FBI Spies, Alternative Energy & Ann Arbor News' Closing - Link to Audio
Some Muslim groups are protesting alleged FBI spies that have been planted in US Mosques, pressuring worshipers to become government informants. Is this happening in Michigan? We’ll talk with Daoud Walid, executive director of the Michigan branch of Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Can cutting down on discipline actually help Detroit’s schools minimize their disciplinary problems? That’s the idea behind restorative education practices. Steve Korr, Trainer and Consultant for the International Institute for Restorative Practices is helping some local schools make the shift; we’ll hear how.
Teens and young adults are hardly immune from the trickle-down effects of a souring economy; the experience can shape the worldview of an entire generation . Morris Dickstein of City University of New York is an expert on the Great Depression; we’ll ask what to expect of the young today
Another victim of the souring economy and declining news revenues, The Ann Arbor News announced today that it will cease publication in July. We’ll get the details from Stephen Lacy, Michigan State University Communication and Journalism Professor.
Interim Flint Mayor Michael Brown recently suggested a radical solution to the city’s budgetary problems- maybe the city needs to shut down sections of town to save money on city services. He's since said there’s no plan in the works, but could this work? We’ll talk with Robin Boyle, Chair of the Dept. of Geography and Urban Planning at Wayne State University. Plus, Youngstown Ohio enacted a similar plan to save money. We’ll talk with Bill Davignon, Director of Community development and planning for "Youngstown 2010”
It’s a bad time for rate increases, but DTE says they may be forced to raise electricity rates as much as 11% this year. We’ll ask why. Clearly, it’s high time for alternative energy development. We’ll discuss the plans of three groundbreaking companies that competed in the DTE Energy and the University of Michigan Clean Energy Prize Competition , with plans to create energy out of everything from plant waste… to human waste.
Finally- with the lease of Joe Louis Arena running out, speculation is rampant that Mike Illitch might be planning to build a new hockey arena in the city. Is it more than idle speculation? We’ll talk with Bill Shea of Crain’s Detroit Business.
Listener Comments
I thought I was being creative but was informed of this 2 years ago.
Detroit needs to do this instead of caving to developers and giving them land.
City-owned = nothing happens with, no income
Developer-owner = MAYBE something happens with it, some income
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