#michigan

7sleepers@diasp.org

The #NIMBY versus #YIMBY battle came to my old hometown of #AnnArbor. Previously sleepy local elections were flooded with money from out-of-town. The YIMBYs won every seat on the city council as well as the mayor's office, they currently have an unchallenged monopoly. Glad to be watching from a distance! #USA #Michigan #Politics #RealEstate https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/21/landlords-are-rebranded-as-house-hackers-and-capitalism-is-sanitised-once-again

7sleepers@diasp.org

#Michigan #Politics #CampaignFinance "Political action committee, or PACs, remain the dominant force in legislative fundraising, and their financial footprint has grown significantly over the last decade. They are accounts created for groups representing particular issues, industries or even individual businesses. PACs can donate 10 times as much as individuals, and many incumbent legislators create PACs as a means of wielding influence with their colleagues." https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/01/who-funded-michigan-campaigns-for-nearly-every-legislator-it-wasnt-the-folks-they-ran-to-represent.html

7sleepers@diasp.org

#Detroit #Michigan #Music #Motown #ClassicRock: “By my early 20s I was traveling around the world, playing with Harry Belafonte, doing things that I never dreamed of doing. I mean, I always had thoughts of playing with the people I listened to on records, but I never really believed I’d ever find myself in that position.” https://www.metrotimes.com/music/detroit-drummer-spider-webb-weaves-a-tale-from-motown-and-beyond-in-new-doc-32182569

deutschewelle@squeet.me

Lange Haftstrafen wegen geplanter Entführung von US-Gouverneurin Whitmer | DW | 27.12.2022

Einen Tag nach dem Urteil gegen einen Drahtzieher der geplanten Entführung von US-Gouverneurin Gretchen Whitmer ist der zweite führende Kopf des Komplotts verurteilt worden. Er muss noch länger in Haft als sein Komplize.#GretchenWhitmer #USA #Michigan #Enrtführung #DonaldTrump
Lange Haftstrafen wegen geplanter Entführung von US-Gouverneurin Whitmer | DW | 27.12.2022

deutschewelle@squeet.me

Lange Haftstrafe wegen geplanter Entführung von US-Gouverneurin Whitmer | DW | 27.12.2022

Er soll mit anderen Regierungsgegnern die Entführung der Gouverneurin des US-Bundesstaats Michigan Gretchen Whitmer geplant haben. Ein Gericht verurteilte den 39-Jährigen nun zu der bislang höchsten Strafe in dem Fall.#GretchenWhitmer #USA #Michigan #Enrtführung #DonaldTrump
Lange Haftstrafe wegen geplanter Entführung von US-Gouverneurin Whitmer | DW | 27.12.2022