Arbor Update

Fight the Couch Ban → 2 July 2004

…Murph has issued a call to Mobilize for full couch ban resistance! July 19! He posted The Old Fourth … Ward Association’s email advocating the couch ban, including a note of support from city … incoporate a relatively “disposable” couch in the activities, I have one available (scott at …

Porch couch ban first reading tonight → 16 August 2004

…First reading of the porch couch ban is tonight at 7:00PM. Here are some relevant … proposed ban. Detroit “Free” Press: Couch ban could ignite student protest at U-M. (Thanks …

More Couch Ban Material → 10 July 2004

… … Recent Ann Arbor is Overrated Posts about the couch ban > Previous ArborUpdate.com posts on the … proposed ban > Read me defending porch couches How can you make a difference? E-Mail the Mayor …

Couch Ban Cartoon → 15 July 2004

…have designed a comic on the proposed couch ban for ArborUpdate. Click here to view the …

Council Votes to Postpone Reads on Couch Ban → 19 July 2004

…has voted to postpone the first reads on the couch legislation for a period of four weeks until … tuned to the A.U. for continuing coverage of the couch ban saga as it develops. …

MSA, AAFD to hold couch ban forum → 29 November 2004

…forum on the City’s proposed outdoor couch ban (as Councilmember Leigh Greden noted, … such as frequency of house fires involving couches vs. originating in couches (both indoor and … relative to cities which have enacted outdoor couch bans (East Lansing, Madison), arson rates, and …

Ding dong, the couch ban is...something → 17 August 2004

…night’s council meeting, Council shelves couch ban, provides some interesting material. “I … votes to support the ban. It looks as though the couch ban, which seemed to be a sure thing a month ago, …

3rd Ward Green Launches Site, Blog → 17 August 2004

…heated, if minor, issue of the moment: the porch couch ban: Appropriately enough, the web site went live … tempestuous civil issues of recent months: the couch ordinance. I’ve received a lot of … to those who happen to live in houses with a couch sitting on the front porch. If it IS a genuine …

Fourth of July parade → 3 July 2004

…to the reader: consider the ways in which couch ban awareness might be raised in this event.) …

Porch Vision and Values → 17 July 2004

…one more reason to fight the proposed couch porch ban—if these guys bring their …