Why only a $25 fine?

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
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<p>Why is it only a $25 in Ann Arbor when other places punish waaay more severely? This doesn’t make sense to me</p>

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<p>Can i assume you’re talking about posssession of marijuana? Or is it something else?</p>

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<p>I don’t know what you’re talking about, but from what I’ve read on this forum the Michigan admins are really relaxed.</p>

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<p>$25??? That’s inflation for you. Use to be $5.</p>

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<p>It has something to do with John Sinclair being imprisoned for marijuana use and Paul McCartney coming to the University to help protest against his imprisonment. Ann Arbor’s a lovely hippie city.</p>

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<p>Christine, I think you’re referring to John Lennon, not Paul McCartney, It was the Free John Sinclair concert… We had to wait until about 2 o’clock in the morning for him to come on, and then all we got to hear was Yoko drowning him out with her howling.</p>

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<p>[Marijuana</a> laws in Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“Cannabis laws in Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wikipedia”>Cannabis laws in Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>Wow. :slight_smile: It seems that Ann Arbor is more liberal than Berkeley!</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that this is only applicable for the city of Ann Arbor. Get caught on University property and you’re screwed.</p>

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<p>Why don’t city laws apply to public institutions within the limits of the city?</p>

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<p>Honestly the school probably has just chosen to enforce the state laws…think of the hit (pun intended) campus reputation would take if they only enforced the AA laws.</p>

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<p>“Why don’t city laws apply to public institutions within the limits of the city?”</p>

<p>Because the University of Michigan is a state institution and must abide by state law. </p>

<p>“Wow. :slight_smile: It seems that Ann Arbor is more liberal than Berkeley!”</p>

<p>Ann Arbor is very liberal. So is Madison. Those two college towns, along with Austin and Berkeley, are arguably the most liberal in the country.</p>

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<p>The whole "city laws applying to U-M’ is a vey hot issue right now, because U-M is not following the city ordinance on noise when it comes to the Stadium construction. U-M is working on the site 7 days a week, and for longer hours than the city allows. It’s a bit of a sore point.</p>

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<p>hoedown - I didn’t read the most recent article in the AAnews on this too closely. I know if the University would’ve gotten a lane on Main street shut down, they would’ve had to follow stricter noise restrictions. Is that just because Main Street is considered city property and subject to city construction noise ordinances?</p>

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<p>Yeah, the city wanted the U to comply with its noise ordinances…and the Main Street lane closure was going to be their lever to make it happen. That was a special request the U had to make to the city. It wasn’t that the noise ordinances would be automatically triggered–it was more a tit for tat with the city. “You want the lane closure? Then play ball with us on this noise thing.” And of course, as we now know, the U said “no deal.”</p>

<p>It was a surprise to me that the U decided to forgo the lane closure–although in some ways I am glad because that would have messed up my morning commute. Because in the end, it’s all about me. LOL</p>

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<p>U Mich is a very liberal school. Theres an entire day dedicated to weed that is held in the diag on 4/20 :)</p>

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<p>First Saturday in April, not 4/20.</p>

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<p>Flong, the Hash Bash is an Ann Arbor, not a University of Michigan, event.</p>

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<p>4/20 is not a UofM thing. It’s a holiday everywhere.</p>