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It’s always the right time to do the right thing. believe We state that principle up front — with a hat tip we’ve to Spike Lee’s eponymous film — because it aptly The CP Edit done a expresses our approach to delivering news to our pretty readers to the best of our ability. When we fall Opinion good job short, we don’t believe in making excuses. We’re all covering about admitting our missteps, righting the ship, and issues becoming a better paper — and better people — reporter from our small staff in January when she related in the process. That said, we also reserve the right moved onward and upward in her career. Although to race, to defend ourselves when we believe criticism is we have taken a significant financial hit due to the social jus- unfounded or unfair. COVID pandemic, we continue to diligently seek tice and With that preface, we note that City Pulse was qualified candidates of color because we under- equity. We recently on the receiving end of pointed criti- stand that it is vitally important for this paper to were the cism from Ingham County Commissioner Derrell reflect the diverse voices of the community we first news- Slaughter for our failure to include the perspective serve. Had she been on our staff when we devel- paper to of Black citizens in the formulation and scoring of oped the social justice and equity survey, there is question our candidate survey on social justice and equity. no doubt her lived experience as a Black woman Mayor We undertook the survey because we believe it would have brought immeasurable value to the Andy is the right thing to do. An important part of our enterprise. In her absence, we should have worked Schor for mission is to help voters learn more about the harder to seek out others to contribute to the pro- his treat- views of people seeking elected office on the most cess and are committed to doing so in the future. ment of important issues of our time. Commissioner Slaughter also expressed his Black city Flickr: Do The Right Thing graffiti Amsterdam Commissioner Slaughter declined to participate disappointment with a story we wrote last year employees in our survey because he believed that the ques- that focused on the stalled appointment of a Black and doggedly followed up as the story unfolded. tions were composed solely by a white person (he Lansing resident to a county advisory board. His We have diligently reported on the protest move- is correct). He further surmised that the respons- appointment was paused by county officials after ment against racial injustice and police brutality in es would be scored by a white person (also cor- a City Pulse reporter brought to their attention a Lansing, led primarily by people of color, and used rect). Slaughter is absolutely right that including series of Facebook posts that strongly suggested our editorial voice to call for police reforms that Black voices in the development phase of our sur- the prospective appointee was selling marijuana in will help bring an end to violence and abuse against vey would have ensured that we were asking the violation of state law. With the benefit of hindsight people of color. Recently we began running a reg- right questions and scoring the responses fairly. In — and with insight gleaned from Commissioner ular column by Dedria Humphreys Barker to help our defense, we note that we did reach out to sev- Slaughter’s perspective — we can see how the bring another important Black voice to the fore. eral Black community members for guidance but story could be viewed as disparaging or unfairly At a time when our society is in the thick of a were unable to connect with them prior to publica- targeting the individual in question. long overdue reckoning with the many manifesta- tion. Nonetheless, we accept Slaughter’s criticism At the same time, we don’t agree with tions of racism, we intend to continue being a part with an open heart, an open mind and a sincere Slaughter’s assertion that the story casts Black of the ongoing and critically important dialogue willingness to do better. We apologize to him and people in a bad light. We reported a matter of among and between people of every stripe that others who were offended. public interest and would have written the same aims to right the innumerable historic wrongs Commissioner Slaughter pointed to the lack story regardless of the race, gender or any other perpetrated against people of color. Checking of diversity among our reporters and editorial characteristic of the story’s subject. Whatever our privilege as white people is part and parcel of staff as the proximate cause of our blind spot in one thinks of marijuana, this is a legitimate area of getting it right. We’re resolute in our commitment producing a truly inclusive survey. As we’ve not- inquiry when it involves a potential appointee to a to continue listening, learning and growing and we ed previously, City Pulse has struggled in recent public body. If anything, our article was a reflection will always welcome fair criticism when we get it years to attract and retain people of color on the of society’s ongoing struggle with how to regulate wrong. None of us are perfect, but we all must reporting and editing side of our paper. We were the use and sale of marijuana. strive to become our best selves. City Pulse is deeply disappointed to lose a young, talented Black While acknowledging our shortcomings, we committed to doing just that. Send letters to the editor on this editorial or any other topic to [email protected]. Please limit them to 250 words 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING Have something to say about a local issue GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE or an item that appeared in our pages? TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 LETTERS Now you have two ways to sound off: TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING, 1.) Write a letter to the editor. COUNTY OF INGHAM, STATE OF MICHIGAN, to the editor NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT A GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE • E-mail: letters@ lansingcitypulse.com CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 COUNTY OF INGHAM, MICHIGAN Diversity panelists E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 owed apology MI 48912 AT THE PLACE OR PLACES FOR HOLDING THE ELECTION IN SAID TOWNSHIP AS • Fax: (517) 371-5800 INDICATED BELOW, VIZ: On Sept. 24, mayoral consul- PRECINCT 1 & 1EL – First Christian Church, 1001 Chester Road tant Teresa Bingman called mem- • At lansingcitypulse.com PRECINCT 2 – Asbury United Methodist Church, 2200 Lake Lansing Road bers of the Mayor’s Inclusion and 2.) Write a guest column: PRECINCTS 3, 4 and 6 – Waverly East Intermediate School, 3131 W. Michigan Ave. (in the Diversity Advisory Council (MIDAC) gymnasium) Contact Berl Schwartz for more “bitter and self-centered” as they information: ALL POLLING PLACES ARE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE; VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ARE expressed their frustrations and AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING FORMATS: BRAILLE AND AUDIO [email protected] other reasons for resigning from the or (517) 999-5061 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFICES, VIZ: mayor’s council. I strongly disagree. (Please include your name, address and • President/Vice-President of the United States The current and former members • United States Senator telephone number so we can reach you. • Representative in Congress 8th District of MIDAC are dedicated people • Representative in State Legislature 68th District and experts in their fields who were Keep letters to 250 words or fewer. City • State Boards: 2 Members State Board of Education; 2 Members Board of Regent of the implementing the mayor’s vision that Pulse reserves the right to edit letters University of Michigan; 2 Members of the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University; and columns. 2 Members of Wayne State University Board of Governors “Lansing will be a model diverse and inclusive community.” During • COUNTY: Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff, Clerk, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, Drain It has been my pleasure to serve Commissioner, County Commissioners in Districts 1 and 10 the past year, MIDAC completed as chairperson of the Mayor’s • TOWNSHIP: Supervisor, Clerk, Treasurer, Trustees (4) an Equal Employment Opportunity Inclusion and Diversity Advisory study of the mayor’s office, pro- NON-PARTISAN OFFICES: Council and the City of Lansing • Justice of Supreme Court; Judge of Court of Appeals 4th District Incumbent & Non-Incumbent vided a spreadsheet of community should be proud of the service these Positions; Judge of Circuit Court 30th Circuit – Incumbent (full & partial) & Non-Incumbent demands regarding police reform, Positions; Judge of Probate Court Ingham County Incumbent Position; Judge of District Court volunteers provided. community engagement, equity and 55th District Incumbent Position; 2 Members of Lansing Community College Board of Trustees; Randy A. Watkins Local School Board Members for Precinct 1EL (East Lansing), Precincts 1 & 2 (Lansing) and inclusion. Essentially combining the Precincts 3, 4, and 6 (Waverly) public demands of organizations Lansing PROPOSAL SECTION: like the NAACP, One Love/TRHT (The writer chairs the Mayor’s State and others. Additionally, MIDAC Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Proposal 20-1 Council.) A proposed constitutional amendment to allow money from oil and gas mining on state-owned recommended that the city create a lands to continue to be collected in state funds for land protection and creation and maintenance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offi- of parks, nature areas, and public recreation facilities; and to describe how money in those state funds can be spent cer in 2019. MIDAC was also in the Racism exists in This proposed constitutional amendment would: process of developing a diversity, • Allow the State Parks Endowment Fund to continue receiving money from sales of oil and gas equity and inclusion glossary and St. Johns from state-owned lands to improve, maintain and purchase land for State parks, and for Fund Americans with Disability Act report No structural racism in the administration, until its balance reaches $800,000,000. entirety of Clinton County, says • Require subsequent oil and gas revenue from state-owned lands to go into the Natural for the city when the Mayor’s Racial Resources Trust Fund. Justice and Equity Alliance was a Republican candidate there, as • Require at least 20% of Endowment Fund annual spending go toward State park improvement. formed. reported by City Pulse (Oct. 7). Au • Require at least 25% of Trust Fund annual spending go toward parks and public recreation Throughout my tenure with MIDAC contraire. By my observation, it’s the areas and at least 25% toward land conservation. epicenter. Should this proposal be adopted? Yes No there was a clear lack of commu- nication and support from the may- When Eastern played football Proposal 20-2 there in Fall 2019, the whole student A proposed constitutional amendment to require a search warrant in order to access a person’s or’s office. Despite these problems electronic data or electronic communications MIDAC continued to forge a vision section came in Trump regalia, to This proposed constitutional amendment would: of equity and inclusiveness for the the point that it was difficult to spot • Prohibit unreasonable searches or seizures of a person’s electronic data and electronic city. any Redwing spirit wear at all. communication. Our team is well over 50% black, • Require a search warrant to access a person’s electronic data or electronic communications, Ms. Bingman had limited contact under the same conditions currently required for the government to obtain a search warrant to with MIDAC; but her comments are brown, immigrant and/or immigrant search a person’s house or seize a person’s things. not the first by a member of the descended, with quite a few others Should this proposal be adopted? Yes No mayor’s staff to question the integ- bearing Latin-American surnames. COUNTY rity of MIDAC members. In 2019 We were subjected to repeated Public Transportation System for Elderly and Disabled Millage Renewal Question Bishop Maxwell stated his belief cheers of “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!” The obvi- For the purpose of renewing funding at the same millage level previously approved by the voters that members of MIDAC were there ous implication, and nobody missed in 2016 for a transportation system to be used primarily by elderly and disabled persons in Ingham to further their own causes. MIDAC it, was that the Redwings were real County, shall the constitutional limitation upon the total amount of taxes which may be assessed in requested and received an apology. Americans and we Quakers were one (1) year upon all property within the County of Ingham, Michigan, previously increased by up not. to 0.6000 mills, $0.60 per $1,000 of taxable value, be continued and renewed for a period of six It is time for Ms. Bingman to follow (6) years (2021-2026) inclusive? If approved and levied in full, this Millage will raise an estimated Bishop Maxwell’s example. When one of our coaches made additional $4,609,732 for the transportation system in the first calendar year of the levy based on The City of Lansing Employee inquiries after the fact, wondering state taxable valuation. handbook states in GR-10 “Fighting, why the St. Johns staff allowed Yes No threatening or being disrespectful this, he learned that the staff were THE POLLS OF SAID ELECTION WILL BE OPEN AT 7 O’CLOCK A.M. AND WILL REMAIN to other City employees or mem- involved in planning it! OPEN UNTIL 8 O’CLOCK P.M. OF SAID DAY OF ELECTION bers of the public is prohibited.” Ms. This is an anomaly around here. ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK, MONDAYS THRU Bingman should be appropriately To the best of my knowledge, our FRIDAYS FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL 5 P.M. disciplined and provide a public treatment as guests has been exem- MY OFFICE WILL BE OPEN ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. apology. plary everywhere else in the CAAC, AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, FROM 12:00 NOON TO 4:00 P.M. TO ACCEPT ABSENTEE As a resident of Lansing, how and in Fowler and Carson City. APPLICATIONS. can I expect other city employees This is what structural racism Susan L. Aten, Clerk to show respect to each other and looks like, Mr. Clinton County Charter Township of Lansing CP#20-245 residents, if a representative of the Republican. mayor’s office does not. Charles Haynes Lansing FOR DESIGN

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FOR REWIND DESIGN NEWS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LAST 7 DAYS By KYLE KAMINSKI GM investing $100M in Delta plant General Motors will start making the GMC Acadia at the Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant as well as prepare the factory for future SUV and full-size pickup production. The Big Three company announced plans with a multi-bil- lion-dollar price tag, including another $53 million at oth- er Michigan plants. The biggest investment: $2 billion for Spring Hill, Tennessee, to convert the plant to be GM’s third electric car facility.

Another round of Trump vs. Tensions remain high ahead of Last month’s Eye for Design Whitmer Election Day (below) was the art installation at Already the subject of an alleged kid- Much to the dismay of Second the East Lansing Community Solar napping plot, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Amendment activists, Secretary of Park on Burcham Road and was fended off another attacker: Donald State Jocelyn Benson announced last correctly identified first by Lisa Trump. The president, campaigning in week that the open carry of guns at poll- Homeniuk, who wins an Eye for Muskegon Saturday, told thousands of ing places would be banned on Election Design mug. The Lansing Board supporters, “You got to get your gover- Day. Benson said the prohibition ensures of Water & Light partnered with nor to open up your state, OK. And get that voters aren’t intimidated, threat- Michigan Energy Options and Pivot your schools open. The schools have to ened or harassed. Legal scholars have Energy to create the park, which be open.” As the crowd chanted “lock Whitmer since suggested that the weapon ban would be challenged opened in December 2018. The art her up,” Trump said, “Lock them all up.” with a lawsuit. Benson’s announcement follows a ruling from that was featured in the Eye for Whitmer told “Meet the Press”: “The the Court of Appeals that prevents late-arriving ballots from Design was made by local artist president is at it again, and inspiring and incentivizing and being counted past the date of Election Day. A prior ruling Jim Cunningham. It is titled “Energy inciting this kind of domestic terrorism. It is wrong. It’s got had found that ballots could be counted up to two weeks for Life.” to end.” Even Republican state House Speaker Lee Chatfield late, as long as they were postmarked before the General This month’s Eye for Design detail thought Trump crossed the line. “She was literally just tar- Election. It’s unclear if the latest decision will be appealed to (above) can be found in the heart geted,” Chatfield said. “Let’s debate differences. Let’s win the Michigan Supreme Court. of East Lansing. If you recognize it, elections. But not that.” send an email to me at carriesamp- [email protected]. The first one to correctly identify it will win COVID-19 fears persist as second Sparrow tops 200,000 tests an Eye for Design mug. Sparrow processed its 200,000th COVID-19 test this week — CARRIE SAMPSON wave looms and East Lansing police officers issued three $500 citations Ingham County Health Officer Linda last weekend for violations of the county’s 25-person limit on Vail is skeptical of a recent proposal outdoor gatherings, a lack of social distancing and failure of from Republican lawmakers that would guests to wear face masks. direct county health officials to take In related news: action on COVID-19 based exclusively on — Prosecutors also dropped criminal charges against local case numbers instead of a “one- Owosso barber Karl Manke who gained notoriety ear- size-fits-all approach” based on regions. lier this year for blatantly defying Gov. Gretchen Whit- The plan wouldn’t override statewide mer’s stay-at-home orders. health orders, but it aims to allow local Vail — More than two dozen Peckham employees in Lansing public health officials to set more local- also tested positive for COVID-19 this week, triggering ized — and perhaps lighter — restric- a suspension of company operations while officials tions based on local metrics. “COVID-19 cases don’t always work to mitigate the spread. conveniently abide by county lines,” Vail explained. The con- — As cases spread across Michigan, the Washtenaw County Health Department also issued a stay-in-place cept arrives as Michigan surpasses 147,000 COVID-19 cases — order for University of Michigan students on Wednes- including about 10,000 tracked in the last seven days. Nearly day that lasts through Nov. 3. Vail said local case 6,000 cases have been found in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counts don’t require a similar move for Michigan State counties. About 500 of those cases in Greater Lansing were University students after a rapid spike in campus-relat- “Eye for Design” is our look at some of reported in the last week. Ingham County alone has recorded ed cases in recent months continues to taper off into the nicer properties in Lansing. It rotates each with Eye candy of the Week and Eyesore of the at least 4,266 cases and 60 virus-related deaths to date. October. Week. 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020 Circuit Court Developer plans apt. complex judge is not a at former Holmes Street School A local developer plans to breathe used for housing. The school opened learn-on-the-job new life into a neighborhood on in 1923, closed in 2000 and spent Lansing’s east side with a proposal the last 20 years in legal limbo after position. that would transform a vacant school another developer tried and failed to building into a 108-unit apartment convert the property into an incuba- complex. tor space for tech companies. The Lansing City Council’s In 2006, a nonprofit also tried to Committee on Development and use the space for an addiction recov- STEVE KWASNIK has been working Planning is expected to review a ery facility but withdrew the request on behalf of children and families as an rezoning request this week from based on strong objections from developers of the former Holmes nearby residents. City officials have Assistant Prosecutor for 15 years. Street School. If approved, plans call since found a residential use to be He is the ONLY candidate who works in for renovations and construction of much more “appropriate” option giv- child protection EVERY DAY. five apartment buildings on the 2.2- en its proximity to other homes. acre property. The city’s Planning Board approved Vote for Steve Kwasnik for Circuit Court judge by Developer Jeff Deehan of Dymaxion the rezoning request for the for - Absentee Ballot, or at the polls on November 3rd. Development reportedly bought the mer school property last month. If property last May and planned to approved by the Council committee have construction finished by 2021. Thursday, the request would then be for 30th He didn’t return calls to City Pulse sent to a formal public hearing and this week, but Dymaxion logos were voted on by the full City Council. CIRCUIT COURT attached to draft renderings of the A series of tax incentives for “Blackboard District” redevelopment. Dymaxion’s development plans have kwasnikforkids.com The shell of the school building also already been approved by the itself would remain intact, with reno- City Council and would reportedly PAID FOR BY COMMITTEE TO ELECT STEVE KWASNIK FOR 30TH CIRCUIT JUDGE vations for 47 residential units inside. freeze its taxable value for the next 1302 Fair Oaks Ct., East Lansing, MI 48823 Five other buildings (and a total of 61 12 years while allowing developers to more apartments) would also be built pay taxes based on the school’s worth CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING across the playground with sidewalks prior to the renovations. 2021 BUDGET HEARING FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND and shared common spaces placed Visit lansingcitypulse.com for more SPECIAL FUND BUDGETS between them. coverage as the proposal moves for - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Budget Hearing for the 2021 General Fund Budget If the plans come to fruition, it’ll be ward at the City Council. and for any Special Funds will be held on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. the first time the property has been — KYLE KAMINSKI The Property Tax Millage Rate of 8.2751 Mills which is proposed to be levied for 2021 General Fund as well as .4864 Mills for the repair and maintenance of sidewalks and roads will be the subject of this Budget Hearing and will support the proposed 2021 Budget. 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Lansing, MI 48911 City Pulse • October 21, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9 it’s all smoke and mirrors, 100%.” Rossman created a private group Rock-ribbed Republican Rockford may turn blue called Rockford UNCENSORED!! after experiencing massive polarization By SAMANTHA SCHRIBER on how community members wanted ROCKFORD, Kent County — On a to pursue back-to-school learning for Saturday morning, East Grand Rapids the Rockford Public Schools. She said Democrat Bill Saxton canvassed when Facebook quarrels of face-to- up-and-down Mesa Drive in Rockford. face instruction versus virtual learning As a contestant in Michigan’s 73rd dis- erupted from page-to-page, censorship trict state House race, Saxton described followed immediately behind. the well-groomed landscape as “a slice The members of Rossman’s page of America.” PURPLE are now more centered on fulfilling Behind the main roads, political MICHIGAN their Election Day vices with posts like yard signs have been interchanged for ROCKFORD “Roses are red, Kamala’s not black, Joe’s posh Halloween decorations. Plastic in the basement and Hunter’s on crack” 2020 Samantha Schriber for City Pulse skeletons drinking imaginary tea from Canvassers for Democrat Bill Saxton and “I think Biden is worthless as tits the porch and inflated tarantulas exist on a boar hog.” A STATE meet in a Plainfield Township garage, freely as a “Trump 2020 — No More However, Rossman said she doesn’t preparing to go out for socially distant Bullshit” flag hangs from a distant tree. know what Rockford’s political identity door knocking and to flip the Michigan Saxton said his Kent County district is because she doesn’t necessarily care. D VIDED 73rd State House District. is 95% white and encapsulates “typical MICHIGAN Rossman said she has an eighth grad- suburbia.” other,” Newmann said. “As far as West er who missed the first three weeks of “They just want their low taxes, they Michigan is concerned — yes, it is very school because he cannot comprehend want their schools to be good and they This is the fifth part in a six-part series reporting segregated. People in the different dis- digitized learning and she works too kind of want to be left alone and (free) on the presidential campaign in Michigan in dif- much to sit down at the computer with ferent locations across the state. This series is tricts do have different ideas. They’re to do their own thing,” Saxton said. “I paid for by contributions from you to the strong, very opinionated and are set him. would love to have more diversity in our City Pulse Fund for Community Journalism. one-way-or-another.” Additionally, she built a $350,000 area and be a little bit more welcoming To contribute, please go to Newmann is employed by a com- home across the street from a Wolverine lansingcitypulse.com/donation. to non-Caucasian families. That’s just pany that organizes events for Unlock World Wide dumpsite for their PFAS the way the demographics are particu- concurs. Michigan and her oldest daughter contamination. Local issues affect her larly in the suburbs and particularly in “Bryan Posthumus is a fantastic can- attended slumber parties hosted by greatly, but Rossman explained that she West Michigan in general.” didate who is working extremely hard members of the DeVos dynasty — isn’t going to choose a champion any- Saxton is competing against and comes from a long lineage in the the clan that produced the Amway time soon. Republican newcomer Bryan district,” he said. “I expect Bryan will multi-level marketing company and However, Saxton canvassers like Joan Posthumus, a partner at the West win. I don’t see that part of Kent County Republican U.S. Secretary of Education Long and Pei-Lan Tsou of Plainfield Michigan Hopyards and the son of for- swinging blue any time soon.” Betsy DeVos. Township allowed that after Trump’s mer Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus, most But if projections are right and a She said it is a political culture that presidential victory in 2016, they owe it recently ex-Gov. Rick Snyder’s chief of record 5.9 to 6 million Michiganders flows more conservatively — but as a to themselves and their community to staff. show up to vote come Nov. 3, another moderately Republican woman who never vote Republican again. Saxton’s campaign committee raised longtime Kent County political consul- believes “you have the right to love who “I’m a woman, I’m a person of color, $37,200 more than Posthumus since tant said, “A lot of things people never you love, choose what to do with your I’m an immigrant, I’m a scientist. What the primary and he feels great about thought about becomes possible.” body and to choose what to do with reason do I have to vote Republican that. The pro-life, pro-gun issues that vot- your money,” Newmann contemplates if ever again in my life?” said Tsou, an But independents like 64-year-old ers tended to gravitate to in the north- she’s part of West Michigan’s own silent associate professor at Grand Valley Lance Climie of Plainfield Township ern Kent County suburban paradises of majority. State University. said, “A Republican will always win Rockford and Plainfield Township are “I feel that the government has Once a left-leaning split-ticket voter, Plainfield Township, always.” being replaced by the more apolitical become a way of life for some of these Tsou suggests that reactions toward the Under normal circumstances, Saxton PFAS That’s the “forever chemicals” politicians. It’s their bread and but- Trump rhetoric have cleaved their sub- has no shot. Even under 2020 abnor- that contaminated the drinking water ter. They need you to think what they urban harmony — residents are either mal circumstances, it’s hard to envision in hundreds of homes out here. think because that’s how they get paid,” red, blue or likely to hop into either-or a Democrat winning in Christian con- Of course, that’s not always the case. Newmann said. “All of this is nonsense. at the last moment. servative northern Kent County and its At the first household Saxton visited Just get down to the point. What is Long said that down her street, a hotbed of diehard Trump supporters. that morning, a middle-aged woman your plan? Quit threatening me -- quit neighbor has cocooned himself with The Posthumus name is so strong. described herself as a not-so-enthusi- threatening my way of life.” MAGA flags and firearms. Although it The candidate’s sister is the Kent astic Republican. She said she didn’t Stephanie Rossman, who’s now lived makes her uncomfortable, Long knows County clerk. vote for Donald Trump in Fall 2016 in this suburban wonderland for eight that he’s preparing for their suburban However, MIRS has learned Kent and can’t bring herself to vote for Biden years, said Rockford is being driven by snow globe to crack and burst. County Republicans are growing because of “abortion and gay marriage.” “hatred for each other and hostility.” The 60-year resident said she didn’t increasingly concerned about multiple Stacie Newman, the marketing man- The single mother said she grew up think about politics growing up — it polls showing congressional Democrat ager for a West Michigan paving con- being told that Rockford was very afflu- wasn’t an issue in her neighborhood Hillary Scholten winning in multiple tractor, said she is sure that if a same- ent and glued together by “cookie-cutter and it wasn’t an issue in her schools. polls. sex couple moved into her Rockford everything.” “I retired in January of 2020 and They still feel the countywide can- neighborhood that people would freak “Over the last few years, it has everybody would ask me what I am didates and local candidates like out. changed. (It) is not nice, it is not qui- going to do in retirement and I said, ‘My Posthumus should be fine, even if “The people who have graduated et and quaint, it is not help-thy-neigh- first 11 months is going to be everything Democrat Joe Biden wins Kent County. from here or who have lived here most bor —it is hostile. It is mean,” Rossman I can to change the current administra- Republican consultant Scott Greenlee of their adult life gravitate toward each said. “Rockford is nothing but optics — tion,” she said. 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020 Lansing retirees rally against ‘broken’ healthcare promises Schor tosses aside campaign City officials said there are too Former city of Lansing pledge to avoid adjusting many variations to individual packag- worker Deb Schenkel, es to give specific information on the who retired due to benefits for retirees increased costs to retirees. But with health issues, says she higher deductibles and rising caps on is “scared to death” by Deb Schenkel spent decades working coinsurance maximums, they’ll certain- cuts to retiree benefits in a parking ramp collecting fees for ly be expected to fork over more cash planned by the Schor for fewer benefits. the city of Lansing before automated administration. machines put her out of a job. Her sco- “It’s a broken promise,” Schenkel liosis didn’t slow her down. Neither did added. “I’m scared to death. What if her cancer diagnosis. Despite her doc- the cancer comes back? This could be tor’s orders, she refused to miss a shift, devastating. I know there are legacy even at her worst. costs, but this isn’t the way to handle it. After automatic gates were installed, It’s all being slammed on the retirees. Schenkel, then in her mid-50s, was We’re older folks who are all going to pushed out into the parking ramp to need this coverage.” collect trash and bag meters for spe- Lansing’s unfunded pension and cial events. Between shifts over a long retiree healthcare liability has bal- weekend, she had surgery to remove a looned to nearly $737 million in recent tumor on her spine and suffered partial years. And though city officials don’t paralysis in her left leg, she said. keep track of the year-to-year fluctua- “Still, the only time I took off were tions, Schor said something needed to the days after chemotherapy,” Schenkel be done to get a grip on those rising added. “I really didn’t fool around. I costs to avoid a financial “crisis.” Kyle Kaminski/City Pulse worked, and I worked hard. I’ve had The changes to retiree benefits — scoliosis since I was 5 years old. I’ve had which were spearheaded by a third-par- least impact to our retirees.” “Really, this all boils down to how the braces, casts, multiple surgeries. I ty firm hired by the city last year — are City officials said union leaders gave this was done,” said Mark Parker, city was a tough little bugger. That’s how expected to save the city about $8 mil- feedback and were “given notice” of the retiree and rally organizer. “If the city our parents raised us.” lion annually, officials said. With it, changes before retirees were directly had actually sat down and negotiated Schenkel retired in 2013, motivated, Schor can instead pile more cash into informed. The Lansing City Council with us in good faith, we might be in in part by a grueling winter’s toll on the city’s struggling general fund to — which remains largely powerless to a different place right now. Even Virg an aging body. City officials also heav- float other services. intervene — was only filled in afterward Bernero would usually speak to us. ily incentivized her departure by offer- City officials have painted the maneu- after hearing the news secondhand. Schor has been silent.” ing her a chance to retain her existing ver as a necessity. The latest city budget Empowered by a Michigan Supreme Dozens of retirees, like Schenkel, healthcare coverage if she left and left trimmed millions of dollars in expenses Court decision last year from Macomb have voiced concerns over the upcom- quickly, she explained. Schenkel took and still brought its rainy-day reserves County, Schor’s administration insists ing benefits changes. Many are fearful the deal. to an all-time low to offset decreased that unilateral changes to promised of the unknown and — like City Pulse With pre-existing conditions, no state revenues and plummeting income healthcare benefits are entirely legal. — have had trouble finding detailed spouse to lean on for alternative cov- taxes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That class-action lawsuit (from thou- information in plain language about erage and a pension that barely kept The changes offered the “most sav- sands of retired Macomb County work- increased costs or reductions in cover- her out of poverty, Schenkel said she ings and least changes for retirees,” offi- ers) ultimately set a new legal prece- age from city officials. couldn’t afford to lose her health ben- cials, including Chief Strategy Officer dent in Michigan. City officials have For some with frequent medical efits. And she certainly never expected Judy Kehler, said in an email answering interpreted that ruling to mean that needs, even an extra $10-30 per visit to see her coverage reduced as Mayor questions posed by City Pulse. It also union contracts don’t promise a vested or prescription can be a hardship, they Andy Schor arrived. aligned with a direct recommendation right to lifetime and unalterable retire- said. The city opened a fund that offers Schor made a clear campaign pledge from the city’s 18-member Financial ment healthcare benefits. $1,000 to those who make less than as part of his “vision statement” to “not Health Team to take immediate action It also means that city officials $25,000 annually. Many won’t be eli- look to solve our current problems on in order to drastically reduce unfunded needn’t bargain with unions to make gible. For those who are, it only helps the backs of city retirees, who spent legacy costs. those decisions, Schor said. soften the blow. their careers serving the public and are As for broken promises? Schor “Public unions don’t negotiate for “I don’t have to pay anything for now on fixed incomes.” refused to directly acknowledge the retirees,” city officials said in its email generic prescriptions right now, but Beginning next year, however, that’s concept in an email to City Pulse, response to questions. with these copays, it could add up to be exactly what Schor’s administration except to note that retirees could be After confidential conversations with a lot,” Schenkel added. “We also have intends to do. much worse off. At least they have ben- city officials and union leaders about to look at costs for doctor’s visits and About 1,300 retirees, including those efits, he said. planned benefits changes leaked to emergency room costs. You never know formerly represented by Teamsters and “There were other, more extreme plan holders last month, criticism over what could happen. That sense of secu- the UAW, are slated to have their ben- options presented to me that I soundly the changes hit a boiling point. Union rity is gone.” efits modified to more closely mirror rejected, including a plan to completely leaders complained about being cut Others fear that a group of loosely those of current employees by 2021. eliminate health care benefits for retir- out of the process. Several dozen retir- organized city retirees — some who no Many will see additional out-of-pocket ees and going to a monthly stipend,” ees rallied against Schor in front of City longer live in Lansing, don’t pay local expenses from higher copays for office Schor said this week. “The current plan Hall. taxes and won’t vote in the next mayor- visits, and prescription drugs and a is the best option to ensure that the city “Union lives matter,” one sign read. al election — are posing far too easy of a 20% coverage reduction for some ser- of Lansing does something to reduce At least two other posters called for vices, including chemotherapy. our high unfunded liability with the Schor’s resignation. See Retirees, Page 11 City Pulse • October 21, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

delay the changes and provide some was the “right or wrong move” to reduce impacted by budget cuts as an absolute Retirees “breathing room” while retirees chart retiree benefits, but said he’s also open last resort, after every other avenue has next steps, he said. to suggestions for alternative ways to been pursued. The city’s budget issues from page 10 The City Council has also tried — and reduce unfunded legacy costs. must be tackled WITH city workers sometimes failed — in recent weeks to Council members Brandon Betz and and unions, not imposed on them from field retiree concerns. Multiple online Patricia Spitzley weren’t thrilled to hear on high.” target for budget cuts. And Parker said meetings designed to solicit retiree about the planned benefits changes Schor said the decision to tweak that Schor has only opened the door to feedback have been canceled. But even from Schor’s administration. But they retiree health benefits has already been more. if they were opposed to the change, the also recognized an inability to stop made. And while his administration is “This also leaves open the possibility Council finds itself legislatively unable them. “always open” to alternatives to save that any future mayor can come in and to stop it. “Had this been an inclusive process, the city some cash, no other proposals totally gut our benefits,” Parker add- “These changes are not something we would have been able to come to to trim unfunded retiree obligations by ed. “This truly opens a Pandora’s Box. that requires City Council approval,” some agreement that folks could live $8 million annually have emerged. If they get away with this, the city can said Council President Peter Spadafore. with while also saving the city mon - “This doesn’t solve the problem,” go and stick their hands straight into “I understand there’s a lot of angst and ey moving forward,” said Council Vice Schor explained to City Pulse. “It is one retiree benefits anytime they’re running concern, and these meetings are the President Adam Hussain. “I’m also of a few steps that we are taking to less- short on cash.” public’s mechanism to redress the gov- concerned this move is occurring amid en the burden on the city so that we can Parker and a group of about 800 ernment. I’m not going to discourage a global pandemic.” ensure that we provide services and are retirees are planning their next steps anyone from speaking out on this, but Former Mayor Virg Bernero — a able to pay pensions in the future. We on a private Facebook group. That it’s also not the most appropriate place potential challenger to Schor in next are paying our legacy costs in a variety could include an attempt to secure a for questions and answers.” year's mayoral election — also voiced of ways.” court-ordered injunction that would Spadafore declined to say whether it criticism: “Retirees should only be — KYLE KAMINSKI

CITY OF EAST LANSING affidavit in order to receive a ballot. NOTICE OF ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 LIST OF POLLING LOCATIONS: Pct. 1 - Brody Hall, MSU To the qualified electors of the City of East Lansing, please take notice that a State General Election Pct. 2 - Martin Luther Chapel, 444 Abbot Road will be held in the City of East Lansing, Ingham and Clinton Counties, Michigan, on Tuesday, Pct. 3 - East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road November 3, 2020. Pct. 4 - Capital City Vineyard Church, 1635 Coolidge Road Pct. 5 - Shaarey Zedek Congregation, 1924 Coolidge Road For the purposes of electing the following offices: Pct. 6 - Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 1315 Abbot Road Pct. 7 - St. Paul Lutheran Church, 3383 Lake Lansing Road President/Vice-President Pct. 8 - University Reformed Church, 841 Timberlane Street U.S. Senator Pct. 9 - Edgewood United Church, 469 N. Hagadorn Road U.S. Representative in Congress Pct. 10 - Edgewood United Church, 469 N. Hagadorn Road State Representative Pct. 11 - East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road (temporary re-location) State Board of Education Pct. 12 - Union Bldg., MSU University of Michigan Board of Regents Pct. 13 - IM Sports East, MSU Michigan State University Board of Trustees Pct. 14 - IM Sports East, MSU Wayne State University Board of Governors Pct. 15 - IM Sports West, MSU County Offices: Pct. 16 - Wesley Foundation, 1118 S. Harrison Road Prosecuting Attorney Pct. 17 - Shaarey Zedek Congregation, 1924 Coolidge Road Sheriff Clerk All polling places are accessible and voting instructions are available in alternative formats of audio Treasurer and Braille. Register of Deeds Drain Commissioner In addition to regular business hours, the East Lansing City Clerk’s Offices will be open on October 31 County Commissioner and November 1 from 8 am – 4 pm to register voters, issue and accept absentee ballots for qualified electors. The following non-partisan offices: Justice of the Supreme Court The last day to register in any manner other than in-person with the East Lansing City Clerk’s Judge of the Court of Appeals Office is October 19, 2020. After this date, anyone who qualifies as an elector must register Judge of the Circuit Court to vote in person with proof of residency (MCL 168.492) at the following locations and times: Judge of the Probate Court Lansing Community College Board of Trustees East Lansing City Clerk – City Hall Regular Business Hours: Monday-Friday from 9 am-5 pm East Lansing School Board 410 Abbot Road, Room 100 Additional Hours: October 17 and October 24 from 10 am-2 pm; Lansing School Board (Part of East Lansing) East Lansing, MI 48823 October 31 and November 1 from 8 am-4 pm Bath School Board (Part of East Lansing) City Clerk Satellite Office Starting on Monday, October 5, 2020 Also, to vote on the following proposals: Hannah Community Center Regular Business Hours: Monday-Friday from 9 am-4 pm 819 Abbot Road Additional Hours: October 31 and November 1 from 8 am-4 pm State of Michigan: East Lansing, MI 48823

Proposal 20-1 A proposed constitutional amendment to allow money from oil and gas mining on To register to vote, check your voter registration information, find your polling location, or state-owned lands to continue to be collected in state funds for land protection and creation and view your sample ballot check the Secretary of State Voter Information website at www. maintenance of parks, nature areas, and public recreation facilities; and to describe how money in mi.gov/vote those state funds can be spent ABSENT VOTER BALLOTS: Proposal 20-2 A proposed constitutional amendment to require a search warrant in order to access Any registered voter may request an Absent Voter Ballot. No reason required. a person’s electronic data or electronic communications The East Lansing City Clerk’s Office must have a signed application to issue an Absent Voter Ballot. Ingham County: You may apply online at www.mi.gov/vote or at the East Lansing City Clerk’s Office. Public Transportation System for Elderly and Disabled Millage Renewal Question November 2, 2020 at 4:00 pm is the deadline to request an absentee ballot except for those who Full text of the ballot proposals may be obtained at the East Lansing City Clerk’s Office, 410 Abbot register to vote on Election Day. Ballots issued on November 2, 2020 must be requested and voted Road, Room 100, East Lansing, MI 48823. Sample ballots can also be found at www.mi.gov/vote. in person at the East Lansing City Clerk’s Office.

Polls at said election will be open at 7 am and will remain open until 8 pm. Those registering to vote on Election Day, November 3, 2020, are eligible to receive an absent voter ballot at the East Lansing City Clerk’s Office. Photo Identification OR Affidavit Required to Vote: Jennifer Shuster Under Michigan law upheld by the Michigan Supreme Court, ALL voters will be asked to show photo East Lansing City Clerk identification to vote at the polls. Voters without identification will be required to fill out and sign an CP#20-246 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE: CSX Transportation proposes to erect one 70-ft-tall communications tower within CSX Right-of-Way at (listed by Tower Name: Latitude, Longitude) CSX Lansing Yard Tower: B/21/033 TURNER MINI PARK as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. The City 42.759524, -84.559208, which will be licensed through the Federal Communications Commission of Lansing will accept sealed bids electronically on line at www.mitn.info or at the City Of Lansing (FCC). As part of its responsibilities assigned by FCC for compliance with National Environmental Purchasing Office, at 124 W. Michigan Ave 8TH Fl, Lansing, MI 48933 until 2:00 PM local time in Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), CSX invites the public to notify effect on NOV. 5, 2020 at which time bids will be opened. Complete specifications and forms CSX of any effects the placement of this tower may have on properties listed or eligible for listing required to submit bids are available by contacting Shannon Tracy at (517) 483-4128, or in the National Register of Historic Places, or any concerns the public may have with regard to [email protected] or go to www.mitn.info. The City of Lansing encourages bids the potential impact the tower may have on natural and cultural resources subject to NEPA or from all vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. NHPA review and consideration. Please direct your comments to Aubyn Bell at 76 S. Laura St. CP#20-255 Suite 1600, Jacksonville, FL 32202 or via email at [email protected]. Comments must be received within 10 days of this notice. CP#20-249

NOTICE OF HEARING the proposed special assessment district is $2,616,603.99.

PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED The special assessment roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during 2020 MONTGOMERY DRAIN MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT regular business hours of regular business days until the time of the public hearing and will further be PROJECT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT available for examination during the public hearing. The special assessment roll is also available on AND THE PROPOSED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THEREFOR the Township’s website at www.lansingtownship.org

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Supervisor has further reported PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS that the assessment against each parcel of land within the proposed special assessment district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in the special assessment TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP district as the benefit to such parcel bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in the proposed OF LANSING, INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN, the owners of the land described below within special assessment district. the proposed 2020 Montgomery Drain Maintenance and Improvement Project Special Assessment District, and any other interested persons: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet on Tuesday, the 27th day of October, 2020, at 7 o’clock, p.m., at the Township’s Administration Building, 3209 West Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48917, for the purpose of reviewing the proposed special 1204 CHESTER RD. 919 N CLIPPERT ST 1043 KIMBERLY DR. #12 assessment roll, and to hear any objections to the Drain Project, the proposed 2020 Montgomery 2911 WOODRUFF AVE. 931 CLIPPERT ST. 3000 E SAGINAW ST. Drain Maintenance and Improvement Project Special Assessment District, and/or the proposed special assessment roll. 2917 WOODRUFF AVE. 935 CLIPPERT ST. 530 N HOMER ST. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, due to restrictions on public gatherings related 2929 WOODRUFF AVE. 2900 E GRAND RIVER AVE 3020 E SAGINAW ST. to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the public wishing to participate in the public hearing should 2937 WOODRUFF AVE. 2924 E GRAND RIVER AVE 531 N CLIPPERT ST. do so virtually/electronically through Zoom. Members of the public may join the public hearing using the following Zoom instructions: 3009 WOODRUFF AVE. 3020 E GRAND RIVER AVE 505 N CLIPPERT ST. Lansing Township is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 3019 WOODRUFF AVE. 3015 E SAGINAW ST 500 N HOMER ST. 1115 CHESTER RD. 1111 KIMBERLY DR. 626 N HOMER ST. Topic: Board of Trustees Public Hearing Time: Oct 27, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 1035 CHESTER RD. 1029 KIMBERLY DR. 529 N CLIPPERT ST. Join Zoom Meeting 1007 CHESTER RD. 1019 KIMBERLY DR. 535 N CLIPPERT ST. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2315421280 1122 CHESTER RD. 1007 KIMBERLY DR. 600 N HOMER ST. Meeting ID: 231 542 1280 2910 WOODRUFF AVE. 2820 COVINGTON CT. 521 N CLIPPERT ST. Passcode: LansingTwp 2920 WOODRUFF AVE. 2815 E GRAND RIVER AVE 521 N CLIPPERT ST. One tap mobile +16465588656,,2315421280# US (New York) 2930 WOODRUFF AVE 919 CHESTER RD. 432 N HOMER ST. +13017158592,,2315421280# US (Germantown)

1114 CHESTER RD. 2829 E GRAND RIVER AVE 413 N CLIPPERT ST. Dial by your location 1108 CHESTER RD. 1041 KIMBERLY DR #1 431 N CLIPPERT ST +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) 1032 CHESTER RD. 1041 KIMBERLY DR #2 425 N CLIPPERT ST +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) 2928 KENWICK CR 1041 KIMBERLY DR #3 419 N CLIPPERT ST +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) 2929 COVINGTON CT 1043 KIMBERLY DR #4 415 N CLIPPERT ST +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 231 542 1280 1016 CHESTER RD. 1043 KIMBERLY DR #5 411 N CLIPPERT ST. Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kSp7wbq2A 3006 WOODRUFF AVE. 1043 KIMBERLY DR #6 402 N HOMER ST. Written appearances, protests, and/or comments may be submitted to the Township 1110 N HOMER ST. 1041 KIMBERLY DR. #7 405 N CLIPPERT ST. Supervisor via email to [email protected] or at the following address: 3209 West Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48917. Appearances and protests submitted in writing must be received 1000 N HOMER ST. 1031 KIMBERLY DR. #8 401 N CLIPPERT ST. by the Township at or before the time of the public hearing. Comments submitted will be read aloud during the public hearing. 2909 E GRAND RIVER AVE 1041 KIMBERLY DR. #9 416 N HOMER ST. 3015 E GRAND RIVER AVE 1043 KIMBERLY DR. #10 301 N CLIPPERT ST Appearance and protest at the public hearing, in person or in writing, are required in order to appeal the action of the Township Board in approving the special assessment district, the special 1043 KIMBERLY DR. #11 assessment roll, and/or the amount of an assessment, to the Ingham County Circuit Court. A property owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, may appear in person at the public hearing to protest PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Supervisor, or a designee thereof, has the special assessment proceedings or may file his or her appearance and protest by letter and his reported to the Township Board and filed with the office of the Township Clerk for public examination or her personal appearance will not be required. The owner or any person having an interest in the a proposed special assessment roll related to all properties listed above, and that are within the real property who protests in person or in writing at the public hearing may file a written appeal of a proposed 2020 Montgomery Drain Maintenance and Improvement Project Special Assessment special assessment with the Ingham County Circuit Court within 35 days after the date the special District, and are benefitted by the drain project generally described as follows: assessment roll is confirmed by the Township Board. Cleaning out, relocating, widening, deepening, straightening, tiling, extending, consolidating, adding branches, adding lands, relocating along a highway and/or installing devices to purify Dated: October 7, 2020 ______the flow of the Montgomery Drain pursuant to Chapter 20 of Act 40 of the Michigan Public Acts Susan L. Aten, Township Clerk of 1956, as amended (the “Drain Project”).

Plans and cost estimates for the Drain Project have been prepared and are on file with the CP#20-243 office of the Ingham County Drain Commissioner for public examination. Further, a proposed special assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing a portion of the total cost of the Drain Project within the special assessment district. The proposed total assessment to properties in City Pulse • October 21, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13 Eastside commission candidate fined Rick Jones for $1,000 over late campaign reports VOTE Eaton County Sheriff Bob Pena, a Demo- late in filing both his pre-election cratic candidate for the and post-election primary election NOV. 3 Ingham County Board reports, Byrum said. Fines are statu- of Commissioners, has torily capped at $500 per report and less than two weeks to increase for each day the disclosure is It’s time for a change fix mistakes in his cam- late. Officials dinged Pena for the full paign finance report or Pena $1,000 penalty. risk falling further out “I’m working through the reports, of compliance with state law. but they appear to be absolutely rid- Pena, who defeated incumbent dled with errors,” Byrum said. “It’s I want deputies Commissioner Thomas Morgan for missing basic addresses for contrib - the nomination to represent Lansing’s utors among some other items, but I to have better east side, was fined $1,000 last week can plainly see it’s riddled with errors. after he was late in reporting thou - We’ll have to send out a letter.” training in sands of dollars in political donations Pena’s late records showed that his and expenses for the primary. campaign collected at least $4,000 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum from about 20 individual donors since de-escalating has also filed a “notice of errors and November 2018, including about omissions” against Pena’s campaign $3,200 in in-kind contributions — possible violent that includes a warning that his some listed as debts. Records also records of campaign donations in the showed his campaign account main- situations latest election cycle were filed too ear- tains a leftover balance of about $800. ly, lacked street addresses of the con- Advertising invoices flagged earlier tributors and was riddled with math- this month showed Pena spent more ematical errors and conflicting totals. than $1,000 on campaign ads at City Byrum said Pena’s latest mistakes Pulse alone — a clear indication that pushed him out of compliance with he surpassed his legal spending limits. Fair and equal treatment for all people the Michigan Campaign Finance Act. Pena declined to disclose those spend- Paid for by CTE Rick Jones Sheriff Corrections are due by Oct. 30. And if ing records to City Pulse. PO Box 115, Grand Ledge, MI 48837 elected, Pena will have to sign an affi- Pena’s reports had initially suggest- davit testifying that he’s fully abiding ed that some donors — like Ingham by all state election requirements. County Treasurer Eric Schertzing and “It would be illegal to claim other- Deputy Drain Commissioner Paul wise in that affidavit, so this must be Pratt — had donated more than $400 fixed,” Byrum said. each to his campaign since 2018. We will pay what we need to,” Pena Byrum said those figures appear inac- ABANDONED VEHICLE SALE wrote Byrum. curate. She thinks Pena’s campaign CITY OF LANSING, MICHIGAN Pena has not return multiple calls to incorrectly merged overall cumulative Sealed bids marked S/21/022, ABANDONED VEHICLES will be accepted at the City of Lansing City Pulse in recent weeks. contributions with those from indi - Purchasing Office, 124 W Michigan Ave 8th floor, Lansing Mi. 48933 until but no later than, 1:00 Morgan, his former opponent, said vidual donors. PM, local time in effect WED. OCT 28, 2020 last week that Pena is going to have Instead, the largest donors on the Questions regarding this sale may be directed to Shannon Tracy Buyer, at (517) 483-4128 or email: to be “better about following the law Pena’s latest report appear to have [email protected] or [email protected] - 30 DAY NOTICE and paying attention to details” if he’s donated only $100 each. Records also Vehicles may be inspected WED. OCT. 28, 2020, as follows: ever going to “properly do the job of showed Pena’s campaigns, in total, SHROYER’S, 2740 EATON RAPIDS RD, LANSING MI. 48911 8:30 AM a county commissioner” in Ingham had doled out more than $3,000 for SWIFT TOWING, 2347 N CEDAR HOLT MI 9:30 AM PJ’S , 1425 RENSEN, LANSING MI 10:00 AM County. signs, advertisements and t-shirts — NORTHSIDE TOWING, 226 RUSSELL, LANSING, MI 48906 10:45 AM Before Pena reported more than some of which was listed on finance H&H MOBILE TOWING 1500 HASLETT ROAD EAST LANSING, MI 48823 11:30 AM $3,200 in contributions last week, he reports as unpaid debts. ABANDONED VEHICLE SALE OCT. 28, 2020 previously had declared he planned to Multiple calls to Pena’s campaign NORTHSIDE SHROYERS H & H MOBLIE TOWING raise less and spend less than $1,000 treasurer, Carol Kasuda, were not YEAR MAKE YEAR MAKE YEAR MAKE each for the primary and general returned to City Pulse. 2010 JEEP 2008 NISSAN 2005 PONTIAC 2005 SUZUKI 2013 BUICK elections, resulting in a waiver for “The goal of campaign finance 2017 MOPED 2010 DODGE SWIFT reporting. Records, however, show reporting is to offer transparency,” 2012 CHRYSLER 2005 KAWASAKI YEAR MAKE he passed that spending mark in July Byrum added. “It allows voters to see 2019 KAWASAKI 2009 MITSUBISHI 1999 JEEP 2003 CHEVROLET 2005 CADILLAC 2008 DODGE and should have filed two reports for who is paying for the campaign and 2005 PONTIAC 2009 DODGE the primary election in August. where the money is going. It’s just PJ's 2008 FORD 2003 VOLKSWAGON YEAR MAKE 2009 GMC 2008 PONTIAC Records indicate that Pena’s com- unfortunate that this information was 2017 MOPED 2015 JEEP 2004 CHEVROLET

2010 DODGE 2006 BUICK 2008 JEEP mittee had already exceeded that not provided to the public in a timely $1,000 threshold in mid-July — a full manner. Ignorance is not a defense.” 2015 CHEVROLET 2015 JEEP 2007 VOLKSWAGON 2008 CDODGE month before that spending waiver Pena faces Republican Kelly 2005 CHRYSLER was even refiled. Christopherson on Nov. 3. 2008 TOYOTA Pena was marked several weeks — KYLE KAMINSKI CP#20-253 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020 ONLINE REAL ESTATE Peters-James won’t debate as polls show tightening race

AUCTION POLITICS In 1961, Dr. The two did separate interviews on TUESDAY, NOV. 10, 2020 @ 10:00 AM Seuss snuck into WDIV’s “Flashpoint” over the week- the book “The end. Both blamed the other for not By Order of the County Treasurer of Ingham County Sneetches and having a debate. Other Stories” a Neither side wants to acquiesce to tale about “The the other and none of the TV stations Zax,” a pair of hairy are aggressively trying to play the Incredible Low Reserves!! creatures who middle and work out a compromise. Below are a few of the many properties o ered in this incredible auction! crossed paths in The problem is that a debate is a the desert. One was high-risk proposition for both cam- traveling north and paigns with the potential of a nega- the other south and both tive outcome outweighing the poten- OPINION refused to move out of tial of any positive outcome. the way of the other. For James, he could appear on “I’ll stay here, not budging! I can public TV on a Sunday afternoon, as and I will if it makes you and me and happened in 2018. But few would the whole world stand still,” said the watch it with football on the oth- South-Going Zax. er channels. It would also open up 1119 Bement St, Lansing 922 N. Walnut St, Lansing And so it is with the U.S. Senate the Republican to policy questions campaign in Michigan. In the past that will expose his lack of depth on month, public polling has every- issues compared to Peters, the profes- thing from U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, sor-like technocrat who gladly dives D-Bloomfield Twp., up 10 points to into the weeds on any topic. Republican John James up 1 point. For the less Peters, appearing on The race, the first $100 million commercial TV during prime time campaign in Michigan history, is will put him side-by-side to the drawing national attention because young, buff, attractive James under it represents the Republicans’ best the great lighting of a station like 519 Clifford St, Lansing 744 N. ML King Jr. Blvd, Lansing pick-up opportunity. WDIV or WOOD. And, yet, this will be the first cam- You may not have seen the John F. A deposit of $2,000 paign in at least 26 years where there Kennedy-Richard Nixon debate of won’t be a single debate — barring 1960, but historians point to these in certifi ed funds something remarkable happening meetings when discussing the power is required for bid before the election — between the of appearances on TV. approval. two of them. Not one single time will If Trump can narrow his likely these two men be together in some loss to Biden to 5 percentage points Detailed information on public format for voters to decide — polls show Biden up by 9 points 1532 Eifert Rd, Holt parcels to be offered & between them. in Michigan now — the James cam- terms of sale can be No exchanging of ideas. No paign believes it still has a chance. obtained on the internet at responses to the negative ads. No They believe they don’t feel like they back-and-forth. No nothing. Just have to bend like they did in 2018 www. more TV ads. when James gritted through a lightly WGVU, the Grand Rapids pub- watched, ho-hum WGVU debate with BippusUSA. lic TV station that has hosted U.S. U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Delta Senate debates every cycle with the Twp. 6024 Pheasant Ave, Lansing com exception of 2014, received a “yes” Meanwhile, Peters should win this Eric A. Schertzing, from Peters for an Oct. 12 debate. race and his team knows this. They’re Ingham County Treasurer, They’re still waiting for a call back not going out of their way to give the 341 S. Jefferson St, from the James campaign. Republican any more exposure than Mason, MI The James campaigns said yes to necessary unless it’s under their con- (517.676.7220) debates on the state’s largest com- ditions. mercial stations — WOOD-TV in So here we are. The clock is ticking. Detailed Info Grand Rapids and WXYZ and WDIV People are voting. in metro Detroit. Two of these sta- Kind of like the story of the Zax 888-481-5108 or tions hosted debates for governor last where, “In a couple of years, the new Visit Our Website! cycle, and “If they were good enough highway came through, And they Lexington Ave, East Lansing (Vacant Land) for Gretchen Whitmer in 2018, they built it right over those two stubborn should be good enough for Gary Zax, And left them there, standing Peters,” James’ people said. unbudged in their tracks.” The Peters campaign wanted the (Kyle Melinn of the Capitol news traditional public TV appearances on service MIRS is at melinnky@gmail. WGVU and WTVS in Detroit. com.) John Bippus AARE CAI CES GRI Broker/Auctioneer

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Kamala Harris want to “censor you” Lansing resident Donalyn Kestner and “want to keep churches shut.” and friends she attended the rally with “It’s a Socialist party. It’s a Communist were not wearing masks. party,” Trump said to cheers from the Kestner said she is a retired licensed crowd. Skyler Ashley/City Pulse (Above) Eric Trump son of President Donald Trump, campaigning for his father in practical nurse who worked for 25 He said his father’s campaign for years at McLaren Greater Lansing Lansing Tuesday. president in 2016 was against “incom- Hospital. petence.” function in his life. main reason to vote for him. She said she “has not met one person “They didn’t know what they were “For the first time in my 44 years, “It’s about being more American with COVID-19.” doing,” Trump said. I share a strong enthusiasm to be than Latino,” he said. An Associated Press poll released The crowd booed when Trump said involved in the political system,” he Moreno was also wearing a mask, Tuesday shows just 16% of Americans the Democratic Party wants to tear said. one of a few among the attendees surveyed trust the president on infor- down his father’s border wall project. As a Latino, Moreno said he looks or speakers. COVID-19 has infected mation related to the virus. Ezekiel Moreno, from Lansing, beyond race and at Trump’s accom - 4,239 people in Ingham County and — SEAN BRADLEY attended the event as his first political plishments in the White House as the killed 58 there as of Monday, according Downtown Charlotte named to National Register of Historic Places City officials expect were added to the registry. In addi - “This also offers individual res - streets. It’s bordered by McClure tion to making Charlotte a larger blip idents a chance for their home to Street to the north and by Henry increased ‘historical on history buffs’ maps of Michigan, gain some extra prominence,” Myrkle Street to the west. tourism’ after federal a spot on the National Register also added. “We can use this study to give Originally known as Eaton Center makes available incentives like grants them some historical context about or Carmel, Charlotte was incorporat- designation and tax credits that could foster addi- their properties and then signs can be ed about four years after Lansing in tional economic investment and sub- made for residents to display at their 1863. The city of Charlotte is hoping for sequently increase property values. homes.” Myrkle said local residents and a bigger tourism footprint after being Myrkle said Charlotte — with doz- Myrkle said the designation doesn’t business owners can expect to receive named to the National Register of ens of historic homes and businesses carry restrictions that prohibit certain additional information from the city Historic Places. — first attempted to secure a spot on types of home improvements. Historic about the federal designation next “The first and easiest benefit is the the National Register through former buildings that are drastically altered, month, including options for histori- tourism angle,” said Bryan Myrkle, the Gov. Rick Snyder’s “Project Rising however, could be removed from the cal signage on their properties as well city’s community development direc- Tide,” designed to give “special atten- National Register if they’ve lost their as potential grant funding opportuni- tor. “People into historical tourism tion” to struggling communities. “historical significance,” Myrkle said. ties. will actually seek these places out and The Michigan Historic Preservation “It’s just a little bit of extra attention More than 95,000 properties, check them out. Charlotte is in the Network later pitched in more than on a city that could use the spotlight,” including nearly 2,000 in Michigan, middle of the mitten, so to speak, and $30,000 to conduct a historical study Myrkle added. have been listed on the National we just don’t have some of the geo - of sorts, which was then sent to the The portion of the city of Charlotte Register to date, which is reserved for graphic features that draw in crowds National Park Service for federal con- listed on the National Registry is places deemed worthy by the federal elsewhere.” sideration. After a few delays in recent defined as the Charlotte Central government of preservation for their Charlotte showed up last week as years, a decision was finally made this Historic District and runs along historical significance. one of 19 locations nationally that month. Cochran Avenue and other adjacent — KYLE KAMINSKI City Pulse • October 21, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17

as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. PUBLIC NOTICE B/21/032 ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the CITY OF LANSING, PURCHASING OFFICE, at CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING 124 W. MICHIGAN AVE. 8TH FLOOR, LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 or electronically submitted thru the Mitn Site (www.mitn.info) until local time in effect on at which time NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Public Accuracy Test for the General Election to be held 2:00 PM OCT. 30, 2020 on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, has been scheduled for 27th day, October, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. in bids will be opened. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available the Board Room in the Lansing Township Administration Building at 3209 West Michigan Avenue, by contacting Shannon Tracy at (517) 483-4128, or [email protected] or go Lansing, Michigan. to www.mitn.info. The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. CP#20-254 The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to determine that the program being used to record and tabulate the results of the election counts the votes in the manner prescribed by the law. B/21/029 Appraisals for Residential Properties as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the CITY OF LANSING, c/o PURCHASING SUSAN L. ATEN, Clerk OFFICE, at 124 W. MICHIGAN AVE. 8TH FL., LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 until 2:00 PM local Charter Township of Lansing CP#20-235 time in effect on November 10, 2020 at which time bids will be opened and read. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by calling Shannon Tracy at (517) 483-4128, or [email protected] or go to www.mitn.info for content and purpose of this bid contact Barb Kimmel at (517) 483-4053. The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. CP#20-256

CITY OF LANSING identification to vote at the polls. Voters without identification will be required to fill out and sign an NOTICE OF ELECTION affidavit in order to receive a ballot. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 Anyone who qualifies as an elector may register to vote in person with proof of residency (MCL To the qualified electors of the City of Lansing: 168.492) at the following locations and times:

Please take notice that the City of Lansing will hold an Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Location Address Regular Business Hours For the purpose of electing candidates to the following offices: Lansing City Clerk – City Hall 124 W Michigan Ave Mon - Fri Partisan Offices Lansing, MI 48933 8am - 5pm Presidential: Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States; Congressional: United States Senator, Representative in Congress; Legislative: Representative in State Legislature; State Boards: Member of the State Board of Education, Regent of the University City Clerk – Election Unit 2500 S Washington Ave Mon - Fri of Michigan, Trustee of Michigan State University, Governor of Wayne State University; County: Lansing, MI 48910 8am - 5pm Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff, Clerk (Ingham County only), Register of Deeds (Ingham County only), Clerk/Register of Deeds (Eaton County only), Treasurer, Drain Commissioner, County Wednesdays Commissioner (NOTE: Straight Party Ticket will be a voting option for this election) 8am - 7pm

Nonpartisan Offices Additional times outside of the above listed regular business hours are as follows: Judicial: Justice of Supreme Court, Judge of Court of Appeals, Judge of Circuit Court, Judge of Probate Court (Ingham County only), Judge of District Court; Community College: Board of Trustees Member; Local School District: Board Member Location Address Additional Hours Lansing City Clerk – City Hall 124 W Michigan Ave Election Day For the purpose of voting on the following proposals: Lansing, MI 48933 November 3 State: Proposal 20-1 A proposed constitutional amendment to allow money from oil and gas mining 7am - 8pm on state-owned lands to continue to be collected in state funds for land protection and creation and maintenance of parks, nature areas, and public recreation facilities; and to describe how money in City Clerk – Election Unit 2500 S Washington Ave Saturday those state funds can be spent, Proposal 20-2 A proposed constitutional amendment to require a Lansing, MI 48910 October 24 search warrant in order to access a person’s electronic data or electronic communications; County: 10am - 2pm Public Transportation System for Elderly and Disabled Millage Renewal Question (Ingham County only), Eaton County Transportation Authority (EATRAN) Millage Renewal Authorization Questions. Saturday October 31 Voting Precincts and Polling Places are: 10am - 10pm

Lansing Ward 1 Lansing Ward 2 Sunday Pct. 1 – Gier Park Community Center Pct. 11 – South Washington Office Cplx. November 1 Pct. 2 – Grand River Head Start Pct. 12 – Lyons School 10am -10pm Pct. 3 – Post Oak School Pct. 13 – Cavanaugh School Pct. 4 – Pattengill School Pct. 14 – Gardner School Election Day Pct. 5 – Foster Community Center Pct. 15 – Mt. Hope School November 3 Pct. 6 – Pilgrim Congregational Church Pct. 16 – Parker Memorial Baptist Church 7am - 8pm Pct. 7 – Pilgrim Congregational Church Pct. 17 – Kendon School Pct. 8 – Bethlehem Temple Church Pct. 18 – Gardner School Alfreda Schmidt 5825 Wise Rd October 19 - November 2 Pct. 9 – Board of Water and Light Pct. 19 – North School Southside Community Center Lansing, MI 48911 Mon - Fri Pct. 10 – South Washington Office Cplx. Pct. 20 – North School 8am - 6pm Pct. 45 – Foster Community Center Pct. 21 – Forest View School Election Day Lansing Ward 3 Lansing Ward 4 November 3 Pct. 22 - Southside Community Center Pct. 32 – Elmhurst School 7am - 8pm Pct. 23 – Woodcreek School Pct. 33 – Lewton School Pct. 24 – Attwood School Pct. 34 – South Washington Office Cplx. ABSENT VOTER BALLOTS Pct. 25 – Attwood School Pct. 35 – First Presbyterian Church Any registered voter may request an Absent Voter Ballot. No reason required. Pct. 26 – Southside Community Center Pct. 36 – Letts Community Center Pct. 27 – Pleasant View School Pct. 37 – Letts Community Center The Lansing City Clerk’s Office must have a signed application to issue an Absent Voter Ballot. Applications Pct. 28 – Dwight Rich School Pct. 38 – Willow School are available at the locations referenced in the above table or by visiting our website at lansingmi.gov/ Pct. 29 – Tabernacle of David Church Pct. 39 – Emanuel First Lutheran Church clerk. Pct. 30 – Tabernacle of David Church Pct. 40 – Willow School Pct. 31 – Dwight Rich School Pct. 41 – Cumberland School Monday, November 2, 2020 at 4:00 pm is the deadline to request an absentee ballot except for those who Pct. 42 – Transitions North register to vote on Election Day. Ballots issued on Monday, November 2, 2020 must be requested and Pct. 43 – St. Stephen Lutheran Church voted in person at the Lansing City Clerk’s Office, locations referenced in the above table. Pct. 44 – St. Casimir Catholic Church Those registering to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, are eligible to receive an absent Lansing City Clerk’s Office, locations referenced in the above table. To comply with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), voting instructions will be available in audio format and in Braille. Arrangements for obtaining the instructions in these alternative formats can be made Chris Swope, MMC/MIPMC by contacting the Clerk’s Office in advance of the election. All polling locations are accessible for Lansing City Clerk voters with disabilities. Phone: 517-483-4131 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lansingmi.gov/Clerk To see if you are registered or to find your polling location, check the Secretary of State Voter www.facebook.com/LansingClerkSwope CP#20-251 Information web site at www.lansingvotes.com

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CITY OF LANSING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL FOR THE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 ELECTION

Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing City Council Notice is hereby given that the public test of the program, which will be used for tabulating on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, 101 the results of the Election to be held Tuesday, November 3, 2020 in the City of Lansing, will Linden Street, East Lansing: be conducted at the Lansing City Clerk’s Election Unit located at the South Washington Office Complex at 2500 South Washington Avenue on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. A public hearing will be held to consider Ordinance 1477, an ordinance to amend the Zoning Use District Map of Chapter 50 – Zoning – of the Code of the City of East Lansing to rezone The public accuracy test is conducted to determine that the program used to tabulate the results the property at 3225 West Road from RA, Residential Agricultural District, to B-4, Restricted of the election counts the votes in the manner prescribed by law. Office Business District. ABSENT VOTER BALLOTS The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, such as interpreters for the Any registered voter may request an Absent Voter Ballot. No reason required. hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting, upon notice to the City of East Lansing, prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring We must have a signed application to issue an Absent Voter Ballot. Applications are available at reasonable accommodations or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot www.lansingmi.gov/Clerk or by calling 517-483-4131. Road, East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 319-6920, TDD 1-800-649-377. The Lansing City Clerk’s Office, 124 W. Michigan Ave., 9th Floor, will be open Monday thru Friday Note: This hearing is currently scheduled to occur as a regular public hearing at the meeting. If, at from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to register and issue absentee ballots to qualified electors. the time of this hearing meetings are still not permitted under an Executive Order of the Governor and an Executive Order permitting meetings electronically allows for an electronic meeting, this The Lansing City Clerk’s Election Unit, 2500 S. Washington Ave (rear entrance), will be open: hearing will occur electronically and a notice of the means of participation in that hearing will be • Weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; published in compliance with the Open Meetings Act and any relevant Executive Orders. • Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. • Saturday, October 24, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jennifer Shuster • Saturday, October 31, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. City Clerk CP#20-247 • Sunday, November 1, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. to register voters and to issue absentee ballots to qualified electors.

The Alfreda Schmidt Southside Community Center, 5825 Wise Rd, will be open: • October 19 thru November 2, Weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. SPONSORED CONTENT to register voters and to issue absentee ballots to qualified electors.

Monday, November 2, 2020 at 4:00 pm is the deadline to request an absentee ballot except for We Can Help You Get A Free GED those who register to vote on Election Day. Ballots issued on Monday, November 2, 2020 must be requested and voted in person at the Lansing City Clerk’s Office or the Lansing City Clerk’s By Barbara Schmidt Election Unit.

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ROUNDStarts now! brought 2 to you by: Vote at: lansingcitypulse.comCONTEST ... And cut! We are now past the first round of the the reboot as a response to the coro- rebooted Top of the Town 2020 contest. navirus pandemic. The Top 5 nom- City Pulse received an absolute ava- inees for Best Curbside Pickup are lanche of votes and nominations, with Lansing Brewing Co., People’s Kitchen, the final total of votes submitted reach- Texas Roadhouse, Saddleback BBQ ing nearly 65,000. Thank you for your (Okemos) and Corey’s Lounge. And in enthusiastic participation! Now it’s time the hunt for Best Online Ordering, we’ve for the fun part, seeing who secured a got Barnes & Noble (West Saginaw position in the Top 5. Highway), Lansing Brewing Co. again, As it is an election year, it was rather Strange Matter Coffee, MEAT BBQ and fascinating to see Lansing’s picks in the the newcomer, Sleepwalker Spirits & Top of the Town political categories. The nominees for Ale. Don’t forget that right now, local Best Local Politician are as follows: Andy businesses and restaurants need your Schor, Brandon Betz, Kathie Dunbar, Rick support more than ever. Jones and Julie Brixie. Meanwhile, your And City Pulse would be remiss not to picks for Best State/National Politician mention the Best Pizza Contest. In case 2 1 are Gretchen Whitmer, Tom Barrett, you need a reminder, we decided pizza Elissa Slotkin, Dana Nessel and John was too large of a category to be con- James. On the flipside, Schor, Jones tained within the rest of Top of the Town, and Betz were also nominated for Worst so we gave it a breakout section of its Local Politician. And as far as Worst own. Flip to page 22 to see who took State/National Politician is concerned, home top prize in categories such as Whitmer earns another nomination Best East Lansing Pizza and Best Deep- Oct. 21, 2020 and is joined by Donald Trump, Beau Dish Style Pizza. LeFave, Rick Snyder and Pete Lucido. Voting starts today and ends Nov. We can’t forget about some of the 3, 2020. important new categories added to 22 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020

The votes are in Pizza is near and dear to all of our hearts. City Pulse decided to give the classic dish a little extra love this year by giving it a contest of its own. Just hav- ing a single category in Top of the Town, “Best Pizza,” was far too basic. What about Best Deep Dish? Best Thin Crust? There’s simply too much nuance at stake here. We asked you to settle several debates and you did a great job. So, without further ado, here are the local pizza pie champions.

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LANSING AREA BREWERY • Saddleback BBQ - REO Town CONTEST • BrickHaven Brewing Co. • Capital City BBQ TOP 5 • Lansing Brewing Co. TOP 5 • Gravity Smokehouse & BBQ • Looking Glass Brewing Co. BREAKFAST • EagleMonk Pub and Brewery • Good Truckin' Diner • Dimes Brewhouse • Fidler's on the Grand BESTCOCKTAILS BARS BESTBAGELS DINING LANSING AREA • Amy's Downtown Diner • American Fifth Spirits • Flour Child Bakery DISTILLERY • The People's Kitchen • The Avenue Café • GoodFellas Bagel Deli • American Fifth Spirits • Golden Harvest • Stober's Bar • Big Apple Bagels • Sanctuary - Distillery, Brewery • Sanctuary - • Great Harvest Bread Co. BRUNCH & Winery • Distillery, Brewery • Panera Bread - S. Cedar • The People's Kitchen • Michigrain Distillery • Soup Spoon Cafe & Winery BAKERY • Lansing Brewing Co. • Good Truckin' Diner • BrickHaven Brewing Co. • Flour Child Bakery • Red Cedar Spirits • Buddies Grill - Holt • Looking Glass Brewing Co. • Bake N' Cakes MARGARITA • Golden Harvest DANCE BAR • Strange Matter Coffee • El Azteco • Spiral Video & Dance • Gigi's Cupcakes of BURGER • Acapulco Mexican Grill • Green Door East Lansing • Crunchy's • Punk Taco - Lansing location • The Avenue Café • Groovy Donuts • Dagwoods Tavern and Grill • Cancun Mexican Grill • Overdrive • Harry's Place • Sanctuary - Distillery, Brewery BBQ • Dublin Square & Winery • MEAT Southern BBQ FOOD • Saddleback BBQ - Okemos See Top 5, Page 25 NEIGHBORHOOD BAR • Meat BBQ • Harry's Place • BrickHaven Brewing Co. • The Avenue Café • Art's Pub • BrickHaven Brewing Co. • Dagwood's Tavern • Art's Pub & Grill • Dagwood's • The Avenue Café OPEN MIC NIGHT GAY/LESBIAN BAR • The Avenue Café • Spiral Video & Dance • EagleMonk Pub and Brewery • The Avenue Café • Crunchy's • Reo Town Pub • Moriarty's Pub • Esquire • Blue Owl Coffee • Zoobie's PUB/TAVERN HAPPY HOUR • BrickHaven Brewing Co. • Stober's Bar • Dagwood's • HopCat • EagleMonk Pub and Brewery • Zoobie's • Harry's Place • Buddie's Grill - Holt • Art's Pub • Moriarty's Pub SPARTAN SPORTS JAM NIGHT HANGOUT • The Green Door • Harrison Roadhouse Bar & Grill • Crunchy's • Moriarty's Pub • Spartan Hall of • Spiral Video & Dance Fame Cafe • The Avenue Café • Dagwood's • Unicorn Tavern • The Watershed Tavern & Grill KARAOKE SPORTS BAR • Crunchy's • Nuthouse Sports Grill • The Avenue Café • Art's Pub • LeRoy's Classic • Champps Bar & Grill • Frank's Press Box • Sir Pizza in Old Town • Reno's - East • Sir Pizza - Lake Lansing 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020

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Kalamazoo 2020 Established 1947 CONTEST City Pulse • October 21, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25 Top of the town 2020 Vote at round 2 starts now! lansingcitypulse.com CONTEST • Harry's Place • Pancho's Taqueria HIBACHI Top 5 • Cosmos • Shove It Pizza Truck • Ukai Hibachi Grill & • DeLuca's Restaurant • Bangos Sushi Bar Lansing/Woodlake from page 23 • Naing Myanmar Family • Smoke N' Pig BBQ combined Restaurant FRENCH FRIES • Ukai Japanese Steakhouse FAYGO FLAVOR • HopCat • Hibachi Grill Sushi • Kewpee Sandwich Shoppe • Rock N Rye • Zoobie's Old Town Buffet • Good Truckin' Diner • Red Pop Tavern • Sushi Moto • Maru Sushi & Grill CHINESE • Creme Soda • Five Guys Burger & Fries • Asian Buffet • Orange • Olympic Broil ICE CREAM SHOP • Charlie Kang's Restaurant • Black Cherry • Dagwood's Tavern & Grill • MSU Dairy Store • P.F. Chang's FAST FOOD FRIED CHICKEN • MOO-ville Creamery • Little Panda Chinese • Nip N Sip Drive In • Eastside Fish Fry & Grill • Arctic Corner Restaurant • Olympic Broil • Chick-fil-A • Corner Cone • Chen's Restaurant • Chick-fil-A • Meat BBQ • Lick-ety Split CIDER • El Oasis • Harry's Place INDIAN RESTAURANT • Uncle John's Cider Mill • Eastside Fish Fry • Fresh Fish & Fry - S. MLK • Swagath Indian Cuisine • Quality Dairy FISH FRY GREEK RESTAURANT • Sindhu Indian Cuisine • Country Mill* • Eastside Fish Fry • Zaytoon Mediterranean • Persis Indian Grill • Phillips Orchards & Cider Mill - • Log Jam • Bell's Greek Pizza • Paradise Biryani Pointe Gatehouse Market • Harry's Place • Woody's Oasis • Sree Saffron • Horrocks Tavern • Fresh Fish & Fry • Zeus' Coney Island IRISH RESTAURANT CONEY • Claddagh Irish Pub • ChouPli Wood-Fired Kabob • Claddagh Irish Pub* • Sparty's Coney Island FOOD TRUCK (out of business) • Olympic Broil • El Oasis See Top 5, Page 26 • Nip N Sip Drive In • Dimitris Restaurant • Zeus' Coney Island DELI • Horrocks Farm Market • StateSide Deli & Restaurant Okemos • Monticello's Market & Butcher Block • Fabiano's Grocery & Deli • Fresh Thyme Farmers Market DESSERT • MSU Dairy Store • Tasty Twist • Arctic Corner Welcome Back to The Airport Tavern! • Good Truckin' Diner Home of the • Dairy Dan DINER World Famous Sizzler • Good Truckin' Diner Proud to be • Fleetwood Diner • Sparty's Coney Island TOP 5 in: • Golden Harvest ¡ • Dagwood's Tavern & Grill Brunch 1/2 OFF VOTE FOR US! ¡ Soup DONUTS LUNCH OR DINNER • Quality Dairy ¡ Pancakes 2020 • Groovy Donuts ¡ Reuben CONTEST Buy one lunch or dinner • Strange Matter ¡ and receive 2020 Upscale Dining TOP OF THE TOWN • Cops & Donuts - a 2nd of equal or CONTEST Capital Precinct ¡ Vegetarian/Vegan/ • Uncle John's Cider Mill Gluten Free Restaurant lesser value for 1/2 off BEST Prime Rib Valid Sunday-Thursday Only. 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ITALIAN RESTAURANT Downtown Lansing • Capital City BBQ • EagleMonk Pub and Brewery • Cugino's MEXICAN RESTAURANT - • Nola Bistro • Lansing Brewing Co. • DeLuca's NON CHAIN • Taste of Thai RESTAURANT FOR SENIORS • Tannin • El Azteco - West • 102 Pho & Banh Mi • Flap Jack Shack • Spagnuolo's Restaurant • El Oasis • Asia's Finest • Coral Gables • Piazzano's • Pablo's Old Town PIZZA • English Inn KIDS EAT FREE • Acapulco Mexican Grill • DeLuca's • Denny's - W Saginaw RESTAURANT • El Azteco - East • Klavon's Pizzeria • Spud's Family • Cosmos/Zoobies NACHOS & Pub Restaurant • McAlister's Deli • Art's Pub • Cugino's RESTURANT WINE LIST • Texas Roadhouse • Buddies Pub & Grill - East • Bell's Greek Pizza • Dusty's Cellar • Applebee's Lansing • Cosmos • Bridge Street Social • Buddies Grill - Holt • MEAT Southern BBQ PRIME RIB • English Inn LATE NIGHT FOOD • El Azteco - West • Airport Tavern • EnVie • Crunchy's • Buddies Grill - Holt • Capital Prime • Capital Prime • Fleetwood Diner NEW RESTAURANT • English Inn REUBEN • Pizza House • Klavon's Pizzeria & Pub • Corey's Lounge • BrickHaven Brewing Co. • Bell's Greek Pizza • Sleepwalker • LongHorn Steakhouse • StateSide Deli & • Moriarty's Pub • Buddy's Pizza RAMEN • Restaurant MEDITERRANEAN • Smoke N' Pig BBQ • Ruckus Ramen • Big Guy Foods RESTAURANT • GoodFellas Bagel Deli • Bento Kitchen Cravings • Soup Spoon Café • Zaytoon Mediterranean OLIVE BURGER • Noodles and Company • Fleetwood • Woody's Oasis • Kewpee Sandwich Shoppe • Sapporo Ramen SALAD • Aladdin's • Olympic Broil • Udon Sushi Restaurant • Horrocks Farm Market • Tabooli • Dagwood's Tavern & Grill RANCH DRESSING • Leaf • ChouPli Wood-Fired Kabob • Harry's Place • Jet's Pizza • Whole Foods Market • Peanut Barrel • Lansing Brewing Co. • Better Health Market & Cafe E LATE NI SEAFOOD WHER GHT • Mitchell's Fish Market • Capital Prime Steak and VOTE FOR US! 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ARTS & CULTURE ART • BOOKS • FILM • MUSIC Phases of change New Broad Museum finally venturing out and surveying the local scene. director has plans Her first impression, especially after beyond the pandemic living in the complex metropolis of Mexico City, is that East Lansing is an By LAWRENCE COSENTINO “easy-going, comfortable place, a city In a normal world, Monica Ramirez- where everything more or less func- Montagut, the new director of MSU’s tions, things are not so complicated Broad Art Museum, would be all over and people are super-nice.” the place by now, spreading the news Big receptions and meet-and- about the latest art at the Broad and greets are not possible, but that hasn’t exhibits to come. stopped Ramirez-Montagut from tak- “I’m a very social person, so isolation ing the pulse of the community at every at home is difficult for me,” she said. opportunity. Last week, while having Since Ramirez-Montagut became blood drawn for a routine medical pro- the museum’s third director in July, cedure, she met a nurse who also hails she has supervised a careful reopening from Mexico. of the Broad after six months of closed “As we want to diversify the audience, doors, reached out to dozens of MSU this is the audience I want to bring in staffers and community members to to the museum, a Latino woman with develop future programs and exhibits, a Mexican family,” Ramirez-Montagut Courtesy photo and begun to plan major changes to said. Monica Ramirez-Montagut, the new director of MSU’s Broad Art Museum, will be the museum for its 10th anniversary in The nurse had seen the Broad under more visible at the museum after weeks of quarantine. 2022. construction several years ago but had She’s also shepherding the Broad’s never gone inside. While poking for evance, what local experts and MSU things we never had time for, that curators as they mount a major new blood, she was treated to a one-on-one experts say.” were on the back burner,” Ramirez- exhibition on American car culture, pitch from the museum’s new director. The exhibit will include photo - Montagut said. “We’re giving more “InterStates of Mind,” opening Nov. 7. “We obviously have a lot of outreach graphs, maps and other documents thought to what we’ll do for the anni- The exhibit will mix art and history, to do, especially to the communities we from the Historical Society of Greater versary and how we can showcase the including local automotive lore, in a want to serve,” Ramirez-Montagut said. Lansing’s recent research into the dis- collection.” way that’s new to the Broad. “I want to bring in a broader audience placement of the city’s black neighbor- COVID restrictions have also But in a pandemic year, nothing is and let people know it’s free and they’re hoods by I-496. focused the staff’s attention on guiding simple. Even taking social distancing welcome.” (The nurse didn’t know the Ramirez-Montagut wants a “local the visitor through the museum in a into account, the Broad is only getting museum was free.) “You don’t have to corner” to be a fixture at every Broad more structured, purposeful way, with about half as many visitors as it can stay for three hours, like an opera.” exhibit in the future. pathways and signs, rather than leav- safely handle. That puts the staff in a Ramirez-Montagut and the Broad’s “We will explain why we are looking ing them to a “free form” experience. bind. curators hope the Nov. 7 exhibit on at this exhibition, in East Lansing and As a trained architect, and a special- “We are thinking of aggressively cars and car culture will be catnip for mid-Michigan,” she said. ist in the work of MSU Broad architect publicizing for people to come, but on Lansing-area visitors and establish In the run-up to the Broad’s 10th Zaha Hadid, Ramirez-Montagut is also the other hand, we don’t want to have a new framework for exhibits at the anniversary in 2022, Ramirez- working on programs and materials to say, ‘We’ve met our numbers so come Broad. Montagut is planning on making some that will educate the public more fully another day,’” Ramirez-Montagut said. The art, including fantastic sculp- significant changes to the museum, on the architectural gem in their midst. “But we are 100 percent sure that we tures by Chakaia Booker made out of which she is keeping under wraps for “It’s up to us to unpack the building, are a safe environment.” automobile tires and pieces from the now. do a better job explaining it,” she said. It’s been hard for the director herself Broad’s permanent collection, will be One goal is to make the historical “That’s what Picasso exhibitions do. to go to the museum. She moved to East supplemented by maps, videos and Kresge Art Museum collection and the Every exhibition tells you things you Lansing at the beginning of August, other displays that delve into the dras- Broad’s permanent collection more vis- didn’t know.” but she had to isolate herself for two tic impact the automobile has had on ible to the public and more accessible She plans to work with late Zaha weeks off the bat, having come from American life, for better and for worse. to secondary and elementary school Hadid’s firm to develop programs that New Orleans, a coronavirus hot spot. “Car culture impacted our communi- teachers and students, as well as the reveal the design principles and com- When her father died in September, ties by connecting some communities MSU community. prehensive thought behind the build- she made two trips to Mexico City, and and disconnecting others,” Ramirez- Laying the groundwork for 2022 is a ing’s daunting angles and edges. had to quarantine again. Montagut said. “This is the first time luxury made possible by the pandemic “I’d like to do a free coloring book on Now she and her mom, who came we’re doing a combination of art and slowdown. the geometry and forms of the build- along with her from Mexico City, are historical information and local rel- “It’s a silver lining that we are doing ing,” she said. “Start ‘em young.” City Pulse • October 21, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 45 Old Town book shop specializes in true crime and the paranormal By COLE TUNNINGLEY each location,” said Carpenter. Deadtime Stories, a bookstore spe- Only a year later, she started the “So cializing in all things spooky, has opened Dead” podcast and founded the Festival up in Thrift Witch’s Dark Arts Market, of Oddities. Her true crime bona fides just in time for Halloween. are undeniable. She has had a lifelong “I have a true crime podcast. I have passion for everything dark and dis- written a book turbing. Thrift Witch Vintage about haunt- “I’ve always been fascinated by true 1219 Turner St., Lansing ed locations crime, even when I was a little kid. Wednesday-Saturday, in Lansing. I Those kinds of stories always interest- noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. also run a tour ed me,” said Carpenter. “The Lifetime Facebook.com/ of notoriously made-for-TV movies, the countless ThriftWitchVintage haunted spots miniseries, I liked it all. Now there are around Mid- entire channels dedicated to true crime.” Ted Bundy got a movie starring Zac people would say, ‘I don’t want to see Michigan. True crime and the paranor- True crime content seems to be grow- Efron and a Netflix documentary series. that. It’s too disturbing.’ That’s kind of mal are kind of my wheelhouse” said ing in popularity. In the past three years “I think that it’s becoming more fading, and now people feel more com- owner Jenn Carpenter. “But I always alone, Jeffrey Dahmer has gotten his acceptable to be fascinated with these fortable saying that they want to learn wanted a storefront.” own movie and TV miniseries, while types of stories,” said Carpenter. “Before, about this stuff.” When the folks from the Dark Arts Market at Thrift Witch offered her a space, she jumped at the opportunity. Carpenter has spent a lot of time min- gling with Lansing’s true crime and paranormal community. She said that she knows there are people out there hungry for more creepy content. “I love true crime books, and I know that they’re hard to find,” explained Carpenter. “I’m so excited to open up this space.” For our Children. Int her career, Carpenter has become familiar with a plethora of local, true crime authors. She plans to use these connections to set up signings and book For our Families. readings once the COVID-19 pandemic lets up. Deadtime Stories offers both new and used books, some focused on Michigan’s For Judge. haunted past and some about the world of true crime beyond the borders of the Mitten State. Carpenter said that the store has books about true crime hall of famers like Jon Benet Ramsey and Ted Bundy. Carpenter said that she’s especially excited about the “Scream Queens” sec- tion of her shop, which will feature true crime books written by women. “Still, all of them will have a connec- tion to Michigan,” said Carpenter. “If the connection isn’t obvious, then there will be a little note on the book explain- ing its relevance to Michigan.” Carpenter made her first foray into the true crime world in 2016 when she started the Demented Mitten tour, a service that takes people on a journey through different haunted locations across Mid-Michigan. In 2018, a publishing house offered Carpenter the chance to write “Haunted Lansing.” “The book is about the para- normal, but most of the stories are Paid for by the Colline Cheltenham for Judge Committee focused on the real history connected to 1140 Abbot Road, #4153, East Lansing MI 48823. 46 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020 Trick-or-treating guidelines released for Lansing and East Lansing By SKYLER ASHLEY distancing. Still going out on Halloween for some trick-or-treating action, • Trick-or-treat with people you Halloween events in and want to make it as safe as pos - live with. sible? Lansing and East Lansing Lansing: have released guidelines on how to • Avoid congregating in groups Drive-Thru Halloween properly celebrate the spooky holi - around houses. Saturday, Oct. 31, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. day. Lansing also announced fam - Frances Park, 2701 Moores River Dr., Lansing ily-friendly events that will be fun • Wear a facemask covering and still employ the necessary safety Join the Lansing Parks and Recreation Department for Drive-Thru both mouth and nose. precautions. Halloween and trick-or-treating. Approximately 40 vendors will be set up Lansing Mayor Andy Schor along the driving route giving out candy and other resources. Blue Cross • A costume mask (such as for announced that official hours for Blue Shield will be on-site to provide free flu shots. Details will be posted Halloween) is not a substitute trick-or-treating in Lansing are on at www.lansingmi.gov/parks. Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. These for a cloth mask. hours will also be observed by East Trunk-or-Treat Drive-Thru • Do not wear a costume mask Lansing. Saturday, Oct. 31, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. over a protective cloth mask if The Michigan Department LPD Ops. Center, 5815 Wise Rd. Lansing of Health and Human Services, wearing both causes difficulty MDHHS, and the Centers for Disease breathing. Instead, consider using a Join the Lansing Police Department and Lansing Fire Department for Control and Prevention, CDC, have Halloween-themed cloth mask. drive-thru trunk-or-treating. LPD and LFD personnel will be handing out issued guidance on how to appro - small bags of candy. McGruff the “Crime Dog” will be on-site, wishing priately celebrate Halloween during • Only go to houses with safety everyone a safe and happy Halloween. the coronavirus pandemic. Please measures in place. note that the CDC considers trick- Souls to the Polls Drive-Thru Trunk-or-Treat or-treating a high-risk activity. The • Check out halloween2020.org Saturday, Oct. 31, noon to 5 p.m. MDHHS encourages individuals to find exciting activities and Sunday, Nov. 1, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. to host virtual parties in place of ways to celebrate Halloween The South Washington Office Complex, 2500 S. Washington, Lansing in-person Halloween gatherings. The this year based on levels of COVID Ingham County Health Department’s Join the City Clerk’s Office for drive-thru trick-or-treating, food trucks, risks in your area. emergency order restricts indoor music and giveaways. Residents may also register to vote, vote early and/ gatherings to no more than 10 people, or drop off their ballots during the event. and outdoor gathers to no more than Tips for homeowners: 25. Regardless, all gatherings require • Use duct tape to mark six-foot attendees from different households lines in front of home and lead- to maintain a distance of 6 feet. ing to the driveway/front door.

Tips for trick-or-treaters • Position a distribution table between yourself and trick-or- and parents: treaters. • Share with your children that this year may be different than • Distribute candy on a disin - last but let them know some of fected table to eliminate direct the new ways you plan to celebrate contact. and still have lots of fun. • Consider handing out candy in • Talk with children about safety an open space where distancing and social distancing guidelines is possible, rather than from and expectations. Keep a six- the front door. foot distance from others not in your group. • Consider a neighborhood cos- tume parade; it is an easy way • Participate in one-way trick- to keep safe space between or-treating and guide children to children. stay to the right to ensure social Top of the town 2020 round 2 starts now! Vote at lansingcitypulse.com

CONTEST City Pulse • October 21, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 47 Potshop, pizzeria make for good northside neighbors

Lansterdam in able at Bazonzoes — like White 99 Review: Bazonzoes and Blue Gelato — to offer the same 2101 W. Willow Street anxiety-relieving qualities without the Lansing inherent stress of totally draining my 517-273-3000 bazonzoes.biz wallet. By KYLE KAMINSKI GKUA claims to have an “emphasis Bazonzoes opened its doors for both on purity” with some of the “highest medical and recreational sales earlier in Michigan. natural levels of THC available” which this month and is conveniently locat- This earthy- are “sourced from the most experienced ed across the street from Deluca’s but-sweet growers.” That may be true, but I’m still Restaurant — making it perhaps the indica tests skeptical of any professional marijua- most convenient one-stop-shop in in at upwards na cultivation operation that feels the Lansing for high quality cannabis and of 30% THC, need to lean on the endorsement of even higher quality pizza. making it one house before the effects kicked in. a musician. And at $80 an eighter, I The new dispensary also serves as of the stron- A wave of euphoria took hold about also expect to be floored by the effects. Bazonzoes’ statewide headquarters for gest variet- 20 minutes later. And despite an There might still be a market for this cultivation and sales and is celebrat- ies of flower overwhelming mouth full of cotton, it stuff, but it’s definitely among those ing its (apparently late) grand opening available in turned out to be a great choice for a with deeper pockets. from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. Michigan with- quiet evening at home. I chose to keep Bazonzoes’ store hours are 10 a.m. to 24 with vendors, food, free giveaways out a medical the nostalgia going by flipping through 9 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and more. Another Lansing location is prescription. old yearbooks and playing games on my and noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Visit also in the works. And at $80 Super Nintendo. bazonzoes.biz for more information an eighter, it I’ll admit: This wasn’t a bad smoke. about products or to place an order. GKUA — Sour Garlic Cookies also surpassed I was baked. But I also had bought Kyle Kaminski is a City Pulse staff Price — $80/3.5g Skymint’s latest DNA Genetics prod- into the gimmick of buying weed only writer and cannabis enthusiast who THC content — 27.25% ucts for the title of priciest weed in because it had been endorsed by Lil has been smoking marijuana just Lil Wayne has been noticeably absent Lansing. Wayne. And at the end of the day, this about every day for the last decade. from the music world in recent years. But is the premium bud worth the new product lineup just wasn’t too far Every week, Kaminski samples some But maybe that’s because he’s been too premium cost? In short: No. I won’t be above some other potent strains avail- of the best cannabis products available busy making strides in another lucra- coming back for another $30 pre-rolled able at half the cost. in Greater Lansing, gets real high and tive industry: Recreational weed. joint. It also fell short of the advertised I found several other products avail- writes about them. The hype surrounding Wayne’s new “best high of your life.” product line of GKUA “ultra premium” I locked myself in a parked car after cannabis has been building for months work on Friday, plugged in Lil Wayne’s since it was announced late last year. classic “No Ceilings” mixtape and let it Last week, it finally arrived in Lansing. rip. It was a smooth smoke, especial- And for now, Bazonzoes is the only local ly for a pre-rolled joint, which usually pot shop to put the expensive brand out tends to be fairly dry. A biting citrus on its shelves. flavor blended fairly cohesively with a Sour Garlic Cookies is among sev- piney sort of herb overlay. And it was a eral GKUA strains currently available creeper: I was already back inside my

48 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020 Eclectic anthology celebrates a cavalcade of local authors

By BILL CASTANIER Town Reading Anthology,” published established writers,” In this new anthology of local by Michigan State University’s Cube Rossi said. authors, there are many names I rec- program and edited by Matthew Rossi, Publishing a book is ognize — Mary Fox, Rosalie Sanara MSU assistant professor of writing, a daunting chore for Petrouske, Dennis Hinrichsen and rhetoric and American cultures. most writers, and that’s Laura Apol — and many that I don’t, The book’s P.T. Barnum-like sub - where Rossi worked such as Allison Spooner and Santino title, extolling you to read the collec- with MSU’s Cube to DallaVechi. tion of poetry and prose, says it all: recruit, organize, select Follow the Cube on And that’s a “Rejoice, Everyone! Our Righteously content and create a Social Media good thing. Eloquent, Otherwise Rigorously book. The book is only Instagram: @TheCube_MSU Twitter: @TheCube_MSU Those Elegiac Omnibus Reeks Elegantly available as a Kindle Follow REO Town authors, as of Raconteurs, Essayists, or Regal download for 99 cents, Reading Series well as 23 Epigrammatist Orating Revelry but a print version will Facebook.com/ other local Expounding on Random Elephants, be available soon. REOTownReading writers, have Oliphaunts, Rain, etc. O! Read MSU’s Cube, direct- their work Elatedly Our Reo Town Reading ed by Kate Birdsall, published in the ambitious “REO Anthology.” Who says writers can’t stepped in to provide have fun? the needed publish- The book is an offshoot of a reading ing tools. Birdsall, who series, which Rossi began in 2018 at writes a hardboiled the REO Town Blue Owl Coffee house; mystery series set in so local writers could have a venue to Cleveland, said the share their own work. Rossi started Cube provides support the reading series, which included for Mid-Michigan pub- four local authors each month, after lishing and media proj- Meridian Mall · Okemos moving from New York City, where he ects with the help of 15 graduated from Columbia University. paid student interns. Rossi was like a fish out of water, since “The project is dedi- New York City had wall-to-wall ven - cated to undergraduate BANNED BOOK NIGHTS ues for writers to read. student experience that Virtual Scary Storytime Rossi said when he started the series goes beyond a resume October 22 · 9pm as a “selfish impulse.” It was mostly line,” Birdsall said. lous experience for them. There was no Read if you dare! Did you know that Scary poets who showed up to read, but the Those skills were important to Rossi’s way I was going to be able to do this Stories to Tell in the Dark has a history of library challenges and bans? To celebrate series gradually attracted more prose project, which involved several students anthology without them. It’s a different Banned Books week and Halloween, and non-fiction writers. in the process whether it was editing or thought process,” Rossi said. we will be reading several of the short “Poets are used to reading their graphic design. In the foreword to the stories. Tune in on Facebook Thursday “The Cube can do it all. We value nights at 9PM this October to delight in work, but I knew other writers were book, Rossi gives a shout out to Sydney community and equity in publishing,” Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. here,” he said. “From the beginning I Wilson, Sam Vorn, Renee Pruvlov and Birdsall said. The Cube is currently thought, ‘where does it go next?’ And Aspen Smit. looking for additional projects to col- LADY PANCAKE & SIR an anthology made sense,” Rossi said. Rossi and Birdsall both underlined laborate on and is accepting propos- FRENCH TOAST The new anthology includes authors the importance of involving the writing als. Virtual Storytime with Josh Funk who have been writing for ages to community that is not directly related October 24 · 11am Rossi, who specializes in writing those who are presenting their work to MSU. and publishing short stories, is part of Josh Funk jumps onto our Facebook in public for the first time. “I see it as “I was stunned by the quality of the maker movement and is also active page to share the newest adventures of Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast. Grab a way for writers to grow up against work of the interns and it was a fabu- in his current project, the Museum of a sweet breakfast treat and join us there! Urban Naturalism, a decentralized online museum of art and history. AN AFTERNOON WITH Curious Book Shop Find us on Facebook! In addition to the anthology, the Cube works on several journals and JOHN GRISHAM 307 E. Grand River, E. Lansing Virtual Author Talk also the venerable student-run Red October 28 · 3pm Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sun. 12-5 p.m. 332-0112 s We validate parking Cedar Review, which is in its 57th We are delighted to welcome year. I say venerable, since writers like America’s Favorite Storyteller, John For online store and GoFundMe links, Tom McGaune, Jim Cash, Carolyn Grisham, to our October event roster! go to curiousbooks.com Tune in for a riveting afternoon as Force, Stuart Dybek and Jim Harrison he shares his newest novel, A Time were first published there. for Mercy. The event is FREE to Archives Book Shop attend. You must register in advance 519 W. Grand River, E. Lansing DellaVechia writes in part: to receive the free zoom link: Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 12-5 “Where will I be in the world afternoongrisham.eventbrite.com 332-8444 s Free Parking. 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Rizza Marie Benton is a highly creative hair stylist at Rubies Paradise Salon. She also worked for City Pulse in 2019 as a sales assistant. Benton Commercial Banking Personal Banking enjoys creating art in her spare time and for 24/7 ATM her Favorite Thing, she’s chosen a selection Lobby now open Monday-Friday 12-5 pm by appointment of instructional books she inherited from her late grandmother. It’s a selection of three books that were given and send to me by my family when my grand- in to the mother died. That happened when company I was a teenager. She died of breast that made cancer. She was always very artistic the books. — one of those people who could Breaking fnbmichigan.com take anything and turn it into art. up the 101 S. Washington Square | 517.319.8000 Even if she was writing on a lunch chapters bag, it would be a whole illustration are her correspondence with that instead of just your name. company. There’s three books — cream, blue So, not only do I get to see these and red. They’re these huge books cool drawing books — I also get to that look like they were copyrighted see her drawings, her handwriting, in 1954. It’s called “Famous Artists things that she circled, questions Course.” It was put together by a lot that she had. Her name is inscribed of illustrators who were famous at on the bottom right of each book. It’s the time. There’s Norman Rockwell, a really nice reminder of her. Plus, Albert Dorne, Al Parker — just peo- the books are made from really old ple who were drawing everything for paper, so they smell amazing. marketing and any kind of media at The books have a specific way they Thursday, October 22, 2020 s 7:30 p.m. the time. They have this very specific, tell you to draw certain things. Like, BeethovenThursday, Piano March Trio in 22, D major, 2018 Op. • 7:30 70 No. PM 1 “Ghost” realist style that isn’t really done any- she was really into horses because DvorakRichard PianoSherman, Trio ute in E • Zhihuaminor, Tang, Op. 90 piano “Dumky” more because so much art is digital she had a farm. The books tell you Featuring:Chen-Yu Huang, Kimberly harp Kennedy, Violin, Abraham Feder, now. that there are things a horse would Going through them, the artists never do because it looks unnatural, Cello,Music, Zhihua Myth Tang, and Piano Mystery break down the basics and then go and she wrote next to the instruc- into really advanced illustration tions, “That’s not true.” She was a lit- InThe the Absolute midst Music ofChember Covid-19, Series oers we its ninth need season music at the acoustically-superior more than ever! Enjoy techniques. It’s stuff that I didn’t tle argumentative with them some- beautiful,Urban Beat Event healing Center in classical Lansing’s old Town.music In this livestreamed highly welcoming space,from everyone Lansing’s even learn in my college classes. The times. Urbansits only aBeat, few feet awayfree from to thethe musicians public, to experience complete chamber with music our up closeusual and guides to Mostly, when I look at the books, books start out with shading on a thepersonal. music and Q & A with musicians. sphere, then move on to these huge I think of the fact that — at the time Concert guides introduce the artists and their programs and facilitate an after-concert she was going through these books frescos, how to draw for marketing, discussion among the audience and the musicians. This talk-back provides a chance for the breaking down figure drawing. They — she was a single mom tending to a Made possible by the generosity of FAM members and concert audience to connect with the musicians and understand the passionate process that creates show how to illustrate a photo of a farm and raising three kids. She still sponsors: person taking a step, how to draw made time to perfect her craft and a Blüthnerperformance. ConcertUSA Guide: WKAR’s Jamie Paisley. each angle of them. study something she was interested InMichigan the Old World soiréeState tradition, University light refreshments Federal are servedCredit following Union every concert. It’s a really cool thing that doesn’t in. The William Fullmer family in memory of Mary really exist anymore. Interview edited and condensed by Buy tickets online: absolutemusiclansing.org or at the door The books are broken into chap- Cole Tunningley. If you have a sug- Urban Beat Event Center, 1213 Turner Street Lansing, Michigan 48906 in Old Town ters. All of them had worksheets that gestion for Favorite Things, email Visit www.absolutemusiclansing.org my grandmother would complete [email protected] for livestream details. 50 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020

Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny October 21 - 27, 2020 ARIES (March 21-April 19): "I’ve been told an Independent. But now I'm a staunch advocate "Stretch Those that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do," for the Democrats. Why? Because Republicans Quads!"--a testified Aries chanteuse Billie Holiday. She wasn't are so thoroughly under the curse of the nasty, hardcore freestyle suggesting that she had a stylish way of crooning cruel, toxic person known as Donald Trump. I'm workout. [#570, May about fine dining. Rather, she meant "hunger" in the convinced that it's crucial for our country's well- 2012] sense of the longing for life's poignant richness. being that Democrats achieve total victory in the Her genius-level ability to express such beauty was by Matt Jones upcoming election. In accordance with astrological due in part to her skillful vocal technique, but also omens, I urge you to do your personal equivalent of because she was a master of cultivating soulful what I've done: Unambiguously align yourself with Across emotions. Your assignment in the coming weeks, Aries, is to refine and deepen your own hunger. influences that represent your highest, noblest 1 Last half of a ball values. Take a sacred stand not just for yourself, game? TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Renata but also in behalf of everything you love. 5 Used (to) Adler expresses my own feelings when she SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "I loathe narcissism, 15 She uses a bird to writes, "Hardly anyone about whom I deeply but I approve of vanity," said fashion writer Diana sweep the house care resembles anyone else I have ever met, or heard of, or read about in literature." I bet if Vreeland. Here's how I interpret that: People who 17 Computer overhaul you're honest, Taurus, you would say the same. care mostly for their own feelings and welfare, 18 Gridiron It's almost certainly the case that the people you and who believe they're more important than measurements (abbr.) regard as worthy of your love and interest are everyone else, are boring and repellent. But those absolutely unique. In the sense that there are who enjoy looking their best and expressing their 19 Little bite no other characters like them in the world, they unique beauty may do so out of a desire to share 20 Gold, to Guatemalans are superstars and prodigies. I bring this to your their gifts with the world. Their motivation might attention because now is an excellent time to fully be artistry and generosity, not self-centeredness. 21 "Who Wants to Marry express your appreciation for their one-of-a-kind In accordance with cosmic potentials, Scorpio, I a Multi-Millionaire?" beauty—to honor and celebrate them for their invite you to elude the temptations of narcissism network entertainment value and precious influence and as you explore benevolent forms of vanity. unparalleled blessings. 22 Bodybuilder's units 24 Word before Earth or GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "If you cannot find an SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Yes, do let people see you sweat. At least for now, be City, in computer games element of humor in something, you’re not taking it seriously enough," writes author Ilyas Kassam. forthright and revelatory. Let people witness your 27 Drab shade That's a key thought for you to keep in mind secret fire, your fierce tang, your salty tears, and 29 She was Dorothy on during the coming weeks. Levity and joking will be your unhealed wounds. Hold nothing back as you "The Golden Girls" 57 Viktor Bout or Adnan 16 Person with a booming concerns necessities, not luxuries. Fun and amusement will give what you haven't been able to give before. Khashoggi voice, often be essential ingredients in the quest to make good Be gleefully expressive as you unveil every truth, 30 Org. that listens for 42 Implored decisions. You can't afford to be solemn and stern, every question, every buried joy. Don't be crude alien signals 58 Dark form of quartz 21 Donut shop option 43 Richard who played because allowing those states to dominate you and insensitive, of course. Be as elegant and 31 It's obsolete 22 Upgraded Don Barzini in "The would diminish your intelligence. Being playful— respectful as possible. But make it your priority Down even in the face of challenges—will ensure your Godfather" to experiment with sacred vulnerability. Find out 35 Jovial question from 1 Off-kilter 23 Fail spectacularly, like ultimate success. how far you can safely go as you strip away the someone eager to help 2 Messed with the facts a skateboarder 44 Vacation time, in slang disguises that have kept you out of touch with your 36 It covers Miami, CANCER (June 21-July 22): I'm hoping the full power. 3 World Series precursor, 24 ___ Saga (David 45 ___ the Younger horoscopes I wrote for you in late August helped Montpelier and Montreal Feintuch series of sci-fi (Arthurian knight) for short propel you into a higher level of commitment to the CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Between 2008 37 SOPA subject novels) art of transformation. In any case, I suspect that 4 "As I see it," in 46 Director Campion and 2017, Southern California had two sizable 25 "No need to pay" you will have the chance, in the coming weeks, to go 38 Opera follower? chatrooms 47 Zoologist Fossey even further in your mastery of that art. To inspire earthquakes: 5.5 and 5.1 on the Richter scale. But 39 New Year's, in Hanoi 5 Tack on 26 Bishops' wear 48 Disgusting you in your efforts, I'll encourage you to at least during the same period, the area had 1.8 million 27 Grain alcohol temporarily adopt one or more of the nicknames in small quakes that were mostly too mild to be felt. 40 Mandolin relative 6 Shorten nails 49 Cereal with gluten-free the following list: 1. Flux Luster 2. Fateful Fluctuator The ground beneath the feet of the local people was 41 Robin Meade's network 7 Smoke 28 Put someone in their varieties 3. Shift Virtuoso 4. Flow Maestro 5. Alteration shaking at the rate of once every three minutes. place Metaphorically speaking, Capricorn, you're now in 42 Southwest sch. whose 50 Org. that bestows Adept 6. Change Arranger 7. Mutability Savant 8. 8 Palindromic prime Transition Connoisseur a phase that resembles the mild shakes. There's a mascot is King Triton minister of the 1940s-60s 29 Some hats worn on merit badges The Oregon Trail lot of action going on beneath the surface, although 44 Daily grind 9 Leather sharpener used 51 "Love, Reign ___ Me" LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "When one is a stranger not much of it is obvious. I think this is a good thing. 30 Lose your composure, (The Who) to oneself, then one is estranged from others, 45 Guy to say "'Sup?" to in old-timey barber shops The changes you're shepherding are proceeding at in junior high-speak too," wrote author Anne Morrow Lindbergh. "If a safe, gradual, well-integrated pace. 10 Old rulers 52 420, for 20 and 21 46 "___ Ho" (Best Original 31 "Anchors ___" (abbr.) one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot Song Oscar winner of 11 Chemist Hahn touch others. Only when one is connected to one's AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): No American 32 Senator Jake who 53 "Just as I suspected!" own core, is one connected to others." In bringing 2009) 12 "Excusez-___ ..." woman was allowed to earn a medical degree flew on the Space Shuttle 54 "On the Road" these thoughts to your attention, Leo, I don't mean and practice as a physician until Aquarian-born 47 The D in OED to imply that you are out of touch with your deep 13 Roxy Music name Discovery protagonist ___ Paradise Elizabeth Blackwell did it in 1849. It was an almost 50 Easy lunch to prepare self. Not at all. But in my view, all of us can benefit 14 Room for board 33 Heart location? 55 "Never heard of her" from getting into ever-closer communion with our impossible feat, since the all-male college she 56 Insider's knowledge games, perhaps 34 Ophthalmologist's deep selves. In the coming weeks, you especially attended undermined her mercilessly. Once need to work on that—and are likely to have extra she began her career a doctor, she constantly success in doing so. had to outwit men who made it difficult for her. ©2020 Jonesin' Crosswords ([email protected]) An swers Page 52 Nevertheless, she persisted. Eventually, she VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My cosmic tipsters helped create a medical school for women in told me that you will be even smarter than usual England and made it possible for 476 women to SUDOKU Intermediate in the coming weeks. As I scoured the heavenly practice medicine there. I propose that we make maps, I detected signs that you have the potential her your patron saint for now. May she inspire you to be a skilled code-cracker, riddle-decipherer, and to redouble your diligent pursuit of your big dream. TO PLAY solver of knotty problems and tricky dilemmas. Here's your motto: "Nevertheless, I'm persisting." That's why I suggest you express gratitude to your beautiful brain, Virgo. Sing it sweet songs and tell PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Henry David Fill in the grid so that it how much you love it and find out which foods Thoreau wrote, "I fear my expression may not be you can eat to strengthen it even more. Now read extravagant enough, may not wander far enough every row, column, and Diane Ackerman's description of the brain: "that beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so shiny mound of being, that mouse-gray parliament outlined 3-by-3 box of cells, that dream factory, that petit tyrant inside as to be adequate to the truth of which I have been a ball of bone, that huddle of neurons calling convinced." You'll be wise to have a similar fear, contains the numbers 1 all the plays, that little everywhere, that fickle Pisces. According to my analysis, you can generate pleasuredome." good fortune for yourself by transcending what through 9 exactly once. you already know and think. Life is conspiring to LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I vote in American nudge you and coax you into seeking experiences No guessing is required. elections, but I've never belonged to a political that will expand your understanding of everything. party. One of my favorite politicians is Bernie Take advantage of this opportunity to blow your The solution is unique. Sanders, who for most of his career has been own mind!

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT Answers on page 52 MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. City Pulse • October 21, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 51 A sure of Lansing’s usica LAndscape A sure of Lansing’s TURN IT D WN!By RICH TUPICusicaA LAndscape “Loud dispatches from Lansing’s music scene” TURN IT D WNBy RICH TUPICA An ’80s punk-rock tour of Lansing’s hardcore past

The Fix lead vocalist Steve Miller (far left), shown here in an early-’80s promo, works today as a journalist A 1982 flyer for a Black Flag/Fix show. Steve Miller today and author. Steve Miller of The FIX recalls when Bad Brains, Black Flag and more came to town

This week, Steve Miller, formerly The latter were also guests at the night,” said Meatmen honcho Tesco Vee, and a backbone. Gun Club played two of The Fix, a legendary early-’80s Beulah house. Randy Rampage, Joey who was putting the show together. “I put sets one night in March 1982 to almost Lansing hardcore band, recalls some Shithead, Dave Gregg and Chuck my phone number on that flier, and some nobody. Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s plastic cow- lowkey punk-rock landmarks. Here’s Biscuits outdrank us — no easy feat — guy started calling, “What the hell is this boy boots hurt his credibility. It was the what he had to say: like the proud Canadians they were. One Crucifucks shit?” Vee, of course, also Ward Dotson/Rob Ritter version touring When I came home one afternoon in morning Rampage was walking out to cofounded the legendary Touch & Go the “Fire of Love” LP. April 1982, I realized that being part of a the band’s van looking rock as could be, zine in Lansing along with Dave Stimson. R.E.M. wheeled into Bunches around nascent music scene meant some great with bleached do’ flying high and wal- In the late ’70s-early ’80s, Madison, the same time and was listless and perks. let chains dangling hipside. Some kids Wisconsin, had Merlins, Ann Arbor had standoffish to the few curious locals The Bad Brains would roll you joints in came up and asked him if he was in a the Second Chance; what was taking there. To us, they were southern-fried your living room, play your entire Pablo band. “Yes, I’m in KISS,” Rampage told East Lansing so long to establish a full- hicks trying to play some bastardized Moses collection with the bass turned up them. time venue for our music? What is now Byrds. “They’ll never amount to much,” the right way and cook spinach noodles Most of the Lansing venues in the Harper's in downtown East Lansing was we sniffed. The band got $300 that night. with spicy peanut sauce for lunch. And early-’80s were one-and-done plac- Dooley’s at the time, which found some- The Bad Brains showed up a couple as a post-dinner treat, stoned ping pong es, where we’d come in and wreak one adventurous to book the downstairs. of weeks later and showed everyone tournaments in the basement of our havoc, ruining it for everyone. There Out of the blue, and to the surprise of how it’s done. Two nights of mayhem house. was a Hobie’s downtown, where wealthy the few in the know, in 1978, Dooley’s that came off with nary a blemish to the As a member of a Lansing-based Realtors have built their so-called “lofts” booked the Stranglers on their first full plants, the old-school glass pie display hardcore combo called the Fix, the only off Washington, that was used on at least U.S. tour in April. A couple of weeks later, and other very enticing breakables. such unit in town, I was also part of the one occasion. That would be the night the Ramones played the same stage. Bernath was booking the good stuff network of hospitable places to stay for Ron Wood of The Dogs let off a fire extin- In January 1980, Johnny Thunders with little regard to what made him bands touring the U.S. I had used the guisher toward the end of a Fix set in the and Gang War also came to town and dough; MX-80 Sound played to a dozen network on a couple of U.S. tours by that jammed back room of the eatery, choking played a terrible set. In a lightning strike people. Eugene Chadbourne came in. time, and it was only fair to give back. every drunk soul in the place. of karma, Thunders spent the night in the The Flesheaters, the Panther Burns. The Bad Brains stayed for a week at The Lansing Civic Players hall also East Lansing jail. “The dumb fuck robbed When the place closed in November my place at 2204 Stirling, using it as worked out as a venue a couple of the bar and left a trail of coins out to the 1982, Bernath was in talks to bring NYC a base for shows in the region. They times—the Fix with Trainable in June van,” Ron Cooke, the late Gang War legends Suicide to town. cooked, cleaned and smoked, the easi- 1981 and Minor Threat a year later. bassist, told me a few years ago. Lansing didn’t have a Mr. Brown’s est guests ever. The relationship between the theater When Flat, Black & Circular own- (Columbus) or a Seventh Street Entry A year before that, Black Flag stayed group and the punks ended in acri- ers Dave Bernath and Dick Rosemont (Minneapolis), but it did have a moving at the Fix house at 823 Beulah — now a mony when someone uptight noticed opened a small café in downtown East host of little places and people willing to vacant lot — after a sold-out Black Flag/ that local heroes the Crucifucks were on Lansing, a lot of folks thought that the bring in the best music around. Those Fix show at Club Doo Bee, which later an upcoming bill with Boston hardcore college town was catching up. Bunches certainly were not the good old days. became The Watershed Tavern & Grill band SS Decontrol, who were big for five Continental Café served sandwiches Save those for now. But it’s inspiring in Haslett. Walk in the place today and minutes. with sprouts on them, then at night to recall when music wasn’t all about little has changed since it hosted Oingo Sometimes a name is everything. opened its glass tabletops and fashion- money, but about playing your thoughts Boingo, the Fast, Lydia Lunch, Destroy “The Civic Players found out about it able but uncomfortable wooden booths for people who were adventurous enough All Monsters, and D.O.A. and I got like 30 calls in the middle of the to real underground music with courage to check it out. 52 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020

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Sponsored by In memory of City Pulse Rodica’s cats City Pulse • October 21, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 53 FOOD & DRINK DINING OUT IN GREATER LANSING the vandalism occurred. There is no new information regard- Taqueria El Chaparrito blossoms as a local favorite ing who may have vandalized the By SEAN BRADLEY Taqueria El Chaparrito restaurant, Casillas said. Taqueria El Chaparrito is settling 4832 W. Saginaw Hwy., Lansing The restaurant — named after a Tuesday-Thursday, phrase in Spanish meaning “shorty into its newest location. The Mexican 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. restaurant recently opened a second Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. taco restaurant” that Lourdes Casillas’s (517) 574-3020, Facebook.com/ grandson said — has come a long way location on Saginaw Highway, featuring TaqueriaElChaparittoMI work-in-progress areas such as an event since its beginnings in October 2017 as space and a buffet space. a food cart. There’s even room for a tortilla mak- through during midday. There were no authentic Mexican er, something the other location of the Items such as tacos and quesadillas restaurants when he arrived in Lansing business couldn’t fit. are made with traditional ingredients. in 2001, Martinez told the City Pulse in “It was a lot of work over here,” The restaurant’s most popular item is 2017. The family came from Mexico to Lourdes Casillas said Sunday. She owns the birria taco, which includes red pep- Bakersfield, California, and eventually the restaurant with her husband, Saul pers, beef and cheese. to Michigan. Martinez. “We don’t Americanize it,” Lourdes The dream of opening the restaurant Casillas said. “Our food is homemade. goes back to the days of Martinez’s youth The location was chosen in November, Sean Bradley/City Pulse Everything we try to do fresh.” in Mexico, he said at the time. “When I because the previous location on César Taqueria El Chaparrito owners Lourdes Many of the items served at the was a baby, my mom helped me cook in E. Chávez Avenue in Lansing’s Old Casillas and Saul Martinez at the restaurant have been cooked at the fam- my house and I liked to cook. When I Town was too small. restaurant’s new location at 4832 W. The floors at the new location were ily’s home first, she said. saw this, I wanted to open a restaurant.” Saginaw Highway. redone and walls were repainted; fam- A little more than a week after open- This story is paid for by readers ily member Itzel Arias painted a mural and Martinez. ing the new location, it was vandalized like you through contributions to at the front of the restaurant. The new location is being used including flags being torn down or sto- the CityPulse Fund for Community Originally planned to open the new because of the larger space to separate len. Additionally, some patrons verbally Journalism. To contribute, please go to location in April, the coronavirus pan- people further from each other to pro- attacked the restaurant owners before lansingcitypulse.com/donation. demic pushed back the opening to last tect them. month, Martinez said. “Everyone working at the other loca- Casillas said there are two different tion works here,” Vanessa Casillas said. Happy Hour 7 days a week listings on Google for the business’s A date to reopen the other location information such as hours and location, has not been determined. Save 10% if you order online before 6pm! one of which was not made by the busi- However, repeat customers have ness. This issue is still being fixed, she found the new location, Casillas said. said. “We’ve got all of our old custom- Also, the original location has been ers coming in,” she said. “We’re seeing closed since the spring due to the pan- familiar faces.” demic, said Vanessa Casillas, a server Sunday was a busy day for the restau- at the restaurant and in-law to Casillas rant; several parties of patrons came Night of the Dried Corn By ARI LeVAUX FLASH Halloween, more than almost any in the pan other holiday, is about fun. Unlike Christmas, Easter, Mothers or Fathers days, all of which involve a certain amount of stress and sacrifice if not guilt, Thanksgiving is fun —but it’s a lot of work. Halloween is a lot of play, near- tlers, Halloween found footholds in ly unmatched in its unbridled hedo- the southern colonies and developed a nism. It’s like New Year’s, but with corn more playful mischievous and decidedly syrup instead of booze. corny vibe. It began with the Gaelic festival Candy corn didn’t start out as a Hal- Samhain, which celebrated the end loween treat but jumped on the band- of harvest, while ushering in the dark wagon in the 1950s, as Halloween piv- 3415 E Saginaw St • Lansing • (517) 580-3720 half of the year. Autumn was a spooky oted into a full embrace of processed time when the boundaries between the sugar. They may only taste good if living and spirit worlds were thought you’re starving, diabetic or a food col- Order online for pickup, curbside & delivery: to become more porous. Brought to oring enthusiast, but apparently that’s America by Irish and Scottish set - See Corn, Page 54 caskandcompany.com 54 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 21, 2020 the kernels — try the edge of a spoon if 1 clove garlic, minced Corn they are stubborn. Store in a plastic bag 1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano or in a cool, dry place. The drier you get thyme from page 53 them, the longer they will store. 1/4 cup chicos about half of all Americans. If making chicos from frozen corn, 1 can of plain beans (pinto, white, Corn officially became spooky with spread the kernels on a cookie sheet and black, kidney….) including the liquid the release of Children of the Corn, a bake at 225. They will take less time 1 can of water or stock 1984 movie about a midwestern village — about two hours — and will quickly 1 teaspoon paprika or chile powder to where the kids took over and decided turn brown and then black. taste nobody was permitted to age beyond 17. Chicos and Milk Salt, if the bacon doesn’t add enough In 1993, the world’s first for-profit corn Fill a bowl with chicos and milk, with Fry the bacon on medium heat. When maze was built in Annville, Pennsylva- progress. sugar to taste. It might taste familiar. half-crispy, about five minutes, add the nia. Since then the tradition has taken So allow me to tell you how I make When the chicos are gone and you sip onions, garlic and herbs. Fry until the off, and corn mazes – aka maizes – now chicos. I made about three-dozen ears’ the sweet milk that remains, you may onions become translucent. Add the number in the thousands. worth, which won’t last too long but is feel a distinct deja vous to a time, long beans and water, and stir together. Sea- When I lived in New Mexico I learned a nice stash. I will follow my chicos tips ago, when you sipped the sweet leftover son with salt, if necessary. Heat to a about chicos, a type of Native American with a few recipes, one sweet and one milk from a bowl of corn flakes simmer, stirring as necessary to prevent dried corn. “Chicos” means “little boys” savory, for how I used them. Beans with Chicos sticking. Adjust seasoning and serve. in Spanish, as the kernels shrink when Chicos A handful of chicos turns a pot of Flash in the Pan is food writer Ari LeVaux’s weekly recipe column. It runs dried. The ones for sale at the store were The only ingredient is corn, prefera- beans into something interesting and in about 100 newspapers nationwide, dried to the hardness of popcorn, but bly with the husk on. Traditionally, the delightful. Served alongside rice, you’ve nourishing food sections large and when I make them at home I let them process involves a clay oven or “horno,” got a delicious meal with complete pro- small with complete protein for the belly stay a bit chewy, like real-life versions but other ovens work too. Ultimately, tein. brain. of candy corn. But nuttier, and corny-er. you’re doing little more than drying out Serves 2 This story is paid for by readers Each batch of chicos has a unique char- corn. 1 strip of bacon (optional, recommend- like you through contributions to acter, with different levels of brown, Although usually made with fresh ed), chopped the CityPulse Fund for Community crunchiness, chewiness and/or sweet- corn, I’ve also made chicos with frozen 1 tablespoon olive oil if skipping the Journalism. To contribute, please go to ness, depending on the corn and how corn, and the operation was surprising- bacon or if it’s lean lansingcitypulse.com/donation. long it’s roasted. ly successful, even if the product lacked 1/2 cup minced onions Many Halloween corn mazes are the soulful smokey flavor that a roasted closed this year, thanks to the virus. And cornhusk imparts. door-to-door candy-begging is largely Turn the oven to 300 and place the out too. If treat-seekers are left to their ears directly on the oven racks, not own devices I’m fine with that, because touching one another, and bake until processed sugar is poison, and a tradi- the husks start to dry out and brown tion that hinges on giving candy to kids and even smoke a little – about three isn’t worth rescuing. hours. When cool, peel off the husks. If Luckily, nothing about the origi- using husked or frozen corn, skip this Appetizers nal spirit of Halloween demands can- step. WANT YOUR RESTAURANT LISTED? CALL 517-999-5064 dy. Spookiness, on the other hand, is Put the cobs on the oven racks, spaced in Halloween’s DNA, as is my right to so as not to touch one another, and bake Airport Tavern WELCOME BACK! For 50 years, Airport Tavern & dress like Bootsy Collins. And corn? It’s at 225, until the kernels start to shrink 5000 N. Grand River Ave Steakhouse has been a staple of Lansing's community. to Halloween like frost is to a pumpkin. and visibly dry out – about four hours. 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