Ann Arbor mayor condemns council member’s use of racial slur
Updated May 18, 2021;
Posted May 18, 2021
From left, Council Members Chip Smith, D-5th Ward, and Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, chat with Mayor Christopher Taylor during a break at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting on Oct. 21, 2019.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI Mayor Christopher Taylor condemned Council Member Jeff Hayner for offensive language in comments made to the Ann Arbor City Council at its meeting Monday, May 17.
Taylor specifically addressed Hayner’s use of the n-word in a recent interview with MLive/The Ann Arbor News.
Ann Arbor officials considering if they need coaching to get along better
Updated May 04, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021 I feel we need some outside help so that we can function better as an executive board, Council Member.Ali Ramlawi, D-5th Ward, said at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting May 3, 2021.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI The question of whether Ann Arbor elected officials need coaching to get along and function better as a City Council was a topic of discussion Monday night.
Council Member Kathy Griswold, D-2nd Ward, reintroduced a resolution “to improve council effectiveness, performance and communications” at council’s May 3 meeting.
Proposal would allow over 22,000 homes in Ann Arbor to add accessory apartments
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor officials say the city’s restrictions on adding accessory apartments to homes are keeping homeowners from building them, but new rules could allow them on over 22,000 properties.
About a couple dozen Ann Arbor homeowners have applied to add accessory dwelling units known as ADUs to their properties since the city adopted an ADU ordinance in 2016.
In some cases, ADUs can be in detached structures such as a carriage house or an apartment above a garage, or a separate rental unit within a home or home addition.
Ann Arbor councilman reports receiving ‘threatening, homophobic mail’
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Ann Arbor City Council Member Travis Radina, D-3rd Ward, talks about facing anti-gay harassment and speaks out against Council Member Jeff Hayner s use of a homophobic slur to attack journalists on social media.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI After speaking out about an Ann Arbor City Council colleague’s use of a homophobic slur on Facebook, Travis Radina said he received anti-gay hate mail.
“This weekend, the fallout against our LGBTQ community continued,” Radina, who is openly gay, told his colleagues at the council meeting Monday night, April 19.
Ann Arbor councilman stripped of committee assignments for homophobic slur
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Ann Arbor City Council Member Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, issues a public apology April 19, 2021, for using a quote on social media attacking journalists with a homophobic slur.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor City Council Member Jeff Hayner has been removed from several city boards, commissions and committees for using a quote on social media attacking journalists with a homophobic slur.
“Such derogatory language is harmful to the LGBTQ community,” council stated in a resolution Tuesday morning, April 20, condemning Hayner’s remarks and recommending he attend anti-discrimination, diversity and sensitivity training.