Press Release
Jane Lumm for Council

Independent– 2^nd Ward

For Immediate Release: September 15, 2011

Named as Co-Chairs of the Jane Lumm Campaign Committee are Ingrid Sheldon and Leslie Morris.  Sheldon, a Republican, represented the 2^nd Ward as Councilwoman from 1988 to 1992 and served as Mayor of Ann Arbor from 1993 to 2000.  Morris, a Democrat, represented the 2^nd Ward as Councilwoman from 1977-1983 and was the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 1983.

“I’m honored to have the support of so many distinguished local leaders representing so many perspectives,” Lumm said.  “I think that they believe, as I do, that many city office-holders, including our 2^nd Ward representative, do not have the right priorities.  Those officials seem more interested in representing City Hall to our neighborhoods than in representing our neighborhoods to City Hall.  I hope to change that.”

Lumm previously represented the 2^nd Ward on City Council as a Republican from 1993 to 1998.  Sheldon praised Lumm’s “extensive experience on City Council, dedication to community service and knowledge of wide-ranging issues.”  Morris said, “Jane Lumm is a true representative of the voters.  The only agenda that she will bring to Council is the agenda of her constituents.”

Joining Sheldon and Morris in supporting Lumm’s campaign and signing on as Committee members are three former Democratic 2^nd Ward Councilmembers – Robert Faber, Barbara Bach and Seth Hirshorn, as well former 2^nd Ward Democratic City Council nominee Michael Morris.  Faber is also a former Democratic Party nominee for Mayor of Ann Arbor.  Also serving on the Committee is Thomas Wieder, a former 2^nd Ward Democratic Party Chair and former Vice-Chair of the Ann Arbor Democratic Party.

On the GOP side, former 2^nd Ward Councilmen Peter Fink, Joe Upton, Mike Reid, David Kwan and Clifford Sheldon have been named to the Committee.  Joining them is former 2^nd Ward Republican City Council nominee Thomas Bourque.

Other well-known Democrats who have joined the effort on behalf of Lumm include former Democratic Councilmembers David DeVarti and Doris Preston.

Former Ann Arbor Mayor Louis Belcher, a Republican, and former Republican Councilmembers Richard Hadler, Edward Hood and Jeanette Middleton have also been named to the Committee, along with former Republican Council candidate Jeffrey Harshe.

Other prominent Democrats named to the Committee include former Washtenaw County Commissioner Vivienne Armentrout, former Democratic Michigan State Senate nominee Peter Eckstein, Ann Arbor District Library Board Member Nancy Kaplan, former Ann Arbor Democratic Party Vice-Chair David Cahill, former Democratic Council candidate Jack Eaton and former Ann Arbor Planning Commission member and Democratic Council nominee Ethel K. Potts.

Other prominent Republicans named to the Committee include former Congressional nominee Joe Fitzsimmons, Washtenaw Community College Trustee Carey Jernigan, former Ann Arbor Republican Party Chair Nancy White and former U.S. Census Director Barbara Bryant.

For more information, contact Tom Wieder: (734) 645-4758 or wiedert@aol.com