I’m Jeffrey Milk.
I’m running for City Council, in Ward 4 -- join me in working together for our future.
Ann Arbor is our home -- one that belongs to all of us, not just the elites.
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AN EVERYDAY WORKING-CLASS TENANT’S VOICE FOR CITY COUNCIL’S WARD 4
About Jeffrey Scott Milk
Our home - Ann Arbor - isn’t some ‘business’ that needs to be operated to minimize all expenditures. Our city is here to serve the people of Ann Arbor, and not neglect them in favor of privatization or corporate developer interests. I believe our city is failing to uphold those standards.
City Council has failed to keep up with the cost of living, our unhoused crisis, stopping extortionate corporations, implementing checks on the University, and protecting against private equality & equity. Some of our councilors have repeated absences when we expect them to be our closest representatives.
We, as residents, deserve action and serious debates by City Council who attend their meetings and meet with their constituents. We deserve a varied set of voices - not the same cherry-pick endorsed candidates who set up vanity projects. I know what it’s like to live on the border of poverty - my family grew up on a $20,000 salary -- something completely unlivable now. Something unimaginable to many of our leaders. I am a tenant and directly see the failure of the established policies and slow-enactment.
I don’t bring vague promises - I have actual ideas and solutions built from collaboration with our community members and neighbors. I’m not afraid to speak up when I think injustice is in play. Our community leaders should not be playing some political ‘game’ - these are our lives. They condemn things like ICE, and are slow to pass any resolutions. I am an everyday person -- and commit to bringing a voice of reason and of the working class to City Council. I do not, and will never, stand for the gentrification-complicit inaction of City Council that threatens everyday workers, small businesses, and residents of Ann Arbor.
Failure to act quickly and progressively is what led me to run as City Councilmember for Ward 4. I invite any and all of my neighbors in Ward 4 (and all of Ann Arbor) to speak with me regarding their policy concerns and ideas. We have the ability to improve the lives of everyone here - not simmer like we’re in a fishbowl vanity project.
While my drive to serve the public is important, I also feel it’s critical that my neighbors and fellow Ann Arborites know who I am, and what my background is.
I fell in love with public service through volunteering in my teens. It was a privilege to be able to afford my time serving my community through food pantry collections and being able to assist our veterans. Today, I continue to serve my neighbors, as the President of my Tenant’s Union here in Ann Arbor.
Outside of public office, I have worked in a variety of areas, from Human Resources, to a city treasury. I currently work in Public Health Administrative Support. I have the skills to invest our funds and talents in meaningful, long-term solutions that become assets for everyday people.
In my free time, I’m an outspoken activist at University of Michigan and Washtenaw Community College to enact equity, and protect residents and students alike. Nobody fits into a perfect box, and I will never pretend like someone should.
Outside of activism, I love to bake, tour our parks (my favorite is Hunt Park - it’s a shame the amphitheater is decommissioned), figure skate, and read from our public libraries. I used to perform ballet, & participate in musical theater. I love to play tennis and stay fit.