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Jenn Cornell @jenncornell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I did not create this website, but it is a good explainer on why I'm a no on #AnnArbor ballot proposal E: sustainablea2.org #a2council
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Voters for a Sustainable Ann Arbor
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MIvoter.org @mivoterdotorg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This week on #MICivics: Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor breaks down what the job of mayor actually looks like. We caught up with him at Wheeler Park to talk about how City of Ann Arbor government works and what his office does for residents every day. Thanks for all your service, Mayor Taylor!
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Jeannie Leverich @jeanniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#A2Council, we are not doing very well in meeting our Vision Zero goals. How many people need to be critically, injured or killed before MDOT implements effective traffic calming? www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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Woman critically injured after being struck by vehicle in downtown Ann Arbor
The crash closed a downtown intersection.
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Jeff Irwin @jeffmirwin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
How did Michigan give $50 million of our dollars to a new, Canadian mining company to extract copper from the Porcupine Mountains*, near the shore of Lake Superior, without approval from the legislature? 1/
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Ginny Rogers @verogers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Dear Senator Collins: We are not as stupid as you think we are.
August 8, 2026
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damnarbor.bsky.social @damnarbor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#a2Council endorsements: There is still time to vote. If you want a more sustainable and more affordable Ann Arbor, vote for Taylor. www.damnarbor.com/2026/08/elec...
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Election Endorsement: Reelect Mayor Taylor for a Progressive Future
The short endorsement In recent months, rents in Ann Arbor have declined faster than the national average. Via: Realpage . Housing and affor...
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Ginny Rogers @verogers.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It was amazing to meet Senator @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social and hear her tell the story of how she knows @aidansova.bsky.social and why she supports his campaign for #A2Council, before knocking doors!
Aidan Sova standing next to Senator Mallory McMorrow in a park as she tells the story of how she got to know him and why she supports his campaign for  City CouncilSelfie of me and Senator Mallory McMorrow
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 27/07/2026
Our 2026 Summer Conference is underway! So far, we've heard inspiring messages from our keynote speaker @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and our own Executive Director Ricky Bradley. Thanks to our Champion Sponsor, @climatize.bsky.social, for helping make this year's event possible!
Lots of people seated in a conference ballroom look toward the front of the room, where a man (Ricky Bradley) is standing on stage and a screen shows the Climatize logoLots of people seated in a conference ballroom look toward the front of the room, where a man (Ricky Bradley) is standing on stage wearing a suit and gesturing with his hands openScreenshot from an Instagram story shows lots of people seated in a conference ballroom looking toward the front of the room, where a man (Jigar Shah) is standing on stage with his hands clasped
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Doug Aus @daus1.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Jigar Shah, keynote speaker at the Citizens’ Climate Lobby summer conference explaining how Texas strengthened its grid after it failed in 2021. 90% of added power has come from battery storage and renewable energy. #CCLinDC #GrassrootsClimate
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Lisa Danz @lisadanz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Permitting reform is something that everybody wants for their own personal reasons. I think our [clean] technologies are better, and if we have a level playing field, our technologies are going to be the majority of what gets built. - @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @cclusa.org #CCLinDC
Jigar Shah speaking at Citizens' Climate Lobby 2026 summer conference.
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 27/07/2026
Happy #CallCongressDay! ✨🎉 Don't forget to make your calls to Congress today and help prepare Capitol Hill for the 800 citizen lobbyists headed there tomorrow. Help us reach our goal of 2,500 calls in just one day! Visit cclusa.org/callcongress to make your calls #CCLinDC
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It was a pleasure to knock doors in the Fourth Ward with my friend, Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist! With just 8 days until Election Day, every conversation matters. Join our team for this final push and sign up for a canvassing shift on our website, #A2Council!
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Ginny Rogers @verogers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Check out this event from Abundant Housing Michigan and hear from @mnolangray.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/abundant...
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Join Us on 7/30 and 7/31-Arbitrary Lines, Real Housing Policy: Nolan Gray's Michigan Tour
A conversation with Nolan Gray and State lawmakers on zoning, housing policy, and what real reform looks like in Michigan.
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Ginny Rogers @verogers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#A2Council Where do Ann Arbor council candidates stand on public power, climate issues? And housing! www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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Where do Ann Arbor council candidates stand on public power, climate issues?
One of the biggest questions facing Ann Arbor is whether to pursue a takeover of DTE Energy's grid in the city and set up a full-scale municipal electric utility.
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damnarbor.bsky.social @damnarbor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Another great 🧵 from last night's Mayoral Forum. #a2Council
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More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org · 24/06/2026
1️⃣ Where do Ann Arbor's Ward 1 #a2council candidates stand on housing (and transportation, zoning, neighborhood businesses, tenant protections, and downtown development)? Read Cynthia Harrison and Rebecca Arends' full, unedited responses here: www.moreneighborsa2.org/2026-electio...
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Ann Arbor District Library’s Summer Game is here and bigger than ever, with record-breaking engagement! As Board President, I’m proud to have delivered another balanced budget that protects these special traditions and brings our community together.
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🚨 Our very first ad spot is officially live! 🚨 I’m running a grassroots campaign with absolutely zero PAC dollars, so my only priority is working for you. #A2Council, let’s turn the page together.
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Jeannie Leverich @jeanniel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Looking for #A2Council candidates' positions on energy and climate issues? The Ann Arbor Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL), Washtenaw Climate Reality, and Sierra Club Huron Valley Group) put together a candidate questionnaire: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Candidate Climate Questionnaire
Ann Arbor Candidate Climate Policy Questionnaire Ann Arbor Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), Washtenaw Climate Reality (WCR), and Sierra Club Huron Valley Group collaborated to survey the Ann Arbor City ...
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greg @gmatthews.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Here comes a hyperlocal post. You might even say this post is Ann Arbor AF. Click the link for an informative #A2Council election discussion plus voting recommendations from the A2AF podcast team.👇 annarboraf.com/episode-84-p...
Screenshot of "Log Your Enjoyment" page when I entered the most recent A2AF podcast episode as my listen of the day.
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More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org · 17/06/2026
#A2Council #AnnArbor Saturday we will celebrate one amazing year of community, learning, service, and advocacy! Please come out on Saturday and have some fun! June 20, 1-5PM Wheeler Park. We will have some food from a local business + potluck. Alcohol OK (BYOB) RSVP at MoreNeighborsA2.org/Birthday
Flyer for More Neighbors A2 Birthday Party
June 20, 1-5PM Wheeler Park (200 Depot St.)
RSVP at MoreNeighborsA2.org/Birthday
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I am already delivering for the Fourth Ward. As Library Board President, I am proud of how we have expanded collections, created vital community spaces, and increased branch programming. Bringing this proven track record to #A2Council is my top priority.
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
My time on the Ann Arbor Human Rights Commission was defined by real outcomes. Among other successes, we helped improve the non-discrimination ordinance, enacted the Crown Act, and advised on equitable pandemic recovery funding. I’m ready to bring this experience to #A2Council!
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More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org · 29/05/2026
We have our first #A2Council candidate answers! See images for a sneak preview of their answers. To hear back from more candidates, we need to tell them how much housing matters to us. Your voice matters more than you might realize! Make yourself heard: moreneighborsa2.org/2026election
Housing isn't a line item to me. It's the difference between a community that holds together and one that quickly disappears.""I recognize that my ability to live here should not be a statistical anomaly.""To tackle the housing shortage in Ann Arbor, we can't just pick one path."
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Rocky Mountain Mike @rockymntnmike.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
As heard this morning on @stephaniemiller.bsky.social , Mary in Ann Arbor and I, along with the Rocky Mountain Mike chorus and orchestra, perform "DJT's Slush Fund". youtu.be/bpXuxhSdk64
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DJT's Slush Fund
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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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Travis Radina @travisradina.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
“Commissioner Andy LaBarre countered Rabhi’s arguments, saying the deal isn’t perfect, but it provides needed housing. Waiting for perfect would result in nothing, he said. ‘The people in this community that need a place to live cannot live in rhetoric.’” 🔥 #A2Council www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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‘A big, bold project.’ Heated debate surrounds Ann Arbor development deal
"This is the kind of private-profit-driven B.S. that I do not ever want to see before this board ever again,” Commissioner Yousef Rabhi said.
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Join us next Saturday at 1 PM for a canvassing kickoff at Lawton Elementary! Bring a charged smartphone, grab a turf, and have fun talking to neighbors. This journey is about listening and learning from our community to better serve the Fourth Ward. See you there, #A2Council!
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Jenn Cornell @jenncornell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Emergency debris removal from the storm will begin Monday, April 20. The City of #AnnArbor has provided a map of where crews will be coming to collect debris left behind while staff was focused on getting roads, sidewalks, & bike lanes opened. www.a2gov.org/media/nwjpzd... #a2Council
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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 15/04/2026
Imagine how incredible it would be to be able to board a train every hour from Chicago to head to Detroit, New Buffalo, Ann Arbor or Kalamazoo. It'd be a win for Chicagoans and Michiganders, increasing business and tourism, and reducing traffic!
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Build the Wolverine for Hourly Service
YouTube video by High Speed Rail Alliance
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 15/04/2026
"The City of Ann Arbor has decided to retain and invest in its outdoor warning siren system... given the heightened community interest following the sirens’ activation overnight on April 15 for a tornado warning... the outdoor warning sirens are staying in place." engage.a2gov.org/siren-review
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Outdoor Warning Siren System Review
A reivew of the City's warning siren system to determine if they should be decomissioned or maintained
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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
FWIW this is a big part of the news in Japan www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03...
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Takaichi seeks to ease concerns over medical-product supplies
The prime minister acknowledged that crude-oil shortages in other Asian nations led to worries about the long-term supply of products manufactured elsewhere and shipped to Japan.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 04/04/2026
How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility michiganadvance.com/2026/04/04/h... From @grist.org
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How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility • Michigan Advance
The idea has sparked enthusiasm across Ann Arbor: a new city-created Sustainable Energy Utility, known as the SEU. The plan is for this city agency to run in tandem, offering a supplemental service th...
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More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org · 04/04/2026
Democratic Socialist leaders in many cities support a "Yes, And" approach that builds social housing AND broadly legalizes market rate housing to help with affordability. Do #A2Council candidates agree? www.kuow.org/stories/mayo...
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Mayor Wilson hopes to improve Seattle's 'stingy' plan for more housing
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is explaining her plan to let Seattle build more housing, in more places, and more quickly than her predecessor Bruce Harrell had planned.
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More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org · 04/04/2026
What does it take to build affordable housing in a city like Ann Arbor? Join us next Sunday to hear from Jennifer Hall. It will be a great time to socialize with neighbors and #A2Council candidates. Optional RSVP form will send you a reminder: actionnetwork.org/events/more-...
More neighbors A2 membership meeting 

Guest speaker Jennifer Hall, executive director of the Ann Arbor Housing Commission 

Sunday, April 13, 1-3PM
Bamboo Ann Arbor 
200 S First St
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/04/2026
And if you want to learn much more about this cool new thing in energy -- say it with me, everybody -- listen to this Volts pod:
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Ann Arbor's experiment with a new kind of utility
Missy Stults explains Ann Arbor's novel plan to build a second, clean-energy utility alongside its incumbent.
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Ginny Rogers @verogers.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
My @cclusa.org friends might be interested
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Ginny Rogers @verogers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I’m ready for #NoKings! #AnnArbor @indivisible.org
Protest sign reading “GOP you OWN ALL this B.S.” next to a red, knit protest hat Protest sign reading “NO KKKINGS”
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Literally, what else do you got to do?
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 22/03/2026
. How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility | Grist Find out more: grist.org/cities/ann-arbor-... #ClimateAction
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How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility
Investor-owned utilities have been slow to ditch oil and gas. The city of Ann Arbor plans to boost access to renewables through a new dual-service model.
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Jenn Cornell @jenncornell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Shockingly, adding housing drives down costs. Who'd have thunk, eh #a2council? 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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More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org · 17/03/2026
We won. Thank you to everyone who made it happen! Take a breath, rest, and get ready for rezoning and more ways to support our community. #A2Council #annarbor #michigan #housing #sustainability #affordability #equity #planning #landuse
More Neighbors A2 is incredibly happy to see the comprehensive land use plan be approved by city council. We want to thank everyone for their support - whether you sent emails, made public comment, or cheered others on.

Ann Arbor has a vision to provide more housing for more neighbors. 

Now, let's get to zoning.
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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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visionzeroannarbor.org @visionzeroannarbor.org · 15/03/2026
There are some common lies used in Ann Arbor to oppose Vision Zero improvements. This 🧵 will attempt to provide some articles that debunk them. #VisionZero #AnnArbor #A2Council
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More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org · 13/03/2026
On Monday, you can join our friendly group in urging #A2Council to pass the plan and encouraging the rezoning process to move as quickly as possible. If you need help writing your comment, send us a DM or an email at info@moreneighborsa2.org. Our volunteers are happy to help.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/03/2026
Sen. Blumenthal: “We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran.”
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Jeff Irwin @jeffmirwin.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This is one of many ideas Michigan should adopt to make housing more affordable. It also allows more density, up to 4 to 6 stories, on more parcels while opening up more design options. We should allow more diverse housing to be built to meet the needs of Michigan residents by passing HB 5570-5571.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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Aidan Sova @aidansova.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
As the youngest Black person elected in Ann Arbor’s history, I carry the torch of those who paved the way. This Black History Month, I’m committed to honoring our past by fighting for a more equitable future. Let’s turn history into progress, together.
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