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Christopher Taylor secures primary
win for mayor of Ann Arbor
Taylor will stand alone against a write-in option in November
Christopher
Taylor
is
the
projected
Democratic
candidate
for mayor of Ann Arbor in the Aug.
2 primary election, defeating his
opponent, Anne Bannister. With
all precincts in Ann Arbor counted,
Taylor received 61% of the vote and
Bannister received 38%, according
to the initial results.
If elected in the Nov. 8 general
election,
Taylor
will
serve
a
fourth term as the mayor of Ann
Arbor, having first been elected in
2014. There were no Republican
candidates on the ballot.
Taylor was first elected in 2014
and elected again in 2016, when term
limits were extended from two to
four years. Before taking office as
mayor in 2014, Taylor served three
terms on City Council representing
Ward 3. Taylor is also a local
corporate and commercial attorney
practicing at Ann Arbor-based law
firm Hooper Hathaway.
Taylor’s
platform
focused
heavily on Ann Arbor’s housing
crisis, emphasizing his support for
affordable housing developments and
the continuation of implementing an
unarmed response team for the city.
His tenure as mayor is recognized
for backing high-density housing
and the A2Zero promise to become
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carbon neutral by 2030.
Last month, MLive reported
over
$122,000
raised
between
both candidates in the democratic
mayoral race, with Taylor raising
over $88,000 and reporting over
$49,000
in
expenses.
Towards
the end of July, both candidates
published
literature
critiquing
their opponent. In her campaign
materials,
Bannister
criticized
Taylor, noting his “empty promises
and potholes.”
With no Republican candidate,
Taylor will stand alone against a
write-in option in the Nov. 8 election.
Daily
News
Editor
Shannon
Stocking can be reached at sstockin@
umich.edu.
The Ann Arbor City Council will
be introducing several new faces to
city hall, according to Washtenaw
County’s unofficial primary results.
Democrats
Cynthia
Harrison,
Dharma Akmon and Jenn Cornell
won seats in Wards 1, 4 and 5,
respectively.
Two
incumbents
who ran for re-election, Elizabeth
Nelson in Ward 4 and Ali Ramlawi
in Ward 5, were ousted in their
respective races.
All City Council-elects were
endorsed by Mayor Christopher
Taylor, who also won his re-election
bid with 61% of the vote against
opponent Anne Bannister.
Unopposed in the primaries,
Democratic
candidates
Chris
Watson and Ayesha Ghazi Edwin
will fill the remaining seats for
Wards 2 and 3, respectively. Given
Ann Arbor’s Democratic lean,
candidates who win the August
primaries will run unopposed in
the Nov. 8 general election, barring
any write-in candidates until then.
Ward 1 – Cynthia Harrison
(D)
Democrat
Cynthia
Harrison
will be the next Councilmember
for Ward 1, unofficial results show.
Harrison won with 71% of the vote
over opponent Angeline Smith,
who received 29% of the votes.
Harrison’s platform focused on
mental health-driven criminal legal
reform, accessible transportation
and the development of affordable
housing.
As a lifelong Ann Arbor resident,
Harrison is also a member of Ann
Arbor’s Independent Community
Police Oversight Commission and
Washtenaw County’s 21st Century
Policing Compliance Commission.
Along with Taylor, Harrison
received
endorsements
from
Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry
Clayton and state Sen. Jeff Irwin.
Harrison will be the first Black
city Councilmember in 15 years,
following Wendy Woods, who
served from 2001 to 2007, according
to MLive. Prior to Woods, there
have been a number of Black
Councilmembers, including Larry
Hunger from 1982 to 1994 and Pat
Vereen-Dixon from 1994 to 1999.
Harrison will serve alongside
current
Councilmember
Lisa
Disch, D-Ward 1, following the Nov.
8 general election.
Ward 4 – Dharma Akmon (D)
Democrat Dharma Akmon is
projected to serve as the next
city Councilmember for Ward 4,
according to Wednesday morning’s
unofficial results. Akmon, receiving
49% of the votes, narrowly defeated
incumbent
Elizabeth
Nelson,
who received 46% — a margin of
165 votes. Democrat Mozhgan
Savabieasfahani also ran for the
Ward 4 seat and received 4% of the
votes.
Harrison, Akmon
& Cornell win
Ann Arbor City
Council races, two
incumbents ousted
Elizabeth Nelson and Ali Ramlawi, both
incumbents, were ousted in their respective seats
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Daily News Editor
LEO-GLAM ratifies first contract with UMich
The contract follows nearly eight months of negotiations
The
Galleries,
Librarians,
Archivists and Museums unit of the
Lecturers’ Employee Organization
(LEO-GLAM) ratified its first-ever
contract with the University of
Michigan on July 29. After nearly
eight months of negotiations and
over 30 bargaining sessions, LEO-
GLAM and the University reached
agreements
on
39
different
provisions. 98.4% of LEO-GLAM
members voted to approve the
contract.
In an interview with The
Michigan
Daily,
LEO-GLAM
chair Meredith Kahn expressed
gratitude
to
the
union
and
the University for their work
throughout
the
bargaining
process.
“I am incredibly proud of all
the work that went into reaching
this agreement after almost eight
months of bargaining,” Kahn said.
“We are really proud of what we
achieved. I think we made both
financial and other non-economic
gains for our membership, and
we’re really happy with how things
shook out. And we’re thankful that
the University worked with us to
come to this agreement.”
The contract will run from Sept.
1 of this year through 2025. Over
the next three years, the librarians,
archivists and curators (LACs) in
this unit will see an overall salary
increase of 17%, with individual
raises ranging from 9% to 30%,
depending on current salary. The
contract also clarifies policies
on workload and remote work,
provides funding for professional
development
opportunities,
creates a standardized system for
promotion across all roles and
guarantees that LACs have official
faculty status, which protects their
rights to academic freedom.
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Summer News Editor
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