THE BOARD VOTES TO AUTHORIZE LAYOFFS. THE POINTS HAVE SEEN CONSISTENT DECLINES IN
ENROLLMENT, AND IT’S SHOWING NO
SIGN OF LETTING UP NEXT YEAR.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. I’M
KIMBERLY GILL. AND I’M CHRISTY
MCDONALD, IN FOR DEVIN SCILLIAN
TONIGHT. NOW DUELING BUDGETS ARE
UP FOR A VOTE AND THEY DO
INCLUDE TEACHER CUTS. OUR MARA
MACDONALD IS LIVE IN GROSSE
POINTE FARMS TONIGHT. AND MARA,
THAT PROPOSAL APPEARS TO HAVE A
MAJORITY OF THE BOARD BEHIND IT
AT THIS POINT. AND LOOKING AT
ABOUT $4.6 MILLION IN CUTS AS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, CHRISTY. I
MEAN, AND LET’S BE CLEAR, NO
FINAL BUDGET DECISION WAS MADE
TONIGHT, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT NO
MATTER WHAT BUDGET THEY GO WITH
HERE, THAT LAYOFFS SEEM TO BE A
CERTAINTY, WHICH IS WHY THEY
AUTHORIZED THEM TONIGHT. LET ME
TAKE YOU THROUGH IT. THE POINTS
ARE A SMALL COMMUNITY IN NOWHERE
IS THAT MORE KEENLY FELT THAN AT
THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS WHERE
PERSONALITIES AND POLITICS IS
THE UNDERCURRENT THAT RUNS
THROUGH EVERYTHING.
>> I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY
ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT
PEOPLE OVER PROJECTS AS YOU
CONSIDER THE BUDGET IN YOUR
FINAL VOTE ON JUNE 20TH. AND
WHEN I SAY PEOPLE OVER PROJECTS,
I MEAN THE PEOPLE LIKE THE
STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT, THE
TEACHERS IN THIS DISTRICT, THE
COUNSELORS IN THIS DISTRICT, A
MAJORITY OF THE BOARD APPEARS TO
SUPPORT A BUDGET WHICH CUTS $4.6
MILLION.
>> THAT WOULD RESULT IN BOTH
HIGH SCHOOLS LOSING FIVE
TEACHERS. BUT THAT’S A MOVING
TARGET SINCE SOME TEACHERS WOULD
SEE THEIR HOURS CUT. THIS YEAR.
>> I WAS NOTIFIED THAT I AM
BEING REDUCED TO A 0.916 AFTER
17 YEARS OF TEACHING BECAUSE OF
THE COMPRESSED SPECIAL SCHEDULE.
AFTER 17 YEARS, I WILL NOT BE
FULL TIME TO FIFTH GRADE
TEACHING JOBS WOULD BE CUT IN
TWO K THROUGH FOUR.
>> TEACHING JOBS AS WELL AS
ADMINISTRATION JOBS LIKE THOSE
IN COMMUNICATIONS.
>> THEY ELIMINATE THE CENTRAL
OFFICE AND THEY REPLACE EVERYONE
ALIGNED WITH THEIR THINKING. NOT
THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN THEY
TARGET DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVELY TARGET THE
CURRICULUM.
>> GROSSE POINTE HAS BEEN
RAIDING ITS FUND BALANCE, WHICH
HAS DOWNGRADED ITS BOND RATING,
TRYING TO DIG OUT OF THE HOLE IS
GETTING REAL PUSHBACK. BACK HERE
LIVE. NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE LAID OFF HERE, THERE ARE
GOING TO BE LINGERING BAD
FEELINGS. AND TO GIVE YOU AN
IDEA OF HOW POLARIZED THE
SITUATION HAS BECOME HERE, WHAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BRIGHT SPOT
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
MEETING, A NONPROFIT OFFERING UP
$600,000 TO THE DISTRICT FOR
THINGS LIKE NEW PLAYGROUND
EQUIPMENT OR A NEW SCOREBOARD
BOARD WERE TREATED AS THOUGH IT
WAS A REALLY POLARIZING ISSUE BY
SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHO THAT
NONPROFIT IS AND BECAUSE THEY
HAVE CONNECTIONS TO SOME BOARD
MEMBERS AND NOT OTHER BOARD
MEMBERS UNTIL REMOTELY THEY DID
VOTE TO ACCEPT ALL THAT $600.
BUT THE COMMENTS WERE VERY
POINTED. IT’S JUST NOT WHERE THE
DISCUSSION LEVEL IS IN THIS
DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. WE’RE LIVE
IN GROSSE POINTE FARMS. I’M MARA
MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> YEAH, REALLY DIFFICULT. MARA,
A LOT OF DECISIONS TO BE MADE.
THANKS SO MUCH TO SURVIVORS OF
THE CAMPUS SHOOTING AT MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY IN FEBRUARY. WE
ARE TAKING STEPS TO SUE THE
SCHOOL. A TOTAL OF EIGHT
STUDENTS WERE SHOT IN BERKY HALL
. THREE OF THEM DIED FROM THEIR
INJURIES. PAMELA OSBORNE JOINS
US LIVE WITH THE STEPS THEY’RE
TAKING BEFORE THEY CAN FILE THAT
LAWSUIT. PAMELA KIMBERLY? THAT’S
RIGHT. SO BEFORE A LAWSUIT IS
FILED HERE, A NOTICE HAS TO BE
FILED BY ATTORNEYS.
>> AND THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENED
HERE IN THIS CASE. ATTORNEYS
REPRESENTING TWO STUDENTS
INJURED IN THE SHOOTING ON
MICHIGAN STATE’S CAMPUS HAVE
FILED NOTICES OF INJURIES AND
ALLEGATIONS OF BUILDING DEFECTS
AT BERKEY HALL IN SECONDS AFTER
BEING SHOT CLEAN THROUGH THE
LUNG TO ENTRANCE WOUNDS AND TO
EXIT WOUNDS, LAYING IN A STATE
OF SHOCK THAT WILL NEVER LEAVE
MY MIND AND FOREVER HAUNT ME. A
MONTH AND A HALF AFTER HE WAS
SHOT IN HIS CLASSROOM AT BERKEY
HALL, FAWBUSH SPOKE FROM THE
CAPITOL STEPS AT A MARCH FOR OUR
LIVES RALLY.
>> THE CLASSROOMS IN BERKEY HALL
DID NOT HAVE LOCKS ON THEM, JUST
LIKE AT LEAST 1300 OTHER
CLASSROOMS ACROSS CAMPUS. OUR
DOORS WERE WIDE OPEN FOR ANYONE
TO ENTER IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
FAWBUSH URGED LAWMAKERS TO ENACT
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MEASURES
TO PROTECT OTHER STUDENTS, OTHER
PEOPLE FROM THE FATE HE AND
SEVEN OTHERS SUFFERED THAT DAY.
UNIVERSITY HAS SINCE ANNOUNCED
THAT THEY WILL BE ADDING LOCKS
AND UPDATING SECURITY MEASURES
AT NIGHT, BUT WE CANNOT FORGET
THAT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR
ALEXANDRIA. ARIELLE BRIAN,
MYSELF AND THE FOUR OTHERS
WOUNDED IN THIS SENSELESS ACT.
>> NOW THAT THE NOTICE HAS BEEN
FILED, MSU HAS TIME TO
INVESTIGATE BEFORE A LAWSUIT CAN
EVEN BE FILED HERE.
>> I DID REACH OUT FOR ATTORNEYS
REPRESENTING THOSE TWO SURVIVING
STUDENTS. THEY DECLINED TO
COMMENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT THE SPOKESPERSON FOR MSU IS
SPEAKING OUT. HERE’S A QUOTE BY
DAN OLSON. HE SAID MSU HAS BEEN
ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WE LOST
AND THOSE INJURED TO IDENTIFY
WAYS TO PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT
. AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO
KEEPING THOSE LINES OF
COMMUNICATION OPEN. CERTAINLY
THE BEGINNING OF A VERY LONG
PROCESS, NOT JUST FOR THOSE
VICTIMS WHO ARE STILL RECOVERING
FOR THEIR INJURIES, BUT FOR
WHAT’S NEXT IN THIS LEGAL
PROCESS FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE,
I’M PAMELA OSBORNE, LOCAL 4.
>> YES, PAMELA, THANK YOU. TWO
TEENAGERS ARE IN CUSTODY AFTER
POLICE SAY THE PAIR ATTACKED A
DETROIT POLICE OFFICER. TAKE A
LOOK. THIS IS VIDEO OF THE
ATTACK THAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY
AT THE BP AT JOY ROAD IN THE
SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY. YOU CAN SEE
ONE PERSON REACH FOR THE OFF
OFFICER’S GUN, WHICH STARTS A
WRESTLING MATCH WITH THE
OFFICER. POLICE SAY THE TWO
SUSPECTS ARE JUVENILES AND THEY
TURN THEMSELVES IN TO OFFICERS
TODAY. CHIEF WHITE SAYS THE
ATTACK WILL NOT CHANGE HOW
POLICING IS DONE IN THE CITY.
>> IT’S UNJUSTIFIABLE. IT’S
ILLOGICAL AND THESE TWO YOUNG
MEN MADE A HORRIBLE DECISION.
YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO POLICE THESE STREETS
CONSTITUTIONALLY. ANYBODY THAT
VIOLATES THE LAW, YOU KNOW,
WE’VE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT
WE’RE NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR
LOCKING FOLKS UP THAT ARE
CARRYING GUNS AND HURTING FOLKS
AND OUR OFFICERS DO AN AMAZING
JOB AT DOING THAT.
>> POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NOT
FOUND THE GUN THAT ONE OF THE
SUSPECTS WAS SEEN HOLDING IN THE
VIDEO. THE MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK
IS ALSO STILL UNKNOWN. DONALD
TRUMP IN MIAMI TONIGHT JUST
HOURS BEFORE A HISTORIC
APPEARANCE IN A FEDERAL
COURTROOM. THE FORMER PRESIDENT
INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY ON
CHARGES RELATED TO MORE THAN 100
SECRET GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
DISCOVERED IN HIS MAR A LAGO
ESTATE AFTER HE WAS OUT OF
OFFICE. IT WILL BE THE SECOND
TIME SINCE APRIL HE WILL FACE A
JUDGE ON CRIMINAL CHARGES AS
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVING
TONIGHT AT THE AIRPORT IN MIAMI
. PRESIDENT TRUMP LATER GREETED
BY A CROWD OF SUPPORTERS IN
SOUTH FLORIDA AHEAD OF HIS
HISTORIC COURT HEARING TOMORROW.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT NOW A
FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENDANT,
DEFIANT IN THE FACE OF A 37
COUNT INDICTMENT.
>> THE RIDICULOUS AND BASELESS
INDICTMENT OF ME BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION’S WEAPONIZE
DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE WILL GO
DOWN AS AMONG THE MOST HORRIFIC
ABUSES OF POWER IN THE HISTORY
OF OUR COUNTRY. WRITING HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT THE LEADING
CANDIDATE BY FAR OF THE
OPPOSITION PARTY GOT INDICTED.
>> THIS IS STRICTLY THIRD WORLD
AND VOWING, IF ELECTED, TO
APPOINT A, QUOTE, REAL SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE
PRESIDENT BIDEN, AN APPOINTMENT
HE AS PRESIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE
THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DIRECTLY.
TONIGHT OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE
IN MIAMI, SECURED PREPARATIONS
UNDERWAY FOR THE NATION’S MOST
HIGH PROFILE DEFENDANT, A
SPECIAL COUNSEL ALLEGING MR.
TRUMP MISHANDLED CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS AND OBSTRUCTED EFFORTS
TO RETRIEVE THEM, SAYING BOXES
OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WERE
KEPT IN MAR A LAGO STORAGE
ROOMS, A BALLROOM, EVEN A
BATHROOM, AND ALLEGING AT ONE
POINT THE FORMER PRESIDENT
SUGGESTED TO LAWYERS HIDING OR
DESTROYING THE DOCUMENTS.
ELECTED REPUBLICANS LARGELY
RALLYING AROUND MR. TRUMP, EVEN
HIS PRESIDENTIAL RIVALS, AND
BLASTING THE BIDEN JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT. I THINK THERE NEEDS
TO BE ONE STANDARD OF JUSTICE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
>> YOU CAN’T PROTECT DEMOCRATS
WHILE TARGETING AND HUNTING
REPUBLICAN ONES.
>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN THAT HAS
A NUMBER OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
SITTING IN A GARAGE. THE IDEA OF
EQUAL JUSTICE IS NOT PLAYING OUT
HERE, BUT NOT MR. TRUMP’S FORMER
ATTORNEY GENERAL, BILL BARR,
CALLING THE CHARGES SERIOUS, IF
EVEN HALF OF IT IS TRUE, THEN
HE’S TOAST.
>> AND IT’S VERY, VERY.
>> AND THIS TONIGHT FROM FORMER
TRUMP UN AMBASSADOR AND CURRENT
GOP CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY.
>> IF THIS INDICTED COUNT IS
TRUE, IF WHAT IT SAYS IS
ACTUALLY THE CASE, PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS IN CREDIBLY RECKLESS
WITH OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
>> DONALD TRUMP IS THE FIRST
FORMER PRESIDENT TO FACE FEDERAL
CHARGES. HE PLANS TO REMAIN IN
THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE. THE
DETROIT FIRE DEPARTMENT SIGNS AN
EMERGENCY CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE
THERE ARE ENOUGH AMBULANCES
AVAILABLE IN CASE OF
EMERGENCIES. DFD IS ENTERING
INTO A CONTRACT WITH UNIVERSAL
MACOMB AMBULANCE SERVICE TO ADD
11 PRIVATE AMBULANCES TO THE
STREETS. NOW, WHEN YOU COMBINE
THAT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
AMBULANCES, THERE WILL BE A
RECORD 40 AMBULANCES ON THE ROAD
THIS SUMMER CONTRACT BEGINS THIS
WEEK. AND RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER
. MACOMB COUNTY PILOT IS
SCHEDULED TO FACE A JUDGE ON
FEDERAL CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 15 YEAR
OLD GIRL. 71 YEAR OLD REX PHELPS
IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING THE
GIRL DURING FLIGHT TRAINING AT
THE WRAY COMMUNITY AIRPORT. HE’S
ACCUSED OF INAPPROPRIATELY
TOUCHING HER AND KISSING HER IN
THE MIDDLE OF FLIGHTS. PHELPS
USED TO BE A TEACHER AT DAKOTA
HIGH SCHOOL. HE’S ALSO FACING
FELONY STATE CHARGES. TOMORROW’S
HEARING WILL DECIDE IF THERE’S
ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO GO TO TRIAL.
IT’S SOMETHING WE’VE NEEDED AND
NOW WE’RE GOING TO GET A GOOD
DOSE OF IT. THIS WEEK.
>> MY LAWN IS LOOKING TERRIBLE.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT RAIN MOVING
BACK INTO THE AREA. SO LET’S GET
OVER TO KIM ADAMS WITH A LOOK AT
HOW MUCH WE CAN EXPECT. KIM
>> WELL, WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET
ENOUGH TO MAKE THOSE LAWNS NICE
AND GREEN, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE
AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. 59 RIGHT NOW IN
MOUNT CLEMENS, MID-FIFTIES IN
PONTIAC, 51 IN ANN ARBOR, AND
ONLY 53 IN HOWELL. SO A CHILLY
NIGHT HERE IN METRO DETROIT.
TOMORROW WE START THE DAY WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S, ALMOST
LIKE A FALL MORNING FOR US. 60
DEGREES BY 10 A.M. AND IN THE
AFTERNOON, WE WARM TO A HIGH OF
67. THAT’S QUITE A BIT BELOW OUR
NORMAL HIGH, WHICH IS NOW 79. WE
WILL SEE RAIN TOMORROW, BUT IT
WILL BE OFF AND ON. SO NOT AN
ENTIRE WASHOUT TOMORROW, BUT
DEFINITELY PLAN FOR A LITTLE BIT
OF LIGHT RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE ON THE UPTICK OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. IN FACT, BY
SATURDAY, WE FINALLY MAKE IT
BACK TO THE NORMAL HIGH, WHICH
WILL BE 80 DEGREES. I’LL TIME
OUT THE RAIN FOR YOU. ALSO,
WE’LL TALK ABOUT FATHER’S DAY.
WE DO HAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS