East Lansing native George Brookover looks to give East Lansing a sense of direction, through comprehensive planning and more effective use of fiscal resources, should he be elected. Brookover is running for a four-year seat on the council.
East Lansing resident and former chair of the Study Committee on an Independent Police Oversight Commission Chuck Grigsby looks to a four-year term to address instability, affordable housing and business operations, as well as a variety of other issues.
East Lansing City Council candidate Mikey Manuel wants to implement an open-door policy for government transparency, be a strong platform for small businesses and support police reform and oversight while avoiding a reduction in the department's budget.
East Lansing Mayor Pro Tem and city council member Dana Watson looks to apply a lens of equity to the issues of the city. She is running for a four-year term on the council.
MSU alumnus Adam DeLay aims to improve East Lansing through reallocating a portion of the police budget to his proposed Community Services Department, which would deal with issues such as homelessness, poverty and mental health.
Having been selected to the East Lansing City Council following the resignation of two former councilmembers, Ron Bacon cites infrastructure and housing as his priorities should he be reelected to the council. He is running for a two-year term.
With a background in architecture and urban planning, city council candidate Daniel Bollman hopes he can bring form-based zoning, which moves buildings closer to the street, to East Lansing, should he be elected. He is running for a four-year term.
Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon aimed to reduce racial disparities in felony firearm charges by introducing a new policy to forbid charging a felony firearm offense except under "most extreme circumstances." At an East Lansing City Council meeting Sept. 14, Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth appeared before the council to share his displeasure with this new policy.
When Aaron Stephens filled the role as mayor of East Lansing in July 2020, he asked Gregg to be his Mayor Pro Tem. A position she accepted so long as Stephens promised her he would not quit. So, when Stephens resigned from office almost exactly a year after assuming the position, Gregg said she was struck with stress as she was shoved into the role of mayor.
The vote, which took place during the weekly East Lansing City Council Meeting, comes over a month after members of the Study Committee on an Independent Police Oversight Commission presented a report on the proposed establishment of this commission, containing the Study Committee’s recommendations on how the commission should be established.
“This is a hard decision for me, one I struggled with for a while, and I sincerely hope that members of the community will understand,” Stephens said. He announced his resignation during Tuesday's City Council meeting.
In a City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 15, Councilmembers further discussed the report by the Study Committee on an Independent Police Oversight Commission.
The East Lansing Study Committee on an Independent Police Oversight Commission presented reports on EL policing and recommendations for the establishment of an Independent Oversight Commission in a city council meeting on Tuesday, June 8.
The survey showed that 51% of Black residents feel “less safe” than they did a year ago in East Lansing
Lisa Babcock was born and raised near East Lansing, and after working as a journalist and as an attorney, she has found herself back home, working for the City Council.
“I feel pretty good when I can kind of get sense of where we are and where we might be heading in the next week, and then unpredictable things happen, and a half million deaths is profound," Vail said. "It is devastating. It is devastating to the loved ones that have experienced that and have lost people."
City Council member Dana Watson said deer removal has always been a divisive issue in East Lansing, with some being concerned about hearing the shots, while others are against the lethal removal in general.
The East Lansing City Council issued an emergency ordinance requiring compliance with any public health orders issued by the State, the Ingham County Health Department, the Mid-Michigan District Health Department or either county's Health Officer Thursday in a special meeting.
The city of East Lansing's offices will continue to remain closed until January, due to the spread of COVID-19
The resolution was approved unanimously on Tuesday night declaring racism a public health crisis. Furthermore, the resolution also acknowledges and adopts March 25 as an international day of remembrance for victims of the Trans-Atlantic slave passage.