Ann Arbor City Council candidate Newcombe Clark cautiously approached Mayor John Hieftje after Thursday night's candidate forum, apologizing for seemingly offending him with his remarks about crime in the city. Hieftje didn't appear touched by Clark's attempt to atone. Amid a series of heated exchanges that followed, he accused Clark ...
The race for the 52nd District state House seat in western Washtenaw County is heating up, with Republican Mark Ouimet and Democrat Christine Green raising and spending big bucks. The latest campaign finance reports filed today show Ouimet, of Scio Township, raised nearly $46,000 in the most recent reporting period, ...
Ann Arbor City Council candidate Newcombe Clark is the subject of an in-depth Q&A on A2Politico.com today, exploring his reasons for running as an independent in the 5th Ward. In a post titled "The Politics of Nuking ‘Em: An Interview With Fifth Ward Council Candidate Newcombe Clark," Clark, vice president ...
A majority of the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority's board members have come out in support of City Council Member Carsten Hohnke, D-5th Ward, in his bid for reelection. Hohnke made special note of those endorsements in a statement released to the media on Sunday, pointing out that one of ...
If democracy works best when voters have a choice among credible candidates who express clear differences on issues, then we’d say democracy is working in Ann Arbor’s 5th Ward. Incumbent Democrat Carsten Hohnke, who came through a primary contest unscathed, now faces Republican John Floyd, an accountant, and Independent Newcombe ...
Jobs were the focus of an hour-long debate hosted Wednesday by the West Washtenaw Business Association, during which five candidates competing for three different offices took turns answering questions touching on Michigan's struggling economy. State House candidates Mark Ouimet and Christine Green shared competing views on what the next 52nd ...
Newcombe Clark and John Floyd acknowledged on Wednesday they agree on a lot of issues, but they're finding out they don't see eye-to-eye on funding for public art. During a debate hosted by AnnArbor.com, both 5th Ward candidates for the Ann Arbor City Council took different stances on whether cuts ...
Ann Arbor chief financial officer Tom Crawford stepped to the podium during Monday's Ann Arbor City Council meeting to address concerns that tax fraud is happening in the city. Newcombe Clark, a commercial real estate professional running for the City Council, alleged as much during a candidate debate last week, saying some ...
Republican John Floyd has picked up the Sierra Club's endorsement in a three-way 5th Ward race for the Ann Arbor City Council.
Newcombe Clark dropped a bombshell during an Ann Arbor City Council candidate debate Monday night, publicly alleging certain property owners in town are defrauding the city of large sums of money by exploiting legal loopholes. "This is where I'm not going to make any friends in my profession," said Clark, ...
A proposal for the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority to kick in $50,000 toward the Ann Arbor Skatepark initiative has stalled. Newcombe Clark, the DDA board member who proposed the grant, is dropping his pursuit to help fund the skatepark. The decision was made after blowback from fellow DDA board members ...
Concerns that panhandling and other crimes may be on the rise in downtown Ann Arbor were aired today at a meeting of the Downtown Development Authority. Ray Detter, chairman of the Downtown Area Citizens Advisory Council, said downtown residents have been complaining a lot more lately about aggressive panhandling along ...
This image shows the design for the proposed Ann Arbor Skatepark. The Ann Arbor Skatepark initiative could get a $50,000 boost from the Downtown Development Authority under a proposal by DDA board member Newcombe Clark. After initially discussing the idea during a committee meeting on Wednesday, Clark released more details ...
Newcombe Clark made his candidacy official today in the Ann Arbor City Council's 5th Ward race, turning in 159 petition signatures to have his name placed on the November ballot. Clark, who is running as an independent, will face off against two other candidates in November: Republican John Floyd and ...
Newcombe Clark made a push today to bring back beat cops in Ann Arbor, but his proposal lacked support from other members of the Downtown Development Authority. Clark, a downtown resident and former president of the Main Street Area Association, proposed having the DDA set aside $60,000 a month into ...
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