Discussing the issues and ideas important to metropolitan Detroit, host Craig Fahle talks with the newsmakers, people making a difference in our community, and WDET listeners.
Today on the show, Craig explores the views and news of the six Michigan ballot proposals outside of the greater Metro Detroit region. Great Lakes Radio Network News Director reports from Marquette, Rick Albin calls in from Grand Rapids and Peter Payette weighs in from Interlochen. WDET's Martina Guzman reports on Latino activist Daniel Morales, whose political allegiances have shifted since the 2008 election. Craig chats with Michael Solaka, owner of the recently opened Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe on Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit. Renee Beeker, president and treasurer of the National Family Court Watch Project, tells Craig how voters can get informed about judicial elections. Detroit News columnist Daniel Howes gives us the details of the pending merger between Beaumont and Henry Ford Hospitals. Legendary jazz pianist Bill Charlap treats Craig to a live in-studio performance as a preview of his residency at Grosse Pointe's Dirty Dog. A panel of tax exerts discusses tax policy as it plays out in the presidential election campaign. And Michigan Chronicle editor Bankole Thompson tells us what to watch in the final few days before the November election.
