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Good Morning!
We’re pleased to have Detroit City Council President Kenneth Cockeral join us this morning. He’ll talk about the council’s reaction to Mayor Kilpatrick’s appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Northwest may reach a deal regarding a merger with Delta airlines. WDET Reporter Noah Ovshinsky updates us on the situation.
In Ann Arbor, city leaders are beginning a government initiative more sustainable future for the community. The program called getDowntown will provide assistance to downtown businesses and their employees on commuting options, like biking, riding the bus, walking, and carpooling. Nancy Shore heads up the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce's GetDowntown initiative and Sean Pool is the Executive Director of The Clean Energy Coalition based in Ypsilanti. We’ll speak with both this morning.
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On Thursday afternoon Wayne State University presents a look
at the modern baseball scandal- steroids- and how it may affect the history of
African-Americans in the sport. Professor Lisa Alexander delves into the
controversy overshadowing the career of player Barry Bonds. The discussion
takes place Thursday February 21 at 12:30pm in the Student Center on WSU’s
campus. Professor Alexander joins us this morning.
The Detroit Historical Society's Curator Chat series continues with a behind the scenes discussion of the 1920s: Detroit's Building Boom exhibit with curator Janet Anderson on Thursday, February 21st from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Detroit Historical Museum .
During the 1920s, Detroit was the automotive capital of the world. Detroit's automotive industry set the pace for American prosperity. Once the money started rolling in, Detroit's new aristocracy invested their fortunes in the cityscape, building one of North America's greatest collections of urban architecture.
Anderson, a noted urbanist and historian, will walk guests through the 1920s: Detroit's Building Boom exhibit, which features several of Detroit's landmark structures:
· The Ambassador Bridge (1929), whose steel structure features elements of art deco, art moderne, and gothic architecture;
· The Book Cadillac Hotel (1923), an Italian Renaissance palace;
· The Fisher Building (1928), a National Historic Landmark;
· and the Fox Theatre (1928), the second-largest movie house in the world.
Anderson joins us live this morning.
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In recent years, Michigan Representative
Steve Toboccman noticed a lot of fraudulent and improper tax returns from
members of his largely Hispanic community. He thought the reason was a
unfamiliarity with US Tax laws and information. The MichiganAssociation of Certified Public Accountants
(MACPA), along with other community groups, have worked with Representative
Toboccman to create a brochure in English and Spanish with common tax
information. Sam Hodges, of MACPA, joins us to discuss the need to get this
information out to the Metro Detroit’s Hispanic community.Contact the MACPA at
248.267.3700
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Artist Alex Melamid and his lush, large-scale portraits
of Hip-Hop’s most groundbreaking performers are the newest exhibit at the
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) . Melamid’s work is also the feature
story of this week’s Metro Times . MT Arts Editor Rebecca Mazzei and Alex Melamid
spoke with Detroit Today host Craig Fahle last week while Melamid was in town.
Snopp Dogg,artist Alex Melamid
Listener Comments
Racism? Hank Aaron is national treasure who thinks Barry Bonds is a thug. Are you saying Hank Aaron is racist?
Get real and throw your Race Card at real examples of racism.
Thanks for your comments. One of the things I didn't get to say on the air that I think is also important is finding ways to encourage people to live closer to the downtown so they don't have to drive their cars. The challenge with that argument is that houses and condos are not cheap the closer you get to the downtown. But, if you are commuting 40 miles round trip each day, that's about $12,000 in annual costs. That means, a person could possibly afford to pay up to $1,000 more per month on a mortgage if they could give up one car.
In terms of the heaters at bus stops. Not sure I can help you on that one. Perhaps some day.