FROM
FIVE STARTS NOW, HE ADMITS WHAT FROM
FIVE STARTS NOW, HE ADMITS WHAT HE DID, BUT SAYS THERE’S NO WAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED FOR IT.
IT’S LIKE A BOMB DROPPED ON. YOU
WERE DEAD. EVERY MORNING. YOU
GET UP, YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO
NOW. ZAMBONI DRIVER AL SOBOTKA
GOES ONE ON ONE WITH BERNIE.
SOBOTKA SAYS HE WAS WRONGLY
FIRED BECAUSE OF MEDICAL
CONDITION FORCED HIM TO URINATE
IN AN ICE PIT AT L. C. A IS
SUING OLYMPIA ENTERTAINMENT OVER
THAT FIRING AND ONLY TALKING
ABOUT IT TONIGHT. BERNIE DOWN
WITHIN THIS AFTERNOON, ALONG
WITH HIS ATTORNEY, DEBORAH
GORDON, AND THE STORY IS PRETTY
MUCH THE WAY YOU JUST HEARD IT
51 YEARS OF SERVICE, OLYMPIA
ENTERTAINMENT WOULD NOT OVERLOOK
THE INDISCRETIONS. AND FIRED
HIM. AND NOW SOBOTKA IS FIRING
BACK. THREE MORE GAMES HERE FOR
THIS TO HAPPEN. HE IS AN ICON IN
THE CITY OF DETROIT. SUBOTICA
SPENT 51 YEARS OF HIS LIFE
SERVING THE WINGS AND OLYMPIA
ENTERTAINMENT. THEN ONE DAY IT,
ELKA SUBOTICA HAD TO URINATE
PROSTATE CONDITION KNOWN AS BPH,
AND SOMETIMES HE JUST CAN’T
WAIT. SO WE PRIVATELY URINATED
BEHIND TO ZAMBONI IS OUT OF VIEW
OF ANYONE. OR SO WE THOUGHT, AND
A FEW DAYS LATER, HE WAS
SUSPENDED AND THEN FIRED. WHERE
ARE YOU MENTALLY TODAY? ARE YOU
STILL I WOULD IMAGINE THAT AFTER
PUTTING YOUR ENTIRE HEART AND
SOUL INTO THIS ORGANIZATION, YOU
MUST BE CRUSHED. I AM THIRSTY.
EXPECT A BOMB DROPPED ON YOU
THAT EVERY MORNING YOU GET UP,
YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO NOW.
BEFORE YOU GET THERE BY EIGHT OR
BEFORE SIX DIFFERENT DAYS OR
WHATEVER IT WAS NOW IT’S JUST
LIKE MOVE AROUND THE HOUSE AND
GETTING TIRED OF WATCHING TV.
THERE IS NO WAY TO REPLACE HIS
CAREER. UH HIS INCOME THE WORLD
HE HAD. THAT IS IRREPLACEABLE.
NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE A JOB
THAT’S TRULY IRREPLACEABLE. AL
DEAD. TRULY IRREPLACEABLE. KEEP
IN MIND. THIS MAN SPENT HIS LIFE
WITH THE RED WINGS AFTER GORDIE
HOWE AND STEVE EISMAN. IT
WOULDN’T BE TOO LONG BEFORE AL
SABAH TCAS NAME SURFACED IN THE
DISCUSSION, BUT THIS FIRING HAS
CRUSHED HIS SPIRIT. YOU HAVE
TEARS IN YOUR EYES NOW. DOES IT
HURT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? YES.
ARE YOU FEELING INSIDE LIKE IT’S
ARE YOU ASHAMED? YOU LIKE
EMBARRASSED AT ALL? HONG KONG
EMBARRASSED FOR WHAT I DID, BUT
OVER THAT, YOU KNOW DO YOU HAVE
TROUBLE SLEEPING AT NIGHT? YES,
YOU HAVE TROUBLE LIKE.
FUNCTIONING DURING THE DAY. DO
YOU STOP AT SOME POINT IN THE
DAY AND GO? WHAT THE HELL
HAPPENED TO ME? SO THOSE ARE
YES. TOOK A SLEEPING PILL FROM
MY WIFE. THAT SHE HAS A
CONDITION AND, UH, I COULDN’T
SLEEP WITH THAT EITHER. THE RED
WINGS TONIGHT ARE SPORTING 21
LEAD IN THIS BEST OF SEVEN. FOR
VODKA, JOINED THE WINGS AT THE
AGE OF 17. HE CAME FROM POLAND.
AND THIS WAS HIS ENTIRE LIFE,
NOT JUST A SLICE OF HIS LIFE,
HIS ENTIRE LIFE. SUBOTICA STILL
CAN’T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED. I
MEAN, I RARELY CALL PEOPLE TAKE
MY CLIENT BACK BECAUSE BECAUSE
WHAT’S HAPPENED USUALLY IT’S NOT
GOING TO WORK. BUT WITH THIS,
IT’S LIKE YOU KNOW, COME ON.
LET’S JUST PUT THE GENIE BACK IN
THE BOTTLE AND CONTINUE ON THE
WINGS CALLED YOU AND SAID, COME
ON BACK. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? I’D
GO BACK. WITHOUT ANY HESITATION.
THAT’S A MAN WHO LOVED HIS JOB
AND IS NOT DOING IT ANYMORE. WE
CALLED OLYMPIA ENTERTAINMENT
ABOUT THE LAWSUIT FOR A COMMENT.
THEY DID NOT RETURN OUR CALL.
TOUGH AND HE HAD, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY TO DO THIS. HE HAD TO
SHARE PUBLIC HIS HEALTH ISSUES
WHICH ARE EMBARRASSING TO HIM.
I’M SURE AND WHAT HAPPENED,
GORDON SAID. THERE YOU HEARD HER
TALK ABOUT IT. SHE CALLED
OLYMPIA ENTERTAINMENT, SAID.
THIS IS REALLY SO MINOR. THIS IS
KIND OF NOTHING. AND THEY SAID
SORRY THAT SHIP HAS SAILED. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, BERNIE. AND IN
FACT, WE’VE POSTED THE FULL
LAWSUIT. AGAINST OLYMPIA
ENTERTAINMENT ON
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM YOU CAN
CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF. THE
LINK IS RIGHT IN THE TOP STORY
SECTION ON OUR HOMEPAGE.
TRAVELERS CAN CONTINUE TO GO
MASCULINE FOR THE TIME BEING. A
FEDERAL JUDGE IN FLORIDA COURTS
STRUCK DOWN THE FEDERAL MASK
MANDATE FOR PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION ON MONDAY, SAYING
IT WAS UNLAWFUL. THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE SAYS IT WILL APPEAL
THE RULING ONLY IF THE CDC SAYS
THE ORDER IS STILL REQUIRED FOR
PUBLIC HEALTH. SO NO WORD YET ON
WHEN THAT DECISION MIGHT COME.
AND WE SHOULD POINT OUT NEW
NUMBERS FROM THE STATE SHOWCASES
ARE TICKING BACK UP HERE IN
MICHIGAN, THE STATE NOW
REPORTING 10,474 NEW CASES OVER
THE PAST WEEK THAT AVERAGES OUT
TO ABOUT 1496 CASES PER DAY. 78
NEW DEATHS ALSO BEING REPORTED
OVER THE PAST WEEK, AS WELL. AND
OF COURSE, THOSE NEW CASE
NUMBERS DO NOT INCLUDE THE
RESULTS OF ANY OF THOSE HOME
TESTS. THAT’S A LOT OF FOLKS
THESE DAYS. THIS UPTICK COMES AS
THE CDC AND THE FDA TRYING TO
CHART A COURSE FOR COVID
VACCINES MOVING FORWARD. SO FOR
MORE ON BOTH THESE STORIES WE
BRING IN DR FRANK MCGEORGE WITH
THE YOUR REACTION TO THESE NEW
NUMBERS, DOC. YES, SANDRA AND
DEVON. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T
ACTUALLY SURPRISED ME. THE NEW
CASE NUMBERS ARE WHERE THEY ARE
GIVEN THAT THE CIRCULATION OF A
MORE CONTAGIOUS VARIANT B A TWO
AND ANOTHER EVEN MORE CONTAGIOUS
. VARIANT B, A 2.121, WHICH
WE’VE SEEN IN HENRY FORD HEALTH
IS GOING ON NOW. PERSONALLY I
HAVEN’T SEEN ANY INDICATION OF
AN UPTICK IN HOSPITALIZATIONS OR
MORE SEVERE DISEASE YET. AND I
THINK THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE’RE IN A DIFFERENT
PLACE RIGHT NOW. WITH COVID THE
CIRCULATING VARIANT, MAYBE MORE
CONTAGIOUS, BUT IT IS LESS
DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE VACCINATED OR RECENTLY
INFECTED. NEW CASE NUMBERS JUST
ARE NOT AS IMPACTFUL TO ME AS A
RISE IN SERIOUS ILLNESS WOULD BE
, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS, IN
FACT, A LAGGING INDICATOR. NOW
AS FOR THE VACCINE SITUATION,
THE CDCS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES MET FOR
SEVERAL HOURS TODAY, AND THEY
DISCUSSED POTENTIAL FRAMEWORKS
FOR FUTURE BOOSTER DOSES.
INCLUDING TIMING AND WHETHER OR
NOT THE VACCINES SHOULD BE
UPDATED TO PROTECT AGAINST NEWER
VARIANTS. NOW, MANY EXPERTS
ACTUALLY EXPRESSED THE DESIRE
FOR A SIMPLE PLAN. BUT THEY
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE ARE
STILL MANY FACTORS. WE JUST
DON’T KNOW YET. THERE WAS NO
VOTE AT TODAY’S MEETING, BUT THE
CDC AND FDA ARE EXPECTED TO USE
THE DISCUSSION TO REALLY GUIDE
THEIR NEXT STEPS. NOW, SOME OF
THE EXPERTS ALSO PUSHED FOR
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF
VACCINES THAT COULD BE MORE
EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING
INFECTIONS AS WELL AS REDUCING
THE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
DEATH. DOCTOR DO WE HAVE AN
UPDATE YET ON THE VACCINE FOR
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR
THAT. YEAH, THERE WAS NO UPDATE
, ACTUALLY. BUT AT THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS SESSION TODAY, NEARLY
ALL OF THE COMMENTS WERE FROM
PARENTS WHO URGED THE FDA TO
AUTHORIZE THE VACCINE FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN IS IMMEDIATELY THERE
CLEARLY IS A HIGH LEVEL OF
FRUSTRATION AT THE DELAY, AND
THE FDA REALLY COULD TAKE SOME
ACTION ON THIS IN MAY IF THE
DATA IS THERE TO SUPPORT IT.
SORRY, FRANK. LET’S GO AHEAD AND
GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON SOME
BREAKING NEWS. WE’RE FOLLOWING
RIGHT NOW FROM DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE. POLICE THERE HAVE FOUND A
MAN DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING.
INVESTIGATORS SAY OFFICERS FOUND
THE BODY RIGHT AROUND 2 50 THIS
AFTERNOON IN AN ALLEY ON HAZEL
RIDGE NEAR GRATIOT. POLICE ARE
STILL THERE THEY ARE ON THE
SCENE. THE INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES. AND OF COURSE, WE’LL
BRING YOU ANY DEVELOPMENTS AS WE
GET THEM. RICK, WHERE SHE’S 32
YEARS BEHIND BARS MADE HIM THE
LONGEST SERVING NONVIOLENT
JUVENILE OFFENDER IN MICHIGAN
HISTORY. WELL, NOW HE’S FACING
ANOTHER COURT HIT IN AFTER THE
HE SUED THE CITY OF DETROIT FOR
DAMAGES RELATED TO THAT LENGTHY
TIME BEHIND BARS SHAWN LEY
FOLLOWING THE STORY, AND SEAN
THE CITY IS PUSHING TO GET THE
LAWSUIT DISMISSED AND USING A
SURPRISING ARGUMENT. IN THAT
ARGUMENT IS BANKRUPTCY. IN FACT
, LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE
ENTIRE WHITE BOY RICK SAGA WENT
TO BANKRUPTCY COURT DOWNTOWN FOR
WHAT WAS A RATHER DRAMATIC
HEARING. BRICK WHERE SHE SAYS TO
DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS TAUGHT
HIM HOW TO BE A DRUG DEALER WHEN
HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD THAT LED TO
DECADES IN PRISON FOR THE MAN
KNOWN AS WHITE BOY, RICK, WHERE
SHE SAYS THE CITY OF DETROIT IS
LIABLE FOR ITS POLICE OFFICERS.
HE’S SUING THE CITY FOR $100
MILLION, BUT WAIT IN 2013. THE
CITY OF DETROIT FILED THE
LARGEST MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY IN
HISTORY. IT SEEMS WORSE. SHE HAS
A POTENTIAL CREDITOR AND ARGUES
WHERE SHE’S CLAIMS ARE WELL PAST
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. THE
CITY FIGHTING HARD IN BANKRUPTCY
COURT TODAY TO TOSS WERE SHE’S
CASE OUT. THE HIGH STAKES
HEARING JUST ENDED WHERE SHE’S
ATTORNEY. NOW BE A YOD TELLS ME
THE CITY IS VICTIMIZING REQUIRE
SHE AGAIN. HE WAS LOCKED UP IN
PRISON WHEN THE CITY WENT
BANKRUPT. THE CITY SAYS WHITE
BOY. RICK SHOULD HAVE FILED HIS
CLAIMS. THEN I GOT CALLS THE
CITY STANCE. OUTRAGEOUS THE DRUG
SHOPPING, I FEEL THE WONDER.
THEY’RE GOING IN THE FILED IN
THE FEDERAL COURT. OUR RESPONSE
. THEY DON’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
THE BANKRUPTCY. THIS IS STATUE
OF LIMITATIONS THAT OH, YOU KNOW
WHAT? MONTHS LATER? MAYBE WE CAN
ALSO ALLEGED IN THE BANKRUPTCY
COURT, SO LET’S GO AHEAD AND GO
BANKRUPT. RECORDS FARTED. KICK
IT OUT THAT WAY. AS THE CITY OF
DETROIT FOR COMMENT ABOUT
TODAY’S HEARING. NOTHING SO FAR.
SO WE NOW WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT
THE BANKRUPT THE JUDGE HAS TO
SAY ABOUT ALL OF THIS. IF THE
CITY IS CORRECT ABOUT ITS
BANKRUPTCY ARGUMENT, OR IF RICK
WERE, SHE’S CASE CAN CONTINUE ON
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS IS WATCH THE 2017
REQUIRE SHE WHITE BOY RICK
DOCUMENTARY, WHICH HE SAYS IS
PACKED WITH RELEVANT INFORMATION
. WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT SHOWING
LOCAL 4 TURN ALRIGHT SHAWN LEY.
DETROIT IS TRYING TO ADDRESS
DIGITAL EQUITY WITH A NEW $10
MILLION FIBER OPTIC PILOT
PROJECT, AND IT’S GOING TO BE
FUNDED BY FEDERAL DOLLARS FROM
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
MEGAN WOODS IS LIVE FROM THE
HOPE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
THE PILOT IS TAKING PLACE. MEGAN
YES. SO THE CITY HAD A MEETING
TODAY FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO
JUST INFORM THEM ABOUT THIS
PILOT, BUT TONIGHT IN ABOUT AN
HOUR, THEY’RE INVITING RESIDENTS
OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HERE TO
FOCUS HOPE TO ASK QUESTIONS. TO
GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS
PROJECT. THEY CHOSE THIS
SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE
DURING THE PANDEMIC BACK IN
SEPTEMBER, THEY EXPERIENCED A
DEVASTATING INTERNET OUTAGE. TWO
DAYS BECAME TWO WEEKS BECAME
FOUR WEEKS BECAME SIX WEEKS. 45
DAY INTERNET OUTAGE THAT’S WHAT
THE ABOUT 5700 PEOPLE WHO LIVE
HERE IN THE HOPE VILLAGE
COMMUNITY DEALT WITH LAST
SEPTEMBER. THEIR PHONE SERVICE
WAS OUT TO HAVE A SCHOOL AGED
DAUGHTER, AND SO SHE WAS AT HOME
ON SCHOOL. VIRTUALLY USING MY
CELLPHONE BURNING UP MY DATA
MINUTES AND SO IT BECAME AN
EXTRA BILL AND THE CHALLENGE FOR
PEOPLE IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THIS
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE. DETROIT IS
MAKING IT THE HOME OF ITS NEW
$10 MILLION FIBER OPTIC PILOT
PROJECT, GIVING THEM THAT
ADVANTAGE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS
IS FIRE OPTIC INTERNET. THE
FASTEST INTERNET IN THE COUNTRY
. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR
PRIORITIZED INSTEAD OF US GOING
TO OTHER PLACES IN CITIES SUCH
AS A DOWNTOWN IN THE MIDTOWN,
FIRST USING FEDERAL AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN ACT MONEY, THE CITY
WON’T STALL THE FIBER ALLOWING
FOR MORE INTERNET PROVIDERS TO
OPT IN TO OFFER THE SERVICE. WE
CAN NOW HAVE COMPETITION HERE
THAT CAN LOWER COSTS AND
INCREASE THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE
EXPERIENCE FOR DETROIT
RESIDENTS. IT’S AN EXCITING NEW
CHAPTER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
HERE FOR DECADES. NOW WE’VE BEEN
THE VICTIMS OF DISINVESTMENT AND
SO TO SEE THE CITY, THE CITY
LEADERS COMING AND SAYING WE’RE
GOING TO INVEST $10 MILLION IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BRINGING YOU
THE NOT THE SECOND BEST
TECHNOLOGY BUT THE FASTEST
INTERNET FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. YOU
JUST CAN’T PUT THAT INTO WORDS.
CONSTRUCTION IS SET TO START IN
A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEY
HOPE TO GET THOSE HOMES
CONNECTED TO THAT FIBER BY THE
FALL. AND IF YOU LIVE IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YOU WANT MORE
INFORMATION, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
COME OUT HERE TONIGHT IN ABOUT
AN HOUR AT FOCUS HOPE FOR THAT
COMMUNITY FORUM IN DETROIT. I’M
MEGAN WOODS. LOCAL 4. MEGAN