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‘Toxic political tornado’ debate over Ann Arbor council rules continues Updated Mar 11, 2021; Posted Mar 11, 2021 City Attorney Stephen Postema discusses matters related to new council rules at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting March 1, 2021. The ACLU argues the rules violate free speech rights.CTN Facebook Share ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor City Council members have said they want to end personal attacks between each other. But new council rules aimed at doing so have been the subject of debate for several weeks now. As the controversy continued this week, one official summed it up as a “toxic political tornado.” “I got involved in this with good intentions and I thought it was going to simplify some things, but I feel like it’s snowballed into some kind of toxic political tornado,” Council Member Kathy Griswold, D-2nd Ward, said of rules she and a majority of council OK’d to outline potential consequences for personal attacks and a ....