At the invitation of blogger and county clerk Larry Kestenbaum, I and other local bloggers attended an informal meeting with Democratic city council candidate Eugene Kang and his campaign manager. Kang is 21, will be a University of Michigan senior, and is running the Democratic primary in the second ward. His opponent in the Democratic primary is the 2000 Republican mayoral candidate Stephen Rapundalo.

Kang definitely seems like he’s on the same page as I (and my cohorts) in terms of development, and how it relates to affordable housing, the environment, and the future of this small city. Given the relative homogeneity of the Council, I think Kang would be a great addition. He’s an Ann Arbor lifer (he grew up here, went to U of M, and intends to stay). He’s a student, who’s voices are woefully under-represented in city politics. Hopefully his campaign will also have the effect of mobilizing the significant, but politically uninvolved Korean-American community in Ann Arbor.

Also, hopefully he’ll get a campaign web site up and take our advice and start blogging the campaign.

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