tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post3045577308305388974..comments2024-03-19T16:56:38.565-04:00Comments on Damn Arbor: Who cares about the sinkhole?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-39489465139476229202011-04-14T21:03:41.569-04:002011-04-14T21:03:41.569-04:00@Ben: Can we find a way so that I can "like&q...@Ben: Can we find a way so that I can "like" that?Quinn Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11366920500608349473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-58577045357049464162011-04-14T15:23:20.971-04:002011-04-14T15:23:20.971-04:00Perhaps updating the old Ann Arbor City Council me...Perhaps updating the old Ann Arbor City Council meeting drinking game could get more young people invested in the proceedings.Ben Connor Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193673795454832674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-20202769972183093412011-04-14T13:16:42.946-04:002011-04-14T13:16:42.946-04:00@Ben -
Great post. How do you think we can get mo...@Ben -<br /><br /><i>Great post. How do you think we can get more 20-somethings engaged in local politics?</i><br /><br />I think pages like yours are a great start - providing accessible information on local issues (mixed with bike porn and other content to lure in folks who don't think they're into local issues) and a venue for discussion (more civil than AA.com).<br /><br />It's not sufficient on it's own, certainly - there's a need for analysis over time, archival and memory (a special problem of student constituencies), action steps, in-person discussion, etc.<br /><br />These things can also be made accessible and engaging: organize folks to watch council meetings on CTN and trade tweets with @juliewbee, for example. Or, back in they heyday of Arbor Update / Ann Arbor is Overrated, several of the writers involved in those blogs hung out and played scrabble while watching council meetings on CTN. Sure, having a presence at meetings in person is even better, but a substantially higher bar for week-to-week engagement than following on tv / online - if you can get people regularly tuned in and informed, they'll know what you're talking about when you move to action items.Murphhttp://blog.commonmonkeyflower.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-36598160689183576642011-04-14T12:39:45.365-04:002011-04-14T12:39:45.365-04:00beyond the fact that their school is inside its ci...<i> beyond the fact that their school is inside its city limits, defying the popular belief that WCC is in Ypsi.</i><br /><br />Not to be picky, but - well, okay, to be picky, ome notes from your friendly neighborhood geographer:<br /><br />WCC is neither in the City of Ann Arbor nor the City of Ypsilanti. It is primarily in Ann Arbor Charter Township, though some of the easternmost parking lots by Morris Lawrence and pieces of the sports fields by the new Fitness Center are in Superior Charter Township. Complicating things, most of campus is within the 48197 west-ypsi zip code, but parts are in the ne-ann arbor 48105. (<a href="http://www.zipmaps.net/Michigan/Washtenaw_County.htm" rel="nofollow">Washtenaw county zip code map here...</a>)<br /><br />St. Joe's Hospital, right next door, is wholly in Superior Charter Township, and the 48197 zip code. However, directly across Clark Road to the south of the hospital can be found both Ypsilanti Charter Township and the City of Ypsilanti.<br /><br />If this demonstrates to you that municipal boundaries can have a surprisingly small importance to parts of your life, you may be on to something.Murphhttp://blog.commonmonkeyflower.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-67246840667336093102011-04-14T12:34:36.652-04:002011-04-14T12:34:36.652-04:00IF any 20-somethings reading this blog are interes...IF any 20-somethings reading this blog are interested in local or state politics, please find Washtenaw Coalition for Economic Justice on FB. <br /><br />We're planning our next meeting. It'd be great to have you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-75347985356243644302011-04-14T10:50:18.454-04:002011-04-14T10:50:18.454-04:00you should know about this fb page. i posted your ...you should know about this fb page. i posted your article for the voice and this blog entry.<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Keep-Earthen-Jar-and-Jerusalem-Garden-Alive/198269790205203Dane meets Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864462388753811367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-78463760155039926762011-04-13T16:53:01.791-04:002011-04-13T16:53:01.791-04:00Great post. How do you think we can get more 20-so...Great post. How do you think we can get more 20-somethings engaged in local politics?Ben Connor Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193673795454832674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-45636875562632048232011-04-13T14:03:32.850-04:002011-04-13T14:03:32.850-04:00according to http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&s...according to http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fdata.a2gov.org%2Ffeeds%2FGIS%2FAA%2520City%2520Boundary%2FAA_City_Boundary.kmz&sll=37.09024,-95.712891&sspn=40.817312,67.675781&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12<br /><br />WCC is actually not in the city limits? (I only looked this up cause my doctor is across the street and the practice's address is Ypsi..)katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15096361092104952229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281014352729737607.post-3020448392898936182011-04-13T13:19:56.767-04:002011-04-13T13:19:56.767-04:00I would be so thrilled if people actually said thi...I would be so thrilled if people actually said things like "girl, you crazy" at A2 City Council meetings.Andyhttp://motowntotreetown.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com