studies departments at the University. 

Linh Song, board president of the 

Ann Arbor District Library, is the sole 

candidate for Ward 2, the seat currently 

held by Jane Lumm, I-Ward 2. In Ward 

3, Travis Radina, an LGBTQ+ activist, 

Anthony Brown, the digital distribution 

manager at WDET and Evan Redmond, 

a targeting analyst are running for 

the seat currently held by Zachary 

Ackerman, D-Ward 3. Ackerman is not 

running for re-election. 

Disch, Song, Radina and Redmond 

all participated in Thursday’s forum.

Candidates for Wards 4 and 5 

participated in a forum last Tuesday. 

Elections for City Council candidates 

will be held Aug. 4 along with other 

statewide races. 

Lisa Disch, Democrat for Ward 1

Disch said she was compelled to run 

for City Council due to her concern 

for issues such as climate change and 

housing justice shared by many other 

community members in Ann Arbor. 

She said the creativity and quirkiness 

in the community make Ann Arbor an 

engaging place to live.

When 
asked 
about 
housing 

developments in Ann Arbor, Disch 

said student apartment developments 

are bringing significant amounts of 

revenue into the city’s budget. She said 

she supports the creation of a tenant’s 

union and renter’s commission to 

provide support for student renters.

“When we talk about development, 

we need to recognize what development 

does for us and how dependent we are 

on it and how fortunate we are to be a 

place where people want to work and 

want to live,” Disch said.

If elected to the council, Disch 

said she will advocate for the city’s 

new climate initiative A2Zero, which 

launched March 30 and aims to achieve 

carbon neutrality in Ann Arbor by 

2030.

2 — Friday, April 17, 2020
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Sens. 
Debbie 
Stabenow, 

D-Mich., 
and 
Gary 
Peters, 

D-Mich., 
participated 
in 
a 

virtual town hall meeting hosted 

jointly by WDIV Local 4, WXYZ 

7 Action News and WJBK Fox 2 

Detroit Thursday evening. The 

two senators answered questions 

from Michiganders about the 

current COVID-19 pandemic on 

topics ranging from the personal 

protective equipment shortage 

in the state to the importance of 

robust COVID-19 testing.

Anchor Devin Scillian from 

WDIV Local 4 stated before the 

town hall began that there is 

no getting around the fact the 

town hall would only feature 

representatives 
from 
the 

Democratic Party.

“We live in times that are 

politically 
charged,” 
Scillian 

said. “Our goal tonight is to 

steer clear of politics.”

Stabenow mentioned it was 

difficult as a state to acquire 

personal protective equipment 

for health care workers as well 

as for those who work in densely 

populated areas.

“It’s been really hard, very 

chaotic 
in 
the 
beginning, 

but we are working with the 

governor’s excellent team to 

make changes,” Stabenow said.

Peters 
addressed 
the 

challenge of scaling up the 

15-minute tests that are being 

used in the city of Detroit. He 

said he is in talks with a number 

of companies in order to ramp 

up production in the private 

sector.

“You have to be able to quick 

test folks,” Peters said. “So if 

you have a person who tests 

positive, their coworkers (who 

are first responders) can get this 

test and stay on their essential 

job.”

One concerned Twitter user 

addressed 
relief 
for 
college 

students who have lost their 

jobs. Under the current stimulus 

package, college students over 

the age of 18 who are classified 

as 
dependents 
under 
their 

parents are not eligible for any 

relief. 

Stabenow said she and Peters 

are working on a bill that would 

allow college students to receive 

a stimulus check of $500 if 

they are currently dependents 

of their parents. She also said 

student loans can be deferred in 

most cases by six months.

“There’s a lot more that needs 

to be done, and I’m hopeful that 

it’s done in the next package,” 

Stabenow said.

One individual asked what 

the federal government can do 

to reduce the disproportionate 

impact 
of 
the 
coronavirus 

illness and deaths in the Black 

community. Peters linked the 

problem to a higher incidence of 

people who had not received any 

type of health care over the years 

and who are thus more likely 

to 
have 
underlying 
medical 

conditions, making them more 

susceptible to COVID-19. 

According to Peters, opening 

up enrollment for the Affordable 

Care Act is important so citizens 

have the resources they need to 

keep themselves healthy.

“We are in a health care crisis 

of 
unimaginable 
proportions 

right now,” Peters said. “This 

pandemic 
has 
exposed 
the 

inequities we have in our society 

in a dramatic way.”

Daily Staff Reporter Varsha 

Vedapudi can be reached at 

varshakv@umich.edu

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