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CITY MARKET
April 23-29, 2014 Vendors say lack of parking
is driving away customers,
merchants | p. 5
INNER SPACE
Broad Art Museum
maximizes unusual
dimensions with
unconventional art | p. 13
Eric Schertzing launches bid for Congress
see page 10 COMMON GROUND
Summer music
festival adds Earth,
Wind & Fire, Big Sean
to lineup | p. 15
TOP OF THE TOWN
Final Five winners
announced, voting
begins April 30!
2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 23, 2014
May 15 - June 15, 2014
He’s a man who won’t give
up, and she’s a woman who
won’t give in. In a story that
spans three decades, we travel
with two unlikely companions
who encounter each other at
strange and inopportune times.
When the time is finally right,
will they be able to give in to
their desires for courtship?
A co-production with
9 Tipping Point Theatre.
THIS WEEK: 8th Congressional District
by Norm Foster Featuring:
Ruth Crawford and
Newsmakers THIS WEEK: State Legislature Hosted by
Berl Schwartz
Directed by Lynn Lammers Thomas D. Mahard
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Thursdays & Fridays @ 8PM
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KEN DARGA SUSAN GRETTENBERGER JEFFREY HANK
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And hear Berl Schwartz of City Pulse
call Tim an ignorant slut — or worse.
Watch past episodes at vimeo.com/channels/citypulse Every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.
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Real Broadway — Not just any Broadway Themed Camp
Sunday, April 27 • 3:00 p.m.
Dart Auditorium
Lansing Community College
Featuring the winner of the Bloomquist Prize
in our fourth annual Young Artist Competition
Aden Beery, Tuba
Performance camps for teens and preteens
Learn life skills for school and career, taught by world class Broadway performers
FREE ADMISSION Founded by Broadway performers
Laura Bell Bundy (Legally Blonde) and Paul Canaan (Kinky Boots).
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Spring Open House
Sat, Apr. 26 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
for more information and to register: whartoncenter.com/takeitfromthetop
Drawing for prizes!
The top prize is a drawing for up to $200 off a
Spring Yard clean up by our Professional
Garden Service staff
For A Limited Time!
Master Gardeners will be on hand to help Select LED bulbs will be available
answer any questions visitors may have. It's a
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retailers for as low as $5 through
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Take advantage of this special
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4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 23, 2014
Freeze tuition hikes
Feedback Rogers’ aspirations ‘scary’
VOL. 13
ISSUE 35
Dear President Simon, Thanks for your article of April 2 con- (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com
We have written to you multiple times cerning Mike Rogers (“Mike at the mic”).
ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705
asking for meetings. We have talked to
Assistant Vice President Dave Byelich.
After many attempts, I have never been
able to get a straight answer from Mr.
PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066
We have contacted all of the Board mem-
bers. And we have had a meeting with
Rogers. The thought that he is looking for
further political aspirations scares me.
6 or email citypulse@lansingcitypulse.com
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz
publisher@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-5061
Trustee Mossalam. All of these things I miss your articles in the LSJ.
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten
have been fruitless. Hirten: BWL's Lark caught in a dereliction mickey@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-5067
We are writing this letter demanding —Marvin and Florence Lyons of duty over serious workplace violations MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz
that you use your power within the uni- East Lansing andy@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-5064
versity to freeze tuition for the 2014-2015 PAGE ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross
school year. The state is approving a 6.1
percent increase in funding for higher
Tax breaks for oil industries ‘outra-
geous’ 14 allan@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-5068
PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper
education, the highest increase since Gov. Michigan taxpayers and property own- adcopy@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-5066
Snyder has taken office. This is much ers deserve better than the highly contro- CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith
higher than last year’s increase in appro- versial law that was just approved by Gov. Celebrated Lansing home is the setting jonathan@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-5069
priations of 2.24 percent. Michigan State Snyder’s administration. It gives oil and for Historical Society fundraiser STAFF WRITER • Lawrence Cosentino
lawrence@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-5063
University increased its tuition by an aver- gas companies the capability to put pipe-
age of 2.4 percent last year. Yet the pro- lines on private property and reduces the PAGE MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR • Rich Tupica
posed tuition hike for 2014-2015 is 3 per-
cent. With the increase in state funding,
taxes the industry pays. Under the new
law, oil companies will receive a 40 per- 20 rich@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-6710
ADVERTISING • Jeralyn Garvey
jeralyn@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-6704
tuition should be increasing less than last cent reduction in the oil severance tax as ADVERTISING • Shelly Olson
year, if at all. well as a 20 percent reduction for natural shelly@lansingcitypulse.com • (517) 999-6705
The estimate for next year’s tuition hike gas, which basically hands money to an New Lansing business connects water
sports enthusiasts with the Grand River Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Daniel E. Bollman,
was conspicuously left out of the presen- already wealthy industry. Capital News Service, Bill Castanier, Mary C.
tation that Mr. Byelich gave to ASMSU,
MSU Students United, as well as other
Giving tax breaks to the oil industries that
put our water supply at risk while making
COVER Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle Johnson, Terry
Link, Andy McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon,
ART
Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, Ute
concerned students. It was only through a stark profit is just outrageous. Especially Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak
talking with faculty who spoke with him considering that BP just spilled 1,600 gal- Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Fisher,
that we were able to learn of this number. lons of oil into Lake Michigan. This corpo- Ron Lupu, Brent Robison, Robert Wiche
Interns: Katy Barth, Nicole Halvorsen, Alexandra
This apparent lack of transparency is trou- rate tax break is taking money away from SCHERTZING by BEN CORR Harakas, Kyle Koehler, RJ Wolcott
blesome at best and malevolent at worst. Michigan schools and funds for road repair,
Tuition has been and continues to be which the city of Lansing desperately needs. CITY PULSE THIS WEEK
Editor & Publisher
Berl Schwartz
on the
far too high. MSU Students United and Supporters of this package are ignoring the
our 3,000 supporters are calling on you
to make a public statement endorsing a
tuition freeze by April 28. If this dead-
damage that will likely result from drilling
in environmentally sensitive areas.
Owners will have less control over their
AIR Jack Spencer, Michigan Capitol Confidential
Susan Demas, Inside Michigan Politics
Kyle Melinn, MIRS
7 p.m. Wednesdays
line is not met, we will continue taking own property, and our water supply will The Whiskey Pickers
action towards the tuition freeze that the be subjected to further risk — all while Scott Keith, president and CEO, Lansing Entertainment and Public Facilities Authority
MSU community has demonstrated that the oil and gas industry reap the benefits.
they want. It seems despite the history we have with
oil spills like the Enbridge disaster, our
— MSU Students United elected leaders like Gov. Snyder want to
continue to reward companies that do
CITY PULSE
irreversible damage to our environment
and community health. We need to be
holding polluters like BP and Enbridge
accountable for hurting our communities,
not rewarding them with tax giveaways.
So far, Snyder
has rewarded big Have something to say
businesses and about a local issue
corporate pollut-
or an item that appeared
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at the expense in our pages?
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• Fax: (517) 371-5800
I think we need
2.) Write a guest column:
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PULSE NEWS & O P I N I O N
Discontent at
ket, depending on the length of the construction started, he said. Decker
C
lease term. They also pay a utility sur- aknowledged that there were 55 parking
charge on refrigeration equipment and spaces near the market, though not all
the market
appliances, according to lease terms. spaces are free. For example, the flat rate
Bernero also suggested vendors part- at Lot No. 37 is $6, without a validation
ner with Gillespie to work out deals for ticket. Customers can park for free for OF THE WEEK
new Market Place residents. up to two hours in Lot No. 21, just south
Lansing officials say City Market Gillespie pays the city $1,000 a month of the market’s south doors, though they
vendors should adapt to lack of for 16 spaces for market customers in Lot must tell the parking attendant they’re
parking; Bernero calls the prob- No. 37 behind the Lansing Center near shopping at the market to avoid a fee.
lem a ‘growth spurt’ Cedar Street because the market lost an “We’re not happy about customers
equal number due to construction. He being charged $6 to park,” Decker said.
One by one, vendors at the Lansing said he was under the impression that “That’s crazy.”
City Market would furrow their brows or the $1,000 would be used for marketing Bob Johnson, director of planning
shrug their shoulders when asked: How free parking. “I haven’t seen any signs and neighborhood development, said
are things going at the market? that say free parking,” he said. the city issues to the market manager
Among five interviewed last week, Gillespie said he has no plans to offer validation tickets, which are then passed
each pointed to an underlying problem public parking once the first 80-unit out to vendors. Decker said he received
for what they see is a shrinking cus- apartment structure is completed. five last week, which was the first set he
tomer base and, consequently, fewer City officials are counting on filled- had received in a month. “It’s nowhere
vendors: parking. up Market Place apartments to increase near enough. It’s just enough to confuse
“If we had parking, we wouldn’t be traffic, but vendors wonder whether it customers” — confusing because they’re
in trouble,” said Bob Falsetta, who runs will make up for what they say is a loss in not sure whether validation tickets will
Bob’s Market. “We haven’t got any. be available.
Step by step the mayor is running Johnson said the city has
this place into the ground.” also accommodated vendors Property: Manufacturers Bank of Lansing/
Falsetta has operated at City by offering reduced parking Comerica Bank, 101 N. Washington Square, Lansing
Market since 1960, selling fruits, costs in Lot No. 21, next to the
Owner: Comerica Inc.
vegetables and non-perishable Lansing Center.
foods. Before the newest market “I understand there’s this Assessed value: $600,000
opened in 2010, he said, parking concern some vendors might In spite of its commanding presence and
was never an issue. have with regards to parking. exposed location, this impressive building is
Mayor Virg Bernero downplayed They’re trying to protect their often overlooked. Approaching from the east
the parking concerns last week, business interests,” Johnson along Michigan Avenue, one’s attention is natu-
saying the market is experiencing said. “I don’t think there is any- rally drawn to the Capitol Building at the end of
Andy Balaskovitz/City Pulse
“growing pains” as development thing that the city has done with the axis. Further, the traffic circle at Washington
City Market vendors say a lack of parking is driving
takes shape around it, particularly respect to not trying to accom- and its correspondingly difficult navigation
away customers and causing merchant vacancies.
Pat Gillespie’s Market Place apart- modate the patrons of the City keeps drivers’ eyes on the road and pedestrians
ments. Another Gillespie project Market.” — where they should be. However, visitors who
plans for apartments in the outfield drive-in customers. The City Market is where it is — they remain in their cars will miss the smaller details
of Cooley Law School Stadium across The new market opened in January chose to do business there,” he added. that define this imposing building.
Cedar Street. 2010. City Market was established in Johnson said there is no plan to add The Lansing-based architecture firm of Lee
“What I see going on is growth and 1909 at the corner of Grand Avenue and more parking unless the proposed casi- Black and Kenneth C. Black designed the bank.
development,” Bernero said. “It’s not Shiawassee Street, now the site of a fire no plan goes through, in which case it According to the carving within the entry arch,
uncommon. It’s a period of growth, a station. In 1938, it moved east of the will be necessary. it was constructed in 1931, as the Art Deco style
period of transition. The dislocation, Grand River to Shiawassee and Cedar, In February, the City Council’s enjoyed its peak popularity. The building exhib-
pain, discomfort — it’s a big growth just north of where the market stands internal auditor, Jim DeLine, issued a its features typical of the style. Exterior eleva-
spurt.” today. As of Thursday, there were 12 ven- report to the Council, explaining ven- tions display a tripartite division, both horizon-
Market vendors say the roughly 55 dors operating inside the market, plus dors’ concerns based on reports he tally and vertically. Emphasizing the building’s
spaces available aren’t enough to support the Waterfront Bar & Grill. Even City heard from them. He categorized con- verticality, pilasters rise from the solid base,
steady drive-in customers. Pulse reports from 2010 suggested early cerns in four areas: vacancies, parking, where several urban-scaled arches draw visitors
Bernero believes several factors may apprehension about the lack of parking “management involvement” and city to the building.
contribute to the lack of foot traffic, at the new location. As of Tuesday, four involvement. He also noted that for- The paired elephants that stand over the
including the need for another down- vendor spots were vacant, though two of mer market manager Heather Hymes main entrance are the most obvious of the abun-
town hotel. The Radisson has a non- those are expected to be filled soon. resigned in February due to a strained dant sculpture to be found around the limestone
compete agreement that lasts until 2017, John Decker, vendor for Hickory relationship with vendors. base. Low-relief details at the main arch depict
which he fought the City Council on Corners, said there was an expectation At a Council budget hearing last details from Lansing’s history. Visitors should
when he was a state senator. when the new market opened that “there week, Scott Keith, president and CEO of step through the large entry doors to find addi-
“Whoever (on the Council) voted for would be a parking ramp coming real the Lansing Entertainment and Public tional detailing in the high-ceilinged main hall.
that is an idiot by definition,” Bernero soon. It didn’t come up. The (city) bud- Facilities Authority, which manages the
said. get got worse, and here we are in a new market, was banking on the traffic issue — Daniel E. Bollman, AIA
Bernero also said that, as business building without parking.” being solved as more residents move into
owners getting “subsidized rent,” they Hickory Corners has operated at City the area, pointing to Market Place and “Eye Candy of the Week” is our look at some of the nic-
should approach the lack of parking as Market for the last 20 years. The parking the apartments planned within Cooley er properties in Lansing. It rotates with Eyesore of the Week.
If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lansingcitypulse.
a reality. Vendors pay between $1.30 and problem at the new location was exacer- com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064.
$1.70 per square foot inside the mar- bated last fall as Gillespie’s Market Place See City Market, Page 6
6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 23, 2014
City Market Flynn does it — actually, sings it —
this way:
“Give ’em the old razzle dazzle. Razzle
why we weren’t told,” Ward said. Louney
had a similar comment.
For a chief executive to be so out of touch
the board. Lark sent word he disagrees.
“We typically do not report these kinds
of findings to the board, as they reflect
from page 5 dazzle ’em. with his bosses — the BWL commissioners operation and not policy issues,” said
Give ’em an act with lots of flash in it. — is bad for both. What did the board know spokesman Steve Serkaian, in response to
Law School Stadium. And the reaction will be passionate. about BWL’s resolution of this avoidable an LSJ query to Lark. The commission-
Keith also said LEPFA is in the process of Give em the old hocus pocus. Bead and accident? According to the LSJ, responding ers at their meetings do, in fact, deal with
hiring a new market manager and is “devel- feather ’em. to Louney’s request for an update on the operational issues. They are intertwined
oping new relationships with merchants.” How can they see with sequins in their accident, BWL water director Dick Peffley with policy, especially since the botched
On that front, the city still has work to eyes. and Lark “offered a silver-lining scenario — recovery from last December’s ice storm.
do, if Thursday’s visit is any indication. What if your hinges are all rusting? no injuries, substantial insurance reimburse- What Lark and his team seem slow to
“There aren’t as many customers com- What if in fact you’re just disgusting? ment and virtually new plant nearing its grasp is that the old razzle dazzle no longer
plaining because people aren’t coming Razzle dazzle them return to full automation. Their presentation works. Sure there are hold-outs, notably
back,” Falsetta, of Bob’s Market, said. “The and they’ll never ended to applause.” board Chairwoman Sandra Zerkle, who
city acts like it doesn’t care.” catch wise. Give ’em the old razzle dazzle. told the LSJ that she believed the board
But Flynn may Here is what happened at the Wise was adequately updated. But treating the
— Andy Balaskovitz have been wrong with Road water treatment plant. An employee board like stooges won’t work if commis-
this last line. Finally pumped 2,150 gallons of bleach into a tank sioners begin to take governance seriously.
some BWL commis- filled with 1,900 gallons of fluoride. The Ultimately, BWL’s problems reflect on
sioners are catching chemicals reacted, creating a toxic cloud that Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero. He appoints
Song and
wise, seeing through corroded the interior workings of the water commissioners who share his approach to
Lark’s razzle dazzle. treatment plant and required the evacuation the utility. In Bernero’s defense, it is dif-
And they need to. of people living nearby. No one was injured. ficult to find volunteers willing and able to
MICKEY HIRTEN
dance man
Revelations last BWL’s insurer paid $22.5 million to cover serve. Sitting on a city commission isn’t a
week by Lansing the damage and the utility hopes to recover glamor gig. It’s work, often tedious.
State Journal reporter Steven Reed illus- its $500,000 deductible from the company So here I’m changing course from my
trates a serious disconnect with Lark and that delivered the bleach, which it says was past position. Broaden the talent pool.
A Lansing State Journal story catches his managers. Reed reported BWL’s com- offloaded at the wrong location. Open slots on the Board of Commissioners
J. Peter Lark withholding informa- missioners were not told that the utility MIOSHA — the Michigan Occupational to volunteers from all of the communities
tion from his bosses about serious was cited for 10 serious workplace safety Safety and Health Administration — wasn’t served by BWL. Currently, commission-
workplace violations at the Lansing violations and $13,700 in fines by the applauding. It was pointed in its criticism ers must be city residents. Bernero would
Board of Water and Light Michigan Occupational Safety and Health of BWL, citing inadequate training, weak find that there are talented people in East
Administration as a result of a $23 million documentation and sloppy work habits. Lansing and the surrounding townships
If he needs to change jobs, J. Peter Lark, water treatment plant accident in July 2011. Initially the agency fined BWL $35,800, who are willing to serve and willing to
Lansing Board of Water and Light’s general As least two of the commissioners, which the utility bargained down to question management.
manager, could easily play the fast-talking Cynthia Ward and Vice Chairman Dennis $13,700, the LSJ reported. This would require a change in the char-
lawyer Billy Flynn in the musical “Chicago.” Louney, said in Reed’s LSJ article that Unless it is cited often by MIOSHA, ter. But BWL’s top executives need better
He’s got the suits. He’s got the coif. And they should have known. “As an indi- which may be possible, considering bosses to represent the interest of custom-
Lark plays his board of commissioners the vidual board member, that is something BWL’s threshold for disclosure, this epi- ers — strong commissioners who aren’t
way Flynn plays juries. I would have wanted. I don’t understand sode seems unique enough to discuss with blinded by the razzle dazzle.
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE Anticipated Program Income During PY 2014/2015: Program income from sale of real property
CITY OF EAST LANSING purchased with Section 108 Loan proceeds is estimated at $200,000. Other sources of program
PROPOSED PY 2014/2015 income funds are estimated at $20,000.
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
(PY 2014/2015 CDBG PROGRAM & BUDGET) Proposed Use of Program Income: Program income typically returns to the program which generated
the income; i.e., recapture of second mortgage proceeds, through the Home Owner Assistance
The 2014 Action Plan represents the second year of the City’s current Consolidated Plan. The Program (HOAP), will be budgeted for additional homebuyer subsidy. All program income generated
proposed projects and activities would be funded with federal government Community Development from sale of lots in the Virginia Avenue Project will be put back into the project to cover further eligible
Block Grant (CDBG) program funds awarded to the City through the U.S. Department of Housing acquisition and related costs. The specific use of other program income will be determined at a later
& Urban Development (HUD). The City’s anticipated PY 2014/2015 CDBG Entitlement Grant is date.
$424,231. The proposed budget will be considered by the City Council as part of the City’s Fiscal
Year 2015 Budget and Program of Services. This is to provide notice that the formal 30 calendar Beneficiaries: Activities under Project 1 meet the objective of low-moderate income housing benefit.
day comment period on the proposed Action Plan commences on April 24, 2014 and will conclude Projects 2, 3, and 5 are limited clientele benefit, meaning that households and individuals assisted with
on May 26, 2014. During this period, copies of the Action Plan may be reviewed at the City of East these activities must meet the low-moderate income guidelines established by HUD or be considered
Lansing, Department of Planning, Building and Development Department, 410 Abbot Road, East by HUD to be members of a clientele generally presumed to be low-moderate income. Project 4 is a
Lansing, MI 48823, and the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823. public improvement activity, which meets the low-moderate income area benefit. These activities are
undertaken in areas in which at least 51% of the households have low-moderate income, as defined
Proposed PY 2014/2015 CDBG Program and Budget by HUD. Project 6 is planning and/or administrative activities.
1. Section 108 Loan, Virginia Avenue Project, repayment of principal and interest $ 126,327
2. Hometown Housing Partnership, Home Owner Rehabilitation location: City Wide $ 33,090 Displacement: As required by HUD regulations, the City will follow the Federal Uniform Relocation
3. Hometown Housing Partnership, Home Owner Assistance Program $ 55,670 Assistance and Real Properties Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended and all applicable
4. East Lansing Department of Public Works, CDBG Sidewalk Improvements $ 60,665 minimized to the greatest extent possible.
5. Public Services Activities Range of Activities Eligible for CDBG Funding: Activities which may be undertaken with CDBG
funds include but are not limited to: acquisition, disposition, public facilities and improvements,
a. Legal Services clearance, public (human) services, homeownership assistance, housing rehabilitation and
Legal Services of South Central Michigan $ 2,450 preservation, renovation of closed buildings, lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction, special
b. Shelter and Support Services for Dating and Domestic Violence economic development activities, micro-enterprise development, technical assistance, and planning
EVE Inc. $ 7,450 and administration. For additional information on eligible activities, refer to 24 CFR 570, Subpart C.
c. Child Abuse Prevention Services
Child and Family Charities $ 6,990 Further Information and Comments: If you wish to obtain further information regarding anything
d. Shelter for Families with Children contained in this public notice, please contact the East Lansing Planning, Building, and Development
Haven House $ 31,454 Department at 319-6930 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
e. Support Services for Low Income Migrant Services Comments may be submitted to the East Lansing Planning, Building, Development Department at
Michigan State University, MSU HEP CAMP $ 7,840 City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823.
f. Shelter & Support Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence
MSU Safe Place $ 7,450 Dated: April 23, 2014
Marie E. Wicks
6. Program Planning and Administration $ 84,845 City Clerk
TOTAL $ 424,231 CP#14_110
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When anchors tals’ annual purchasing now exceeds $750
billion, according to research done by the
Democracy Collaborative. The research also
PUBLIC NOTICES
B/14/082 TRASH REMOVAL SERVICES as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing.
spend, we win
showed “local purchasing carries with it add- The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PURCHASING OFFICE,
8TH FLOOR CITY HALL, 124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 until 3:00 PM
ed benefits in terms of environmental con- local time in effect on MAY 20, 2014 at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Complete
cerns and infrastructure stability. Purchasing specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by calling Stephanie Robinson
goods locally requires less transportation, at (517) 483-4128, email: stephanie.robinson@lansingmi.gov or go to www.mitn.info .
The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-
How the local economy could thrive decreasing costs and offsetting carbon emis- based businesses.
if major institutions adopt local-pur- sions. Similarly, buying locally reduces both CP#14_101
chasing policies pressure and dependency on our nation’s
The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is accepting proposals for the Demolition/
overtaxed transportation infrastructure and Deconstruction & Debris Removal, of residential structures located at sites listed in the Bid
In the last column, I referred to illuminates the risk of inconvenience or Packet# DEMO-05-2014, which can be obtained at the Ingham County Land Bank office located at
Michigan State University as an anchor in stoppage due to weather, as well as natural the Neighborhood Empowerment Center, 600 W Maple St, Lansing, MI 48906 or at the website: www.
inghamlandbank.org. Proposals will be due at the Land Bank office by 2pm on May 7, 2014. The
our community. It is the kind of institu- (and man-made) disasters.” Bid Opening will be May 7, 2014 at 2pm. The Ingham County Land Bank is an Equal Employment
tion that isn’t likely to pick up and move • The University of Pennsylvania Opportunity Employer. Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses are encouraged to apply.
away because profits don’t meet the own- has pumped more than $90 million into CP#14_107
ers’ expectations. Other anchor institutions its west Philadelphia neighborhood since
like hospitals, government and schools are it established a policy to make a minimum B/14/072 WWTP MISCELLANEOUS ROOM REHABILITATION as per the specifications provided
more deeply connected to place. It is pos- of 10 percent of its purchases from local by the City of Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the FINANCE DEPARTMENT,
PURCHASING OFFICE, 8TH FLOOR CITY HALL, 124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING,
sible that ownership of hospitals may shift vendors. MICHIGAN 48933 until 3:00 PM local time in effect on May 20, 2014 at which time bids will be publicly
and schools can close • Gundersen Lutheran, a opened and read. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by
because of demographic Wisconsin-based health care system, set the calling Stephanie Robinson CPPB at (517) 483-4128, email: Stephanie.robinson@lansingmi.
gov or go to www.mitn.info . The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors including MBE/
trends, but it is rare goal of purchasing 20 percent of its food WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses.
for them to just get up locally. As a result, Gundersen helped cre- CP#14_108
and leave town. Since ate the Fifth Season Cooperative, a multi- CITY OF LANSING
each of these anchors stakeholder farm cooperative that connects NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
wants to draw the best local famers and producers of meat and
employees, they need to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, May 19 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
dairy products to local purchasers (in addi- in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI for
offer a community that tion to Gundersen). the purpose of considering:
provides good schools, • Cleveland’s Evergreen
health care and other Cooperatives are a network of worker- An Ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, to Amend Chapter 608, Section 4, of the
Lansing Codified Ordinances by allowing for the sale of alcoholic beverages within Groesbeck
services that support a good quality of life. owned green businesses linked to the sup- Golf Course and Hope Soccer Complex, subject to ordinance requirements.
So it makes sense that they should invest ply chain of area anchor institutions. Three
in the community that supports them. This businesses have been launched to date: the For more information please call 517-483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please attend the
public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5
can be done not only by being charitable on Evergreen Cooperative Laundry, Evergreen p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Monday, May 19, 2014, at the City Clerk’s Office,
occasion, but by also utilizing the power of the Energy Solutions and Green City Growers. Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933.
purse to strengthen and support other local The Democracy Collaborative suggests
Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk
business. If, for example, the cities of Lansing a few ways anchor institutions can directly CP#14_105
and East Lansing, the counties, the state, purchase locally:
Sparrow and McLaren hospitals put a signifi- • Establish institution-wide local NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
CITY OF LANSING’S PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET
cant portion of their investment dollars into purchasing goals.
the community, it would reap the additional • Create incentives that encourage The City Council of the City of Lansing will conduct a Public Hearing on Monday, May 12, 2014, at 5:30
benefits those investments would make: more decision makers to purchase goods locally. p.m. in the City Council Chambers on the 10th Floor of Lansing City Hall located at 124 W. Michigan
employment, more circulation of money and, • Work with local community-based Ave., on the proposed City of Lansing budget and capital improvements. The property tax
therefore, more economic security. groups to reach out to local vendors as well millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget
But beyond the investment pool of dol- as to build the capacity of local vendors. will be a subject of this hearing.
lars are the purchasing dollars lost. How • Start a center, office or program
intentional are MSU, Lansing Community that coordinates local purchasing efforts. The proposed budget is available for public inspection on weekdays, in the City Clerk’s Office, 9th
College, the hospitals, schools and govern- Of course, this purchasing effort doesn’t floor City Hall, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
ment shopping to support local production need to be limited solely to anchor institu- All persons desiring to express an opinion about the proposed city budget, the tax rate, or proposed
and services, thereby strengthening the tions. Other businesses, organizations and capital improvements are invited to attend this public hearing or submit written comments. 517-483-
prosperity of the region we share? Do any consumers can make an effort to move 4141.
of them have a local or state preference more of our dollars into the community CHRIS SWOPE, LANSING CITY CLERK
policy in place that provides a small incen- where we’ll see more of those dollars stay CP#14_102
tive to purchase from the locally owned and circulate. The benefits are many. Other CITY OF LANSING
businesses? Cities like Columbus, Ohio; policy changes would also help local inde- NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Madison, Wis.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and pendent businesses, according to a national
Act-8-12, Sale of 1821 Todd Avenue (former LFD Station #5)
states as diverse as Wyoming, California, survey conducted earlier this year by the
Indiana, West Virginia and Alaska have Institute for Local Self-Reliance and the The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 5, 2014, at 7:00 p.m, in the
adopted various formulations of purchasing Advocates for Independent Business coali- City Council Chambers, 10th Floor City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan, to consider
a resolution selling the parcel commonly known as 1821 Todd Avenue (former LFD Station #5),
preference policies for local businesses. In tion. These include collecting a sales tax on specifically described as:
my research, I could not find any Michigan Internet sales, eliminating subsidies for big
communities doing so. companies and regulating the swipe fees Lots 6 & 7, Block 19, Park Place Subdivision, City of Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan.
When we consider the full economic that Visa and Mastercard charge. Details of the sale are on file with the City Clerk’s Office and are available at Ninth Floor, City Hall,
purchasing power of our anchor institu- There are no shortages of possibilities. But 124 West Michigan Ave. or www.lansingmi.gov/clerk. For more information about this sale, phone
tions helping them rethink how they spend if we want our community to thrive, we need City Council Offices on City business days, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at
money can help strengthen their commu- 483-4177.
to be more mindful of our purchasing habits.
nity, thus making it a more attractive place Consultant Terry Link was the found- If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written
to draw and keep quality employees. ing director of MSU’s Office of Campus comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5
In 2006, U.S. colleges and universi- Sustainability and is a senior fellow p.m., Monday, May 5, 2014, at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave.,
Lansing, MI 48933-1695.
ties purchased over $373 billion in goods with the U.S. Partnership for Education
and services (more than 2 percent of the for Sustainable Development. He can be Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk
nation’s gross domestic product) and hospi- reached at link@lansingcitypulse.com. CP#14_103
8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 23, 2014
PUBLIC NOTICES Continued on page 9
CITY OF EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 19-20-50-36-102-105 554 AVOCET DR 19-20-50-36-102-149 3827 PLOVER PL
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ORDINANCE 1321 19-20-50-36-202-212 614 AVOCET DR 19-20-50-36-102-168 3832 PLOVER PL
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING USE DISTRICT
MAP OF CHAPTER 50 - ZONING - OF THE CODE OF THE 19-20-50-36-102-091 425 BUTEO DR 19-20-50-36-102-167 3842 PLOVER PL
CITY OF EAST LANSING 19-20-50-36-102-079 435 BUTEO DR 19-20-50-36-102-152 3843 PLOVER PL
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Please take notice that Ordinance No. 1321 was adopted by the East Lansing City Council at a regular 19-20-50-36-102-077 455 BUTEO DR 19-20-50-36-102-154 3853 PLOVER PL
meeting of the Council held on April 15, 2014 and will become effective 7 days after the publication
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of the following ordinance.
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THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS: 19-20-50-36-102-056 466 BUTEO DR 19-20-50-36-102-156 3863 PLOVER PL
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The Zoning Use District Map is hereby amended to rezone the Hawk Nest Neighborhood 19-20-50-36-102-057 476 BUTEO DR 19-20-50-36-102-157 3867 PLOVER PL
into the R-O-3 Residential Rental Restriction Overlay District. The proposed District generally lies
south of the Moore Branch of Remey Chandler Drain, west of the Northern Tier Trail, north of Coleman 19-20-50-36-102-074 485 BUTEO DR 19-20-50-36-102-164 3872 PLOVER PL
Road, and east of the western edge of the Hawk Nest neighborhood. The rezoning includes the 19-20-50-36-102-058 486 BUTEO DR 19-20-50-36-102-158 3873 PLOVER PL
following properties: 19-20-50-36-102-073 495 BUTEO DR 19-20-50-36-102-159 3877 PLOVER PL
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19-20-50-36-102-100 504 AVOCET DR 19-20-50-36-202-276 685 PHOEBE LN 19-20-50-36-102-090 3633 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-282 3735 SHEARWATER LN
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19-20-50-36-102-101 514 AVOCET DR 19-20-50-36-202-275 695 PHOEBE LN 19-20-50-36-102-089 3643 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-300 3742 SHEARWATER LN
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19-20-50-36-102-110 533 AVOCET DR 19-20-50-36-102-144 3803 PLOVER PL 19-20-50-36-102-026 3660 KISKADEE DR
19-20-50-36-102-103 534 AVOCET DR 19-20-50-36-102-145 3807 PLOVER PL 19-20-50-36-102-087 3663 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-080 3634 WHIMBREL WAY
19-20-50-36-102-109 543 AVOCET DR 19-20-50-36-102-146 3813 PLOVER PL 19-20-50-36-102-027 3670 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-081 3644 WHIMBREL WAY
19-20-50-36-102-104 544 AVOCET DR 19-20-50-36-102-147 3817 PLOVER PL 19-20-50-36-102-086 3673 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-054 3645 WHIMBREL WAY
19-20-50-36-102-108 553 AVOCET DR 19-20-50-36-102-148 3823 PLOVER PL 19-20-50-36-102-028 3676 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-082 3654 WHIMBREL WAY
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from page 8 PUBLIC NOTICES
19-20-50-36-102-029 3680 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-053 3655 WHIMBREL WAY CITY OF LANSING
19-20-50-36-102-085 3683 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-083 3664 WHIMBREL WAY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
19-20-50-36-102-030 3690 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-052 3665 WHIMBREL WAY
Act-9-12, Sale of 629 N. Jenison Avenue (former LFD Station #7)
19-20-50-36-102-031 3700 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-084 3674 WHIMBREL WAY
19-20-50-36-102-048 3703 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-051 3675 WHIMBREL WAY The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 5, 2014, at 7:00 p.m, in the
19-20-50-36-102-032 3706 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-050 3685 WHIMBREL WAY City Council Chambers, 10th Floor City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Michigan, to consider
19-20-50-36-102-033 3710 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-102-049 3695 WHIMBREL WAY a resolution selling the parcel commonly known as 629 N. Jenison Avenue (former LFD Station #7),
specifically described as:
19-20-50-36-102-047 3713 KISKADEE DR
19-20-50-36-102-034 3716 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-247 615 WILLET WAY Lot 19 and 20, Block 9, Espanore Addition, City of Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan.
19-20-50-36-102-035 3720 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-246 619 WILLET WAY
19-20-50-36-102-046 3723 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-250 622 WILLET WAY Details of the sale are on file with the City Clerk’s Office and are available at Ninth Floor, City Hall,
19-20-50-36-102-036 3726 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-245 629 WILLET WAY 124 West Michigan Ave. or www.lansingmi.gov/clerk. For more information about this sale, phone
City Council Offices on City business days, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at
19-20-50-36-102-045 3727 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-251 632 WILLET WAY 483-4177.
19-20-50-36-102-037 3730 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-244 639 WILLET WAY
19-20-50-36-102-044 3733 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-252 642 WILLET WAY If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written
19-20-50-36-102-043 3737 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-243 649 WILLET WAY comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5
19-20-50-36-102-038 3740 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-253 652 WILLET WAY p.m., Monday, May 5, 2014, at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave.,
Lansing, MI 48933-1695.
19-20-50-36-102-042 3743 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-242 659 WILLET WAY
19-20-50-36-102-039 3746 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-254 662 WILLET WAY Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk
19-20-50-36-102-041 3747 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-241 669 WILLET WAY CP#14_104
19-20-50-36-102-040 3750 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-255 672 WILLET WAY
19-20-50-36-102-137 3753 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-240 679 WILLET WAY CITY OF EAST LANSING
19-20-50-36-102-138 3757 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-256 682 WILLET WAY
19-20-50-36-102-139 3763 KISKADEE DR 19-20-50-36-202-239 689 WILLET WAY NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1322
19-20-50-36-202-257 692 WILLET WAY
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 50-573 OF CHAPTER
50 - ZONING - OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING
TO ALLOW FOR BUILDING HEIGHTS UP TO SIX STORIES
WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON PROPERTIES LESS THAN
TWO ACRES IN B-2 DISTRICTS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Please take notice that Ordinance No. 1322 was adopted by the East Lansing City Council at the
regular meeting of the Council held on April 15, 2014, and will become effective 7 days after the
publication of the following summary of ordinance.
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 1322
THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS:
Sections 50-573 of Chapter 50 of the Code of the City of East Lansing are hereby amended
as follows:
On parcels less than two (2) acres in size located within the Downtown Development
Authority District boundaries, established pursuant to the Downtown Development Authority Act,
buildings may be up to six (6) stories or 84 feet in height, subject to an approved special use permit
as provided by article II of this chapter.
A true copy of Ordinance No. 1322 can be inspected or obtained at the Office of the City Clerk at City
Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan during normal business hours.
Marie E. Wicks
City Clerk
CP#14_114
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing Planning
Commission on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2,
101 Linden Street, East Lansing:
1. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from Wings Four, Inc. for a modified
Special Use Permit approval for the property at 360 Albert Avenue to allow renovations and
changes to the interior of the existing Buffalo Wild Wings, a restaurant serving alcohol. The
property is zoned B-3, City Center Commercial District.
2. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from Columbia East Lansing Hotel, Inc.
for Special Use Permit approval for the property at 300 M.A.C. Avenue to allow renovations
and changes to the existing Marriott Hotel to move the restaurant/bar area to the first floor. The
property is zoned B-3, City Center Commercial District.
Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City
Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given
an opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next Planning Commission
meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission may vote on them. The
Planning Commission's recommendations are then placed on the agenda of the next City Council
meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on these applications.
The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters
A true copy of Ordinance No.1321 can be inspected or obtained at the Office of the City Clerk at for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to
City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan during normal business hours. individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the
meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning
Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800-
Marie E. Wicks 649-3777.
City Clerk
Marie E. Wicks
City Clerk
CP#14_113 CP#14_112
10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 23, 2014
On the issues
What are your funding priorities for getting money on minimum wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit. The
back to the district? Earned Income Tax Credit is one of the best things we’ve
Education and infrastructure. And of course, education is part got going. It was Nixon who put that in place. It would be
of the human infrastructure of the country. This country was more helpful and more intelligent to talk about those two in
Q&A with Eric Schertzing built on high-quality infrastructure. That’s roads, sanitary and combination so that the programs complement each other.
storm drains, our drinking water. The infrastructure is-
Tuesday at 4 p.m. was the filing deadline for sues are just mind-boggling in magnitude. What is your position on marijuana legalization?
candidates in this year’s mid-term elections to I would come down on legalizing, regulating and
get their names on the primary ballot. In Ing- What should Congress be doing to when it comes taxing it. Let’s control it. It could be a revenue
ham County, four Democrats have lined up to to reining in the National Security Agency? source. And how much money have we point-
Some constitutional protections in our lessly spent trying to eradicate it? It was preva-
try and replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers.
democracy have been blurred. The fear fac- lent when I was in high school in the ‘70s and it’s
Below is a Q&A with Ingham County Trea- tor has been used so much to let folks think prevalent today.
surer Eric Schertzing, the Democratic candidate the government can do what they need to do.
with the most name recognition. Also below is Certainly one of the primary responsibilities of Republicans have made it well known that
an introduction to the three other Democrats: government is to keep us all safe, and a decent they plan to attack Democrats on the Af-
Ken Darga, Susan Grettenberger and Jeffrey job has been done on that. But you also have to fordable Care Act in this midterm
Hank. On page 11, read more about Schertz- defend and protect the Constitution and indi- election. What is your strategy
vidual liberties. We’re in a great sorting- to combat that?
ing’s history in politics and why he’s portraying
out process in our country over what I grew up in a household with
himself as a moderate Democrat. that’s going to look like. sick parents. I would ask
people and I would look them
How would you solve problems in what is widely con- Edward Snowden: A hero or a traitor? in the eyes: What would you
sidered a “broken Congress?” Traitor is a little strong. That could do living in that environment
I’m not naïve about this stuff, but folks just have to talk be the camp he’d end up in. There is without health care? Who
more. Some basic human courtesies in the dialogue have an awful lot of stuff that was going wants to be a parent and
been lost. Is the process going to try and suck you into on that we’re not very well aware of. go through a process of not
those bitter partisan divides? Absolutely. But you’ve got to This is a government, supposedly, having health insurance that
work harder to resist that and talk to folks. of the people, by the people and for takes care of things when
the people. I think a lot of folks have your child is sick? Health
Do you think this is the Democrats’ best chance in forgotten that. care needs to be available
recent elections for picking up this seat? to everybody. Obamacare
This is the year for the full push. All of the folks are ready Does he deserve to be pardoned? is not perfect, but there’s no
to make that push. We have two competitive congressional I think it’s too early for that, too, alternative that the Republi-
districts in Michigan: The 1st District in northern Michigan but I’m glad we can have both of cans have come up with that
with Jerry Cannon as our candidate and then Pam Byrnes those things in the discussion. stands up to it at all.
in the 7th Congressional District in Eaton County. I intend to That’s the full spectrum of the
make the 8th District the third. conversation: Pardon the traitor. Rogers likes to talk about the
Most things are somewhere in concept of “American exceptional-
What did Mike Rogers do well for the 8th District? the middle. But the way we play ism.” How do you view the coun-
He did his politics really well. He came across when it was everything to the extremes, we’re try’s stature in the world?
convenient as a moderate but he certainly didn’t legislate typically not saints or sinners. Absolutely we’re an exceptional
that way. He didn’t reach across the aisle. He was good We’re somewhere in the middle. country. But we’ve got to make
on the auto industry where Democrats and Republicans in sure that we remain true to our
Michigan support manufacturing, but I think he was way How can the federal govern- constitutional values. We’re not
too partisan. He was very caught up in fundraising and the ment or Congress reasonably ap- doing the things we need to do with
money. I think that really turned him into a different indi- proach issues of income inequality? infrastructure and education to be as
vidual when we sent him to Washington in 2000. We have this fairly divided conversation strong a country as we should be.
Meet the Democrats Ken Darga, 61
Darga announced on Friday
that he was the first Democrat to
Jeffrey Hank, 32
Hank, who is the youngest can-
didate in the field by 20 years and
submit 2,000 nominating peti- who has not held elected office, has
Susan Grettenberger, 57 tions to be on the primary ballot. still been active politically in recent
“I still intend for the district to have a Darga, who retired as years. In 2013, Hank led the ballot
representative who pursues fair policies for state demographer in Decem- initiative in Lansing to allow resi-
families in the district,” Grettenberger said in ber, describes himself as a dents to possess up to an ounce of
late March after learning that U.S. Rep. Mike moderate economist “with an marijuana on private property. He is
Rogers was not seeking re-election. economic agenda for bringing factories back to behind a similar effort underway in East Lansing.
Grettenberger, a westside Lansing resi- America.” Hank is a Lansing attorney who lives in East Lansing. He
dent and director of the social work program “I think the nation is ready for a candidate who grew up in Holt and studied political science as an under-
at Central Michigan University, initially pays attention to concerns from the full spectrum of graduate at Michigan State University. He received his law
thought she’d be challenging Rogers when she announced she voters,” he said in a statement Friday. degree from MSU’s College of Law.
was running in February. She turned in 1,400 petition signatures His campaign website announces that he’s seeking The top issues he’s focused on are road funding, af-
Monday afternoon to get on the primary ballot. support from not just Democrats and independents, fordable health care and income inequality. Hank said he
She said her priorities for the district are education funding but also Republicans. supports raising the minimum wage. Hank also said he’s
and “getting good-paying jobs into the district and making sure Darga has lived in Lansing for 35 years and grew focused on policies related to the environment, legalizing
families have a living wage.” up in Oakland County. He has master’s degrees from marijuana and “scaling back” the National Security Agency
This is her first campaign for elected office. She received her the University of Michigan in economics and in social and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 1997, following degrees policy and administration. This is his first campaign “I think Edward Snowden did us a favor,” he said. “We should
from Michigan State University and Albion College. for elected office. pardon him and bring him back to testify in front of Congress.”You can also read
