Lawyer, A2 Planning Commissioner, Notorious Density Whisperer. Views expressed are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mu5nhdmfm22yThe anonymous "Planning Commissioner" who wrote to Observer newsletter editor Steve Friess to object to his cruel, indefensible decision to platform a gutter internet conspiracy about a tragic local suicide was me. I love the Ann Arbor Observer. This is not the Ann Arbor Observer. #a2council28 Aug 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5nhdmfm22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mpwn4lr4sc2l#a2council Candidate Rebecca Arends’ response to the Library Lot questions: perfection. A candidate boldly keeping the Hayner/Bannister “who are you, how dare you, your political engagement makes me angar” political tradition alive. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwn4lr4sc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mp33vw3trk2cMayoral candidate Yousef Rabhi decided to prove out the “all bullhorn, no gavel” theory of the case by going after the “all bullhorn, no gavel” article and author on the record in the LWC forum tonight. #a2council [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2026 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp33vw3trk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3moo5luqqdk22“This campaign is going to be a people’s campaign,” [Rabhi] said. “The whole purpose of running and what I’ve always been about as a public official is restoring power to people.” Ope. #a2council [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3moo5luqqdk22https://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mnz6io7fcs2a"Classes struggle to mix well." I'll let you decide how to interpret this comment by #a2council candidate Rebecca Arends: as an argument against including affordable units in market-rate housing projects, or an as argument in support of exclusionary zoning writ large. Either way: A doozy.11 Jun 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnz6io7fcs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mnv3p3lius23Rabhi's comments at Monday's forum should alarm #a2council voters. Every central plank of his platform--housing, public power, in-sourcing staff work--is unfunded, and Rabhi's plan to pay for it all is literally (a) hope it pays for itself, and when it doesn't (b) load the city up with debt. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnv3p3lius23https://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mng5jwokh22uThis sarcastic but otherwise inoffensive reply prompted Ward One #a2council Candidate Rebecca Arends to report me to the City Council and the City Administrator for potential discipline under the CPC bylaws. Seriously. https://a2gov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15547568&GUID=BB800AEE-7F07-4D8F-B29A-74448088A755 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mng5jwokh22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mmdbu4nmxk2jThere is a post on Ann Arbor Nextdoor suggesting that apartment buildings cause ebola outbreaks. It has 190 comments. #a2council21 May 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdbu4nmxk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mm7xaesim22rThe traffic calming on Brooks, today, is both uncontroversial and effective, and these arguments against the project (“I have never heard of a kid getting hit by a car”) continue to be made against every pedestrian protection project that the city proposes. #a2council [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7xaesim22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mm56pknnps23I don't get it. Rabhi got arrested in college for trespassing into Mary Sue Coleman's office. What possible relevance does that have to anything? Does he think that qualifies him to urge unarmed civilians to confront masked, heavily armed ICE goons in the streets? #a2council18 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm56pknnps23https://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mm4vgal7ns2nMuch of what this editorial recommends--legalizing duplexes and triplexes, making it easier to build housing--are things we are doing today or plan to do in the near future. If Yousef Rabhi and his slate win their #a2council races in August, much or all of that work will slow or stop completely. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4vgal7ns2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/danieladams.bsky.social/post/3mjp5nzcwpc2zReasonable minds can differ on Arbor South, but Rabhi's opposition ("disgusting," "revolting") is overheated and alarming. In the range of outcomes, a 2nd downtown is a best-case scenario: a boon for residents, businesses, and the tax base. Rabhi would turn that down? Wild. #a2council17 Apr 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:ushv2t6gegiybc7rth7vgoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp5nzcwpc2z