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Absentee Voting Work of His Laws, Bringing Us in Line with 27 Other Office Away States That Allow No-Reason Absentee Vot- from Polling Ing A Newspaper for the rest of us • www.lansingcitypulse.com FREE January 22-28, 2020 Locally owned Are TINY houses the next BIG thing? See page 11 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020 THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING Thanks to all who helped celebrate our excellent run of 30 years with an even crazier Holiday Season! On Saturday, January 25, from 10-5, we will be See you Jan. 25 for open to sell the last few items of inventory our final day of inventory and as well as all of our display units, display sale! shelving, acrylic display risers, plate stands, baskets, Christmas trees, decorations, some track lighting, all of our pedestal system, wall shelving, pegboards, etc. [email protected] City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 3 Favorite Things Local musician A.J. Glaub and PROFETI DELLA QUINTA Lamento d’Arianna: Music of the Italian Renaissance his rusty mixing console SUN. JAN. 26, 7:00 P.M. FAIRCHILD THEATRE, MSU AUDITORIUM Presenting the evolution of the Italian madrigal, from the highly expressive polyphony of de Rore to the revolutionary madrigals by Monteverdi that shaped the Baroque era. In remembrance of Dr. Taylor Johnston, the College of Music would like to recognize his vision, passion and support for underwriting the Early Music Series. This guest ensemble is supported by the cultural department of Basel, Switzerland. Artist Management by Latitude 45. A.J. Glaub is the social media friends on Lansing’s Eastside. We and events coordinator for Elderly discovered the mixers sounded bet- Instruments, but he is also a local ter when you poured beer into them. rad dad and somewhat infamous It’s exploded in sparks on stage at TICKETS & INFO Lansing-based musician and Mac’s Bar, right before I threw it MUSIC.MSU.EDU/EARY-MUSIC Eastside noise maker. He talked with across the bar. I once performed in 517-353-5340 City Pulse about a rusty-but-trusty a flooded basement, tingling with piece of music equipment that’s been electric current from the exposed with him for years. electrical cable the entire time. It’s My favorite thing is a Realistic had moods, eras, multiple lives and Stereo Mixing Console from the always gives me something new and Accurate Inspections ’80s. A dear friend stuck it in my exciting when I push it to create. The hands in 2004, suggesting I would fuzzy lettering on it says “77 Han,” know what to do with it. I was 20, a nonsense naming of the device. What is Radon? 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You can try it at home, just plug disordered time of my life. While • Elevated radon levels in your home is an output into an input. This par- my current favorite things are a risk and a hazard to your family and ticular mixer responds in the most healthy living and my relationship loved ones. dynamic and exciting way. with my daughter, this item rep- • Knowing the air quality of your home It’s in rough shape. It was already resents the “me” most people prob- is your duty as a home owner. pretty corroded when I received it. ably know or remember. It allows All the knobs are dented and bro - me to re-identify in a positive way. Have your home tested for ken from years of zero respect, from I still make plenty of crazy noise, which it eternally rebounds. If you but now I’m a “scene elder”, and it’s Radon every 1-2 years as the look at the bottom right corner, important for me to be a good exam- radon levels can change that dent is from throwing it across ple and show that endless inspira- Mac’s. tion and self-care go hand in hand. I’d become obsessed with the most (This was edited and condensed by The Most Trusted Inspectors in Mid-Michigan abrasive, inside-out, broken and Rich Tupica. If you have suggestions Locally owned and operated free music equipment I could pos- for Favorite Things, please email sibly find. I soon met like-minded [email protected].) 517-669-2196 accurateinspectionsllc.com 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020 VOL. 19 ISSUE 24 (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. 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Put a hit out on hunger at Goodfellas Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle Lawrence Johnson, Terry January 22-28, 2020 Link, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Dennis Preston, Carrie Sampson, Nevin Speerbrecker, Rich Tupica, Ute Von Der Heyden, David Winkelstern, Paul Wozniak Cover Distribution manager: Garrett Clinard • (517) 999-6704 Art Delivery drivers: Garrett Clinard, Dave Fisher, Dale Gartner, Jack Sova, Gavin Smith Illustration by Nevin Speerbrecher Interns: Matthew Stine • [email protected] Are TINY houses the next BIG thing? NOW AT 10:00 A.M. SUNDAYS on City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 C PULSE NEWS & OPINIONOF THE WEEK C Let the Counting Begin OF THE WEEK In November 2018, more than two- dramatically thirds of state voters supported sweeping shifting the changes to Michigan’s absentee voting work of his laws, bringing us in line with 27 other office away states that allow no-reason absentee vot- from polling ing. Prior to the adoption of Proposal 3, locations. In popularly known as “Promote the Vote,” the Novem- voters could only cast absentee ballots if ber 2019 they were over age 60, planning to be out election, of town on Election Day, serving as a poll Swope hired A Wheelchair ramp at B E 615 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., worker, unable to vote without assistance 227 polling S TE at the polls, unable to vote in person due workers to help EN Lansing to religious reasons, or in jail awaiting with just 26 results being Festooned with greenery and arraignment or trial. percent of the vote, while the 28 people disclosed prior to the close smelling of fresh pine, the wheelchair Not surprisingly, the advent of no-rea- in his office counted the lion’s share of of polling locations, possibly influencing ramp on the north side of 615 N. son absentee voting has had a profound the votes. voters who haven’t cast their ballots yet. Martin Luther King Blvd. is a cheer- impact on voting patterns in cities across This sea change in voting patterns, and Yet dozens of other states have ad- ful sight and a possible life saver for the state, including Lansing. A whopping the likelihood that even more voters will opted rules that allow early processing of the resident, a 90-year-old veteran who had developed health issues and 76 percent of capital city voters chose choose to cast absentee ballots in future absentee ballots. In Maine, for example, become prone to falling in recent to cast absentee ballots in last year’s elections, creates a major challenge for municipalities can choose to process months. August primary election and 66 percent in Swope and his peers. If you can’t even absentee ballots up to three days before With the coming of winter, the the November general election. open the deluge of absentee ballots an election, but are not permitted to man’s family was worried he would To the credit of Chris Swope, Lansing’s before the polls close, how can they count them until after polls have closed. take a serious fall on the porch amiable and highly effective city clerk, all be tallied before the sun comes up Delaware allows local elections officials steps, so they called the Tues- the use of absentee ballots by city voters the following day? In all likelihood, they to begin opening absentee ballots the day Toolmen, a band of itinerant began to rise long before Proposal 3.
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