Daniel Adams
@danieladams.bsky.social
Embracing the Quarter Zip Lifestyle. Views expressed are my own.
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I believe in a better Ann Arbor — a better tomorrow for all of us. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Library board member announces Ann Arbor council campaign with goal to expand housing
Aidan Sova, the Ann Arbor District Library board vice president, announced he's running for City Council.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I believe in a better Ann Arbor — a better tomorrow for all of us. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Before she was a 1st Ward candidate, Rebecca Arends was a vocal Jeff Hayner defender, even writing a long email to #a2council defending him as "a devoted father, [and] compassionate neighbor" and arguing that his use of a homophobic slur in a FB post was "none of [Council's] or my business."
January 21, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Before she was a 1st Ward candidate, Rebecca Arends was a vocal Jeff Hayner defender, even writing a long email to #a2council defending him as "a devoted father, [and] compassionate neighbor" and arguing that his use of a homophobic slur in a FB post was "none of [Council's] or my business."
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I am running for #A2Council in the Fourth Ward! Please support our people-powered campaign and help us lead Ann Arbor forward. secure.actblue.com/donate/sova2...
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I am running for #A2Council in the Fourth Ward! Please support our people-powered campaign and help us lead Ann Arbor forward. secure.actblue.com/donate/sova2...
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And Joseph came with Mary, great with child, to Ann Arbor. But the Townies turned them away toward Ypsilanti, saying, "The city is full; it is not meet that every man should afford to dwell among us." And they were cast out, for there was no room for the poor in their sight. #a2council
December 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
And Joseph came with Mary, great with child, to Ann Arbor. But the Townies turned them away toward Ypsilanti, saying, "The city is full; it is not meet that every man should afford to dwell among us." And they were cast out, for there was no room for the poor in their sight. #a2council
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#a2council A friend expressed concern about the loss of single-family neighborhoods in Ann Arbor once the Comprehensive Land-Use Plan and associated zonings are adopted. I made some calculations based on the Portland experience. Here was my response: tinyurl.com/portlandtoa2
Dear friend
Dear friend -- I'm glad you followed up, and I always enjoy talking with you about these issues. You asked about the future of single-family neighborhoods over the next few decades, once the Comprehe...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#a2council A friend expressed concern about the loss of single-family neighborhoods in Ann Arbor once the Comprehensive Land-Use Plan and associated zonings are adopted. I made some calculations based on the Portland experience. Here was my response: tinyurl.com/portlandtoa2
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
In August and Sept 2021, a group of anti-sidewalk activists lobbied the city to cancel the construction of a sidewalk on the north side of Sunset Road from Brooks to Newport.
They argued, among other things, that Sunset is "adequately" served by the single sidewalk on the south side. #a2council
They argued, among other things, that Sunset is "adequately" served by the single sidewalk on the south side. #a2council
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In August and Sept 2021, a group of anti-sidewalk activists lobbied the city to cancel the construction of a sidewalk on the north side of Sunset Road from Brooks to Newport.
They argued, among other things, that Sunset is "adequately" served by the single sidewalk on the south side. #a2council
They argued, among other things, that Sunset is "adequately" served by the single sidewalk on the south side. #a2council
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It’s almost as if building bike infrastructure and supporting cycling safety increases ridership. Hmm. #a2council
“Cycling journeys in the capital have increased by 43% over the past six years to 1.5 million a day, according to a new report.”
Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, TfL report suggests
Cycling journeys have increased to more than 1.5 million daily this year, according to a new report.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It’s almost as if building bike infrastructure and supporting cycling safety increases ridership. Hmm. #a2council
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Yesterday we premiered A RIPPLE IN ANN ARBOR, a 50-minute documentary about Ann Arbor's DNA Dragnet of the 90s, when hundreds of Black Men were profiled and accused of serial rape. It's now available to stream online at aadl.org/arippleinann... . Read on for thanks and acknowledgements!
A Ripple in Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor District Library
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November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yesterday we premiered A RIPPLE IN ANN ARBOR, a 50-minute documentary about Ann Arbor's DNA Dragnet of the 90s, when hundreds of Black Men were profiled and accused of serial rape. It's now available to stream online at aadl.org/arippleinann... . Read on for thanks and acknowledgements!
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
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How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
Tonight’s the night we move on from seven years of waste: wasted time, wasted resources, and wasted opportunities to meet community needs.
Let’s turn a parking lot that we don’t need into so many things that we do need. Vote yes on Props A and B.
#a2council
Let’s turn a parking lot that we don’t need into so many things that we do need. Vote yes on Props A and B.
#a2council
I just voted YES on Proposals A and B! Ann Arbor, I want to live in a community that prioritizes education, empowerment, and ingenuity. For zero new tax dollars, we can build a bigger, better library space for everyone. Join me in voting YES by 8 PM today! #A2Council
August 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Tonight’s the night we move on from seven years of waste: wasted time, wasted resources, and wasted opportunities to meet community needs.
Let’s turn a parking lot that we don’t need into so many things that we do need. Vote yes on Props A and B.
#a2council
Let’s turn a parking lot that we don’t need into so many things that we do need. Vote yes on Props A and B.
#a2council
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The Library Green Conservancy, a 501(c)3 organization, spent $59,000 advocating against Proposals A and B.
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👀 #A2Council
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Exclusive: Complaint filed against Ann Arbor's Library Green Conservancy for Michigan Campaign Finance Act violation
A screenshot of the complaint filed against the Library Green Conservancy Andrew Robbins, a researcher at U of M, has filed a complaint ...
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August 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The Library Green Conservancy, a 501(c)3 organization, spent $59,000 advocating against Proposals A and B.
www.damnarbor.com/2025/07/excl...
👀 #A2Council
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Library Green Conservancy’s president, lawyer, and treasurer are spending the final days of the campaign that it will decide its organization’s future by bickering with random people on Nextdoor.
#a2council
#a2council
Today's reminder that Library Green is an unserious organization run by unserious people. Prop A/B stand on their own merits, but anyone on the fence ought to shudder at the thought of giving LG another 5-10 years to cosplay fundraising and park planning. #a2council
July 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Library Green Conservancy’s president, lawyer, and treasurer are spending the final days of the campaign that it will decide its organization’s future by bickering with random people on Nextdoor.
#a2council
#a2council
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Today's reminder that Library Green is an unserious organization run by unserious people. Prop A/B stand on their own merits, but anyone on the fence ought to shudder at the thought of giving LG another 5-10 years to cosplay fundraising and park planning. #a2council
July 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Today's reminder that Library Green is an unserious organization run by unserious people. Prop A/B stand on their own merits, but anyone on the fence ought to shudder at the thought of giving LG another 5-10 years to cosplay fundraising and park planning. #a2council
Cracking open the Vote No on Proposals A and B campaign finance reports. #a2council
July 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Cracking open the Vote No on Proposals A and B campaign finance reports. #a2council
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In 2018, we promised voters we would fund a park on the library lot without taxpayer dollars. Instead, we spent our 501c3's money on mailers opposing proposals that'd fund the park for free. Here's why it's everyone else's fault that the parking lot has remained desolate and uninviting. #a2council
July 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In 2018, we promised voters we would fund a park on the library lot without taxpayer dollars. Instead, we spent our 501c3's money on mailers opposing proposals that'd fund the park for free. Here's why it's everyone else's fault that the parking lot has remained desolate and uninviting. #a2council
#A2Council I just don't think it's a very compelling argument to say that even if there was a promise that the library lot park would be privately funded, voters aren't civically engaged enough to know that happened
July 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Just saw all the cool events that @aadl.org has scheduled (in addition to the Summer Game!) and compared that to what the Center of the City/Commons group has going on. Seems as if they can’t even keep a planter looking good. Vote yes on A & B, for crying out loud. This is embarassing. #A2Council
July 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Just saw all the cool events that @aadl.org has scheduled (in addition to the Summer Game!) and compared that to what the Center of the City/Commons group has going on. Seems as if they can’t even keep a planter looking good. Vote yes on A & B, for crying out loud. This is embarassing. #A2Council
The lawyer for Save Our Heritage Parking Lot has his conspiracy theory to respond to this piece already in the can: Anyone claiming to have soured on parking-lot preservation is a fake or a plant, unless parking-lot preservation bonafides are authenticated with contemporaneous evidence. #a2council
July 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The lawyer for Save Our Heritage Parking Lot has his conspiracy theory to respond to this piece already in the can: Anyone claiming to have soured on parking-lot preservation is a fake or a plant, unless parking-lot preservation bonafides are authenticated with contemporaneous evidence. #a2council
“No one with any authority to speak for the Library Green Conservancy or the Ballot Committee ever made such a promise.”
Will Hathaway was LGC’s secretary, treasurer, and public spokesperson in 2018. This is the slide he presented to the public on who would pay for the park. #a2council
Will Hathaway was LGC’s secretary, treasurer, and public spokesperson in 2018. This is the slide he presented to the public on who would pay for the park. #a2council
July 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“No one with any authority to speak for the Library Green Conservancy or the Ballot Committee ever made such a promise.”
Will Hathaway was LGC’s secretary, treasurer, and public spokesperson in 2018. This is the slide he presented to the public on who would pay for the park. #a2council
Will Hathaway was LGC’s secretary, treasurer, and public spokesperson in 2018. This is the slide he presented to the public on who would pay for the park. #a2council
And if Mlive is going to finally ask some questions of Library Green, instead of just credulously reprinting the things they're making up to preserve their parking lot, I have some other suggestions.
Like why they quietly booted Alan Haber off their board of directors around 2023ish. #a2council
Like why they quietly booted Alan Haber off their board of directors around 2023ish. #a2council
July 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And if Mlive is going to finally ask some questions of Library Green, instead of just credulously reprinting the things they're making up to preserve their parking lot, I have some other suggestions.
Like why they quietly booted Alan Haber off their board of directors around 2023ish. #a2council
Like why they quietly booted Alan Haber off their board of directors around 2023ish. #a2council
When did LGC first deploy the City Wouldn't Sign Our MOU Chewbacca Defense?
Still searching, but here's a 2021 clip of at least two LGC board members begging the city administrator for money in the upcoming city budget while *never once* mentioning a MOU. #a2council
youtu.be/X9NoFYUcvxY?...
Still searching, but here's a 2021 clip of at least two LGC board members begging the city administrator for money in the upcoming city budget while *never once* mentioning a MOU. #a2council
youtu.be/X9NoFYUcvxY?...
July 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When did LGC first deploy the City Wouldn't Sign Our MOU Chewbacca Defense?
Still searching, but here's a 2021 clip of at least two LGC board members begging the city administrator for money in the upcoming city budget while *never once* mentioning a MOU. #a2council
youtu.be/X9NoFYUcvxY?...
Still searching, but here's a 2021 clip of at least two LGC board members begging the city administrator for money in the upcoming city budget while *never once* mentioning a MOU. #a2council
youtu.be/X9NoFYUcvxY?...
Library Green, in 2018: "The City is not starved for tax revenue. . . . Ann Arbor’s economic survival doesn’t hinge on the projected revenue from any one development."
Ralph McKee, in 2025: "The city is not, in what we call, the best financial shape."
#a2council
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Ralph McKee, in 2025: "The city is not, in what we call, the best financial shape."
#a2council
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July 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Library Green, in 2018: "The City is not starved for tax revenue. . . . Ann Arbor’s economic survival doesn’t hinge on the projected revenue from any one development."
Ralph McKee, in 2025: "The city is not, in what we call, the best financial shape."
#a2council
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Ralph McKee, in 2025: "The city is not, in what we call, the best financial shape."
#a2council
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Mary Hathaway, LGC’s then president, in October 2018: “Nobody will be forced to do anything.”
Tom Wieder, lawyer for Vote No on A and B, yesterday: Prop A “direct[ed]” the city to spend millions and millions of taxpayer dollars to build a parking deck park.
#a2council
Tom Wieder, lawyer for Vote No on A and B, yesterday: Prop A “direct[ed]” the city to spend millions and millions of taxpayer dollars to build a parking deck park.
#a2council
July 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Mary Hathaway, LGC’s then president, in October 2018: “Nobody will be forced to do anything.”
Tom Wieder, lawyer for Vote No on A and B, yesterday: Prop A “direct[ed]” the city to spend millions and millions of taxpayer dollars to build a parking deck park.
#a2council
Tom Wieder, lawyer for Vote No on A and B, yesterday: Prop A “direct[ed]” the city to spend millions and millions of taxpayer dollars to build a parking deck park.
#a2council