Giving Away Center of the City: Privatizing Public Library Space

Описание: Links to more information:

Center of the City
https://www.a2librarygreen.org
https://annarborcommunitycommons.org/

Illegal ballot caption for 2018 vote
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/...

Grassroots effort for Center of the City
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/...

Handful of large donors opposed Center of the City
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/...

Mayor Taylor complains about the loss of $10 million
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/...

Skatepark example: $40,000 in private donations
https://www.annarbor.com/news/ann-arb...

Excitement over giving the property away for $1
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/...

Taxpayer funded mailers
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/...

Ann Arbor City Council Meeting Summaries: https://a2council.com
For more about Elizabeth Nelson: https://a2elnel.com

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:36 2017 Selling City Property
3:01 Political Games: "Insult to the Voters"
5:09 The Vote
6:34 Council Responds to Election Results
7:50 The Myth of the Skate Park
11:33 Support for Public Parks... except for this one
15:10 Election Denial & Rewriting History
18:46 Public Assets for Private Development
20:36 2025 Giving Away Public Property
22:38 The Plan: Low Turnout Election to Approve the Giveaway
24:22 "Bursting at the seams" & Rezoning
26:49 Private Towers - Less Public Library Space