Vivienne: Values & Vision for Ward V
Vivienne Armentrout clearly cares about Ann Arbor. In this regard she is hardly unique, but she is unusual in that her affection for the City, her positive vision for its future, and her progressive values are complemented by extensive experience in government, sound practical knowledge of how government functions, and a proven ability to define issues, discover the facts, get down to work, and transform values and vision into policy and reality.
Vivienne shares POW!’s commitment to social equity, affordable housing, diversity, human-scale development, neighborhood viability, historic preservation, and the arts. She believes deeply in governmental transparency, citizen participation, and thoughtful planning. She is pledged to help our local businesses thrive, to promote our local food system, to fight irresponsible spending on the part of city government, and to stop the erosion of our city services. She has long supported environment protection, clean water, green spaces, and flood control. And a review of her record reveals that she practices what she preaches.
Vivienne served on the City’s Solid Waste Commission from 1992 to 1997 and on the Ann Arbor Budget Review Committee in 1995. She served as the County Commissioner for northwest Ann Arbor from 1997 to 2004. During this period, she was a member of the Planning Commission, the Board of Public Works, and the Agricultural and Open Space Task Force. In recognition of her efforts toward farmland preservation, the Huron Valley Chapter of the Sierra Club named her an Environmental Steward of the Year in both 1998 and 1999. Having organized the Planning Advisory Board, she served as its first chair and helped produce the County’s first Comprehensive Plan in over twenty years.
Vivienne Armentrout is a true public servant. Self-advancement does not motivate her. She cares about is Ann Arbor. POW! enthusiastically endorses her for the Fifth Ward City Council seat.
(Charles Lewis enjoys traveling abroad and playing classical music in his own mind when he’s not doing political organizing for POW!.)