What Lansing Council

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Gossipy recap of Lansing Michigan city council meetings. Starting on November 18th, 2024.

2D AGO

Warm Potatoes Passed Unanimously - with guest Loretta Stanaway

It's the March 24th Lansing City Council meeting recap! The Council adopted an ordinance change making it illegal to park unregistered vehicles on city roads, they gave a tribute to a group honoring Cesar E. Chavez, and began discussions to revise a historic ordinance criminalizing the individual use of bathrooms designated for the sex different from the sex assigned at birth, and more! Our guest Loretta Stanaway is the owner of Memorial Minders a personalized grave site beautification service, president of The Friends of Lansing's Historic Cemeteries group, she is also a frequent Lansing City Council meeting attendee. Learn more about The Friends of Lansing's Historic Cemeteries here: https://www.lansingcemfriends.org/

27 min
MAR 12

City of Cousins - with guest Larry Wallace

It's the March 10th Lansing City Council meeting recap! The Council hosts LG Energy (hopeful battery manufacturing business owner), makes decisions on demolitions and liquor licenses, and they hear from property owners of unsafe buildings and Easter Highschool groupies. Our guest Larry Wallace is a Senior Investigative Reporter for Fox 47 News - our local Lansing area TV news station. Learn more about Larry here. Learn more about city council here. Learn more about the Mikey23 Foundation here. Episode Notes: *A cabaret license is a type of business license needed in Lansing for any live entertainment with food or refreshments served. *Some members of the Sexton High School Boys basketball team were recording at the studio after us and we got high fives!

30 min
FEB 26

Won't You Be My Shared Use Neighbor - with guest Joan Nelson

It's the February 24th Lansing City Council meeting recap! The council makes decisions about liquor license transfers and noise permits. They do allow advisory board appointments to go through ending the weeks-long stalemate. Many city department heads give guidance and many citizens ask for more time to “make safe” their buildings. Our guest Joan Nelson was the executive director of the Allen Neighborhood Center for over 20 years, she currently is a contributing columnist for the City Pulse and advocates for shared use housing. Here is one of her Pulse articles on shared use housing. Learn more about the Allen Neighborhood Center here. Learn more about Lansing city council here.

29 min
FEB 16

No Controversy we've got No Controversy - with guest Hannah Forsythe

It's the February 10th Lansing City Council meeting recap! The Council hosts the Board of Water and Light (BWL), the Women’s Empowerment Center leader, and folks who don’t want to be living in the Lansing Earthquake Zone six days a week! Our guest Hannah Forsythe is an Epidemiologist with The Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI), she is also a triathlete and cross country skier! Learn more about the women's center of greater Lansing here, Lansing city council here, and the Hawk Island triathlon here.

30 min
JAN 29

How do I audit thee? Let me count the ways - with guest Ruelaine Stokes

It's the January 27th Lansing City Council meeting recap! The Council hosts auditors, finance department directors, developers, and board member wannabes. Our guest Ruelaine Stokes is Lansing's current Poet Laureate. Before recording she kindly gifted me a wonderful collection of Lansing poems: "My Secret Lansing". You can learn more about her at: https://www.ruelainestokes.com/ Learn more about city council at: https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-Council

32 min
JAN 15

Spend a Dollar to Protect a Nickel - with guests Jerry and Shannon Norris

Thanks for joining for a listen about the second Lansing City Council meeting of the year. There's joy, heartbreak, evasion, and hair drama in the council chambers this January 13th. As well as discussions on sewer upgrades, human resources, MLK group recognition, belabored trash fee debate, and diverse criticisms of Downtown Lansing Inc. Our guests Jerry and Shannon operate the fantastic eastside Lansing community resource center - the Fledge - learn more at: https://thefledge.com/ Learn more about city council at: https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-Council

30 min
JAN 9

Covid Killed the Bow Tie - with guest Chris Swope

Thanks for joining for a listen about the first Lansing City Council meeting of the new year! There’s an internal council election with several rounds of voting, seven public comments, and our best dressed guest yet - Clerk Chris Swope!

23 min
12/18/2024

New Vision Now - with guest MC Rothhorn

T’was the last Lansing City Council meeting of the year! Special guest MC Rothhorn, a member of the Michigan Redistricting Commission, provides his perspective on development plans for Lansing. We have a good time trying to find common ground between current council happenings and the wobbly world of Harry Potter. Thank you Lansing Public Media Center for allowing us to record at your studio, and thank you for listening! Lansing City Council website: https://www.lansingmi.gov/1212/Council-Committee-Meetings Lansing Public Media Center: https://lansingmedia.myturn.com/library/ New Vision Lansing: https://www.gentilozzi.com/new-vision (not updated to include all five properties) Lansing State Journal article about it: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2024/12/16/new-vision-brownfield-funding-downtown-lansing-skyscraper-council/77036257007/ Simtob developers: https://simtob.co/

29 min
12/05/2024

Shared Senator Birthdays - with guest Bob Peña

Join us for a recapturing of the excitement at the Lansing Michigan City Council Meeting on Monday, December 2nd, 2024. Special guest Bob Peña, Ingham County Commissioner, discusses some differences between the way the city and the county are governed. Housing, transportation, and budgets, oh my! Thanks for listening!

26 min
11/19/2024

Teeth for signs - with guest Mike Dombrowski

Join us for a recapturing of the excitement at the Lansing Michigan City Council Meeting on Monday, November 18th, 2024. Special guest Mike Dombrowski, president of the Parks and Rec. Advisory Board, discusses his love of the river trail and wonders how proposed developments will help the city. Debate around increased punishment for signs in the right-of-way is spirited, and guess how many dogs are at the meeting! Thanks for listening!

22 min

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Gossipy recap of Lansing Michigan city council meetings. Starting on November 18th, 2024.

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What Lansing Council

What Lansing Council

Episodes

Warm Potatoes Passed Unanimously - with guest Loretta Stanaway

City of Cousins - with guest Larry Wallace

Won't You Be My Shared Use Neighbor - with guest Joan Nelson

No Controversy we've got No Controversy - with guest Hannah Forsythe

How do I audit thee? Let me count the ways - with guest Ruelaine Stokes

Spend a Dollar to Protect a Nickel - with guests Jerry and Shannon Norris

Covid Killed the Bow Tie - with guest Chris Swope

New Vision Now - with guest MC Rothhorn

Shared Senator Birthdays - with guest Bob Peña

Teeth for signs - with guest Mike Dombrowski

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