the north side of Sunset Road from Brooks to Newport. They argued, among other things, that Sunset is "adequately" served by the single sidewalk on the south side. #a2council
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