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A Groome of One’s Own

One of Ann Arbor’s most irascible contrarians has skipped town with no warning. But don’t worry, we’ll try to keep doing this from Boston. Okay, okay, that was wishful thinking. And Dr. Mandrake did give us some notice before departing. It’s council member Kim Groome who appears to have taken off for the East Coast unexpectedly.

We didn’t always agree with Groome, but we’re going to miss her independent spirit. We were watching the August 2 city council meeting last night, when the council was discussing a proposed ordinance to place a lien on the property of anyone who had failed to pay fines for trash and weed violations. Groome repeatedly asked about how severe the violation would have to be, about whether there was a possibility of a property owner paying far more than the original fine. She asked questions over and over again on anything that seemed vague or unclear until she was satisfied that this ordinance would not place an undue burden on residents, while most of the council, it appeared to us, would have been happy to vote and get it over with. Who’s going to ask those annoying, unpopular questions now?

8 Responses to “A Groome of One’s Own”


  1. I, being a Ward 1 resident for over a year now, am prepared to ask incredibly annoying and unpopular questions for us all.

    First question:

    Being a nameless, although civic minded, individual with zero political experience whose [expletive deleted] do I have to [expletive deleted] in order to be appointed as interim council member?

    posted by FAA on August 9th, 2005 at 3:22 pm

  2. What about “A Groome with a View”?

    posted by Dale on August 9th, 2005 at 3:30 pm

  3. Make Groome For Daddy?

    posted by Real Big on August 9th, 2005 at 3:31 pm

  4. groome at the top? (or, as feynmann put it, at the bottom?) groome do you trust? (oops, i guess it’s groo …) a groomey kind of love?

    posted by peter honeyman on August 9th, 2005 at 5:23 pm

  5. Oh my God, you guys are so funny! Seriously though, someone has to assume the role of irritating question asker.

    posted by just me on August 9th, 2005 at 10:25 pm

  6. va-va-va-groome

    posted by OFWinsurgent on August 9th, 2005 at 11:30 pm

  7. Of Mice and Groome?

    Citizen Groome?

    Chinagroome?

    I don’t think I understand this game.

    Oh, wait! How about “Tuo Vizio รจ una Stanza Chiusa e Solo io ne ho la Chiave, Il”, aka, “Your Vice Is a Closed Groome and Only I Have the Key”?

    posted by Parking Structure Dude! on August 10th, 2005 at 10:54 am

  8. Groome Raider.

    posted by peter on August 10th, 2005 at 9:39 pm

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