Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian unrest topic of discussion at Ann Arbor council meeting
Updated May 18, 2021;
Posted May 18, 2021
A Palestinian man inspects the damage of a six-story building which was destroyed by an early morning Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza, leveling a six-story building in downtown Gaza City, and Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel early Tuesday, the latest in the fourth war between the two sides, now in its second week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP
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ANN ARBOR, MI Discussion regarding the Ann Arbor City Council’s failure to condemn U.S. military aid to Israel continued at the Monday, May 17 council meeting.
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.
Ann Arbor councilman reports receiving ‘threatening, homophobic mail’
Updated 10:19 AM;
Today 10:19 AM
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 council unanimously supports developing unarmed 911 response program
Updated 11:47 AM;
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Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor discusses establishing an unarmed 911 response program at the City Council meeting April 5, 2021.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor is moving forward with developing an unarmed public safety response program to have non-police professionals respond to certain 911 calls.
City Council voted unanimously in favor of the idea Monday night, April 5, directing City Administrator Tom Crawford to work with the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office and others to try to establish a program by the end of 2021.
“I’m delighted that we’re going to be moving this forward,” Mayor Christopher Taylor said, adding he has heard time and again that police are asked to do too much and are called to handle matters on which they don’t have expertise. “It’s my belief the residents of Ann Arbor demand that we expand the set of public s
‘Toxic political tornado’ debate over Ann Arbor council rules continues
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
City Attorney Stephen Postema discusses matters related to new council rules at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting March 1, 2021. The ACLU argues the rules violate free speech rights.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor City Council members have said they want to end personal attacks between each other.
But new council rules aimed at doing so have been the subject of debate for several weeks now.
As the controversy continued this week, one official summed it up as a “toxic political tornado.”
“I got involved in this with good intentions and I thought it was going to simplify some things, but I feel like it’s snowballed into some kind of toxic political tornado,” Council Member Kathy Griswold, D-2nd Ward, said of rules she and a majority of council OK’d to outline potential consequences for personal attacks and a process for redress of gri