Ann Arbor mayor announces plan to make Juneteenth an official city holiday
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ANN ARBOR, MI Mayor Christopher Taylor announced plans this week to make Juneteenth, a day celebrating Black freedom from slavery in the United States, an official city holiday.
With the annual celebration coming up June 19, Taylor said he’s working on a resolution with other City Council members to recognize the third Saturday in June as Juneteenth and make it a permanent municipal holiday in Ann Arbor.
“Juneteenth is a day of remembrance, and resolve,” he said in a statement. “A day to celebrate emancipation and to honor the strength, endurance and dignity of the African Americans subjected to the atrocity of American slavery.”
Ann Arbor officials look to enact emergency ordinance to limit food delivery fees
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
Melissa Pedigo picks up an order for GrubHub from McDonald s in Ypsilanti on Thursday, May 7, 2020.Jacob Hamilton | MLive.com
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor officials plan to vote Monday on a temporary emergency ordinance to limit fees charged by third-party food delivery services.
It would limit services like Uber Eats, DoorDash, GrubHub and Postmates from charging restaurants a commission or delivery fee greater than 15% of the price of a customer’s food order unless the restaurant consents to a greater fee in exchange for extra services such as advertising, marketing or access to customer subscription programs.
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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.