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.
1)-A billionaire investor , Joe Ricketts, plans to spend $10 million airing ads supporting Mitt Romney and another $2 million to help Republicans running for Congress. His family owns a sports team, name it.
2) The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting the vote to women became law in 1920. Who was the first President elected by both men and women?
3- The Dating Game made political news last week. Why?
4) How many Representatives does Michigan have in the U.S. Congress?
5) How many of Michigan’s current U.S. Representatives to Congress are women?
6) True or False: There is a proposal on Michigan Ballots this November that if passed would require electric utilities to provide at least 25% of retail electricity from natural gas by 2020.
False it’s actually 25% from wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower, by 2025.
7) True of False: There is proposal on Michigan ballots this November to provide collective bargaining for in-home healthcare workers .
8) The documentary film “The Hope and The Change” directed by Stephen Bannon is scheduled to air on a dozen television stations before the election. Who is the subject of this documentary and What organization is distributing it?
Answers: 1.) Chicago Cubs 2.) Warren G. Harding who campaigned with the slogan “Return to Normalcy” Calvin Coolidge was the VP 3.) A video surfaced of Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm as a contestant on The Dating Game in 1978 4.) Fifteen (14 if you subtract Thaddeus McCotter who resigned) and 14 after the election 5.) One. Candice Miller 6.) False --it’s actually 25% from wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower, by 2025. 7.) True 8.) Citizens United
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