i am a monster. i play the violin. #a2council enthusiast.
Ann Arbor, MI
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success is not final, failure is not fatal.
it is the courage to continue that counts.
- winston churchill
hey @cmtysolutions!
i was formerly unhoused in washtenaw county, which signed your pledge to end homelessness in 2015. @WashtenawBOC supposedly achieved real time quality by-name data for chronic and veteran homelessness in 2017, and got those milestones in your database.
the reality on the ground for unhoused people here is far worse than the local politicians would like to believe or admit. our existing services are held together by scotch tape and elmers paste, and @WashtenawBOC has been tinkering with different funding models.
the result is that the system we have is strained, underfunded, and increasingly siloed. tagging my current rep @JasonMorganMI. y'all will be hearing from me next wednesday.
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🇺🇸 Election Day 2022 🇺🇸 was historic, inspiring, and exhausting—we ended our day about 2am Wednesday morning. So today we are reflecting on this journey with gratitude and plans for future elections. Here’s a 🧵 of what we saw, what we learned, and what surprised us.
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Just spoke with @DebDingell. Her and I will make calls to professors to vouch for @UMich students who waited hours and missed their exams to vote today! We are serious. DM me. You are heroes. #vote #Election2022
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🚨 PROJECTION
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL OF THE STATE HOUSE. WIN A TRIFECTA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1980s.
Nate Shannon (D) wins house district 58 in Macomb county, defeating Michelle Smith (R)
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🚨 MAJOR PROJECTION
Democrats SWEEP grand rapids state house districts
District 81- Rachel Hood defeats Lynn Afendoulis ✅
District 83- John Fitzgerald defeats Lisa DeKryger ✅
District 84- Carol Glanville defeats Mike Milanowski ✅
2 more seats till a tied house
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🚨🚨PROJECTION: MICHIGAN STATE HOUSE
Jaime Churches wins the Trump +4 downriver seat, succeeding Darrin Camilleri in the state house district 27
Matt Koleszar has also won re-election for a third term in state house district 22
5 more to go for Democrats to get there
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🚨 MAJOR PROJECTION, Betsy Coffia has won the northwest michigan state house seat 103, beating incumbent Jack O’Malley in an upset. O’Malley was a well known TV news anchor in Traverse City
7 more seats till a TIED Michigan state house
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#Michigan senate FLIPS!! For the first time in nearly 40 years!!
epic
#ElectionDay: After waiting a whole six hours, the last voter in line at the UMMA just cast their ballot.
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NEW: footage from the scene at University of Michigan right now and it’s stunning. This is the line of students waiting to register and vote. Over 200 young people. 2+ hour-long wait. No poll could’ve predicted this energy. Ignore the polls and VOTE!
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Hey, #a2council, did you know there was a Ward 5 meeting about "community concern" re safety around affordable housing residents?
Me neither, until 1hr before. Despite I'm a Ward 5 resident and pretty active in affordable housing.
Some criticisms here.
facebook.com/groups/a2yimby/…
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To make a the omelette, you break a the eggs!!
I make a the autopilot, it break a the children and jabroni get upset!! Maronna mia!!
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NEW: footage from the University of Michigan on-campus voting center shows a HUGE line of young people waiting to vote. Young people in Michigan — and across the country — are fired up and ready to turnout. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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by sources I mean literal friends and ppl on the ground lol, I went to school here remember