The second Democratic
presidential debate will be
hosted in Detroit on July
30 and 31. The Democratic
National
Convention
approved 12 debates, which
will start in June 2019.
The
DNC
told
the
Detroit
Free
Press
the
primary
debate
will
host
approximately
20
candidates including Bernie
Sanders,
Kamala
Harris,
Beto O’Rourke, Cory Booker,
Kirsten
Gillibrand
and
Elizabeth Warren.
DNC
Chairman
Tom
Perez told the Detroit Free
Press the debate is being
held in Detroit because of
the character of the city.
“Detroit
embodies
the
values and character of the
Democratic
Party,”
said
Perez. “It’s a city of grit and
determination, a city that
has gotten knocked down,
only to get back up stronger
… Detroit is the perfect
place for our party’s second
debate.”
Camille
Mancuso,
LSA
sophomore
and
communications director for
the University of
Michigan’s
chapter
of
College
Democrats,
said
the debate in Detroit is a
reflection of the state of
Michigan’s important role in
the upcoming election.
In the first meeting of
the
Ninth
Assembly,
the
University
of
Michigan
Central Student Government
elected
15
members
to
different positions on the new
assembly. CSG President Ben
Gerstein, LSA sophomore, and
CSG Vice President Isabelle
Blanchard, LSA junior, were
officially sworn into their
positions and gave their first
executive communications of
the semester.
The meeting began with
Gerstein, Blanchard and new
members of the Assembly
taking the Oath of Office.
In the March 27 to 28 CSG
election,
Gerstein
and
Blanchard
won
executive
seats as president and vice
president, respectively. Both
Gerstein and Blanchard ran
with the Engage Michigan
Party, which also elected
31
individuals
to
CSG
representative positions.
The Assembly then settled
a
tie
between
Education
junior Cameron Keuning and
Education junior Isra Elshafei
for the School of Education
representative,
ultimately
choosing Elshafei by a secret
ballot vote. Both candidates
had the opportunity to speak
to the Assembly for two
minutes about why they chose
to run as a representative.
Keuning said he decided to
run after discovering no one
was running for the position.
“I want to do this because
I want to serve the other
(School
of
Education)
students
because,
like
myself, they wouldn’t have
gotten represented in this
body,” Keuning said. “I like
to hold high the democratic
values that Central Student
Government
also
holds
up (and) to represent my
fellow students and to serve
them, just as you do to your
classmates.”
Elshafei, who was unable
to
attend
the
meeting,
wrote
in
a
statement
to
the Assembly she believes
the
School
of
Education
is
underrepresented
on
campus and would love the
opportunity to represent the
school through CSG.
“I
am
an
Afro-Arab
American
who
was
born
and raised in Ann Arbor to
immigrant parents, so I was
raised to be a Wolverine,” Elshafei
wrote. “Truthfully, it was a little
disheartening to see that there
were not any candidates running
for the position for the School’s
assembly representative.
University of Michigan alum
Lori Lightfoot won Chicago’s
mayoral race Tuesday night,
making her the first Black
woman to be elected to the
position.
With
Lightfoot’s
victory, Chicago is now on track
to become the largest U.S. city
with an openly gay mayor.
Lightfoot, a former federal
prosecutor,
beat
out
Toni
Preckwinkle,
Cook
County
Board president, in a landslide
victory. The two emerged from
a field of a dozen candidates to
compete in Tuesday’s runoff
election.
Lightfoot, who has never
held elected office, said she
looked forward to taking on
the role, noting Preckwinkle’s
efforts to portray her as a
political novice.
“I feel very humbled and
honored,” Lightfoot said. “I’m
going to do everything I can to
earn it. We were hoping, based
on our polling, that we would do
really well. But, this is amazing.
More than I ever dreamed of.”
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held in Detroit
this summer
Ann Arbor-based hate group sues
AG, state civil rights department
See DEBATE, Page 3A
GOVERNMENT
Presidential hopefuls to make case before
Michigan audience prior to primaries
Advocacy group flags American Freedom Law Center for promoting anti-Muslim views
BEN ROSENFELD
Daily Staff Reporter
See MAYOR, Page 3A
U-M alum
will serve as
next mayor
of Chicago
GOVERNMENT
Lori Lightfoot to be first
Black woman to occupy
city’s highest elected office
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LSA sophomore Benjamin Gerstein is sworn in as the new CSG President at the Michigan League Tuesday evening.
Ninth Assembly gathers for first CSG
meeting, nominates committee chairs
Gerstein and Blanchard, CSG President and Vice President, give first communications
BARBARA COLLINS
Daily Staff Reporter
See LAWSUIT, Page 3A
In November 2018, about
4,300
people
from
the
Washtenaw
County
area
applied for 600 spots on
the Ann Arbor Housing
Commission’s
limited
housing
choice
voucher
waitlist,
according
to
an MLive report. Before
November,
when
the
waitlist was available for
five
days,
the
voucher
waitlist had not been open
since 2012.
The
high
demand
for
vouchers
reflects
Ann
Arbor’s
rising
housing
prices and the increasing
desire
for
affordable
housing solutions. A report
from the U.S. Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development found home
sales in the city increased
by 4 percent from January
to December of 2015, with
an average home sale price
of $235,200. Currently, the
median home value in the
state of Michigan is around
$150,000.
See VOUCHERS, Page 3A
Over 4,000
A2 residents
sign up for
housing list
ANN ARBOR
In search of affordable
living, applicants vie for
government vouchers
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See CSG, Page 3A
In March, the Southern
Poverty Law Center’s released
its annual Hate Group Report.
Each year, the nonprofit civil
rights organization releases
a report on groups engaging
in incisive or hateful political
activity in the United States.
This year, 31 Michigan-based
organizations were identified
for white supremacist, anti-
Muslim, anti-LGBT or general
hate activity, including one
group from Ann Arbor —
the American Freedom Law
Center.
The AFLC, a conservative
law firm, was listed for its
anti-Muslim
stance,
along
with
groups
such
as
the
Sharia Crime Stoppers and the
Southeast Michigan Tea Party.
Ann Arbor lawyer Robert
Muise, the co-founder and
senior counsel for the AFLC,
identifies
as
a
“devout
Catholic,” and his colleague and
co-founder, David Yerushalmi,
practices Orthodox Judaism.
The two attorneys collectively
founded
the
AFLC
in
January of 2012 after several
years
of
collaborating
on
Constitutional
law
cases
regarding issues such as free
speech and abortion.
Following its foundation, the
AFLC gained negative media
attention as early as 2013 for
representing
conservative,
anti-immigrant
organizations
such as the American Freedom
Defense Initiative.
statement
the
Repaint the wall, Annie Hall
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Daily Staff Reporter
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confront effects of social privilege
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