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Workers Sue City for Asbestos and Mercury Exposure

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Image: The Wastewater Treatment Plant, courtesy City of East Lansing

On a tip, ELi has learned that a lawsuit has been filed against the City of East Lansing by nine employees who have worked at the City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. The workers’ Complaint alleges that workers at the plant “were intentionally and unnecessarily exposed to mercury and asbestos.” (We obtained a copy of the Complaint from the Court, and you can read it here.)

Ann About Town: Grove Gallery

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

"The art on display was more than objects to be admired or purchased. It was work that sprung from the hands of real, live, Michigan artists, some of whom were standing two feet away holding wine glasses."

East Lansing Rewind: The Peoples Church Memorial Garden

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Where can you go in East Lansing when you need a place that is the picture of peacefulness and tranquility? Jennifer Hill knows.

Land Sale Charter Amendment Ballot Set for Vote

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

This article has been retracted. For more information, please see this link.

Helping Hands Respite Care Provides Support to Local Families

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Telaina Eriksen: Can you give me a little bit of the history behind Helping Hands and its place in the East Lansing Community?

Ann About Town: Everything Old is New Again

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Where did East Lansing's Thai Kitchen go?

Unitarian-Universalist Church Likely to Move from East Lansing

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Pending the successful resolution of several approvals and other legal matters, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing (UUCGL) will move to a new space in South Lansing in early 2016. Assuming that likely outcome, the church—which moved to its current facility (a former fraternity house) at 855 Grove Street across from the East Lansing Public Library in 1971—will relocate to the former Capital Area Academy building at 5509 S. Pennsylvania once all renovations are completed in approximately twelve months.

Charter Amendment on Land Sales Could Significantly Alter System

Sunday, February 1, 2015

The City has now made available four draft alternatives for an amendment to the City Charter to change how decisions are made about the sale of City-owned lands. Some Council members expressed an interest in changing this provision in East Lansing’s Charter to be more in line with Lansing’s, but the decision parameters being suggested for East Lansing are different from Lansing’s in an important respect.

Charter Amendment on Land Sale Pushed for May 5

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

As we've previously reported, the City Manager is seeking to change how public-land sale approvals occur, folllowing a failure to obtain the required citizen authorization on the sale of parking lots for development last November. Last night at Council, there was a long discussion on this topic, getting into lots of detail on what other cities do.

Public Comments Debated by Council

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Image: Mayor Nathan Triplett and Councilmembers Kathy Boyle and Susan Woods at Council last night

Around midnight, about five hours into last night’s East Lansing City Council meeting, a debate broke out about how to manage public comments at these meetings.

Council Pushes PDIG to Clairfy Plan, While Mayor Questions Tax Incentives

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Image: PDIG represenatives Tom Eckhart and Todd Arend at City Council last night

Last night at City Council, PDIG ran into multiple disappointments as the developer’s representatives tried to push forward their plan to construct a project known as “Building A” at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road.

City Credit Rating at Risk, Layoffs Possible

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Image: City Manager George Lahanas, Councilmember Ruth Beier, and Mayor Pro Tem Diane Goddeeris at Council last night

At 12:30 this morning, at the very end of a five-and-a-half-hour City Council work session, City Manager George Lahanas told Council he had “bad news” to deliver. He told Council that the City’s credit rating is at risk due to our sizable and fast-growing debt, and that something serious will need to be done to try to manage the City’s finances.

Citizens Protest "Subversion of Democracy"

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Photography credit: Thomas Baumann

Chanting “East Lansing’s not for sale!” and “Hey, hey, hey, Bailey’s gotta stay!,” about thirty East Lansing residents (plus several young children) participated in a “Save Our City” protest tonight outside City Hall.

The protest took place in the hour before City Council’s weekly meeting. City Council members apparently entered the building through the back, avoiding the protesters.

ANN ABOUT TOWN: Favoring Curry

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

If the lunch buffet pleases your palate, you might come for a sit-down dinner with dosas, poppadums, and possibly a Tandoori mixed grill, a Saag dish rich with cream and spinach, or a Vindaloo curry that will set your mouth on fire.

MSU Running Club Braves the Cold

Monday, January 26, 2015

MSU Running Club bears the cold

Students bundled in heavy winter jackets, hats, gloves, and boots give them weird looks. Passengers sipping coffee in toasty cars stare at them. People on the busses shiver slightly when they watch them run by.