What Lansing Council
What Lansing Council
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Gossipy recap of Lansing Michigan city council meetings. Starting on November 18th, 2024.
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Explores city council affairs, community projects, and local governance, with episode highlights including discussions on sewer upgrades, human resources issues, and public commentary surrounding development plans. Examples include 'Covid Killed the Bow Tie' addressing internal council elections and 'Spend a Dollar to Protect a Nickel' exploring backlash against Downtown Lansing Inc.
Gossipy recap of Lansing Michigan city council meetings. Starting on November 18th, 2024.
At the January 5th Lansing City Council meetings the council chose their new president and vice president: fourth ward representative Peter Spadafore and at-large councilmember Trini Pehlivanoglu. A failure of the accessible commenting option, disagreement about the procedure for signing up for public comment, and a racially charged comment had this council off to a rocky start.
Our guest William Lawrence is running for United States Congress to represent Mid-Michigan's 7th Congressional District in Washington D.C. A lifelong organizer, he founded a youth-led national climate action organization, Sunrise Movement, and has been working on housing issues at the local and state level as the founder of the Michigan Rent is Too Damn High Coalition. He was raised in East Lansing and now lives near downtown Lansing.
You can learn more about William’s campaign here:
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https://mirentistoodamnhigh.com/lansing/
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