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
News
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
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.”
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