Image: The Bailey School building (left) and a parking lot (right), two of many City-owned properties that could be impacted by the land sale Charter amendment.

Above: CATA’s Assistant Executive Director Debbie Alexander (right) presenting to City Council last night; at left are Mayor Pro Tem Diane Goddeeris and City Clerk Marie Wicks.

ELi's Ashley Griffin and Ann Nichols team up to bring you Sympathy for the Devil.

Have you ever longed for a way to travel abroad without the time commitment and astronomical expenses? To take a train from Greece to Paris to Amsterdam, and return home in time for dinner? Ever yearned for just one day to walk down the streets of Rome and explore the rich history of the city, perhaps while munching on a few fresh baked cannolis? Maybe spend a day in Shanghai, China or even Mogadishu, Somalia?

An East Lansing couple caught in legal limbo. ELi's Telaina Eriksen explains.

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Image: The Northern Tier Trail, courtesy City of East Lansing

An emerging point of tension with regard to the proposed Charter Amendment on public land sales set for the May 5 election has been whether parks should be able to be sold with a simple majority approval (50% + 1 vote) of voters instead of the 3/5 (60%) approval currently stated as required in the City Charter. Some have been saying that while they are comfortable changing the charter to require only a 50% voter approval on non-park land, they do not agree with reducing the approval level for park lands.