THE READING AND DOMINIC VINDA TALLY CAN AGREE. IT’S AT LEAST TO START THAT CAN EASILY LITTLE
BIT OF WORRY AND AS EASY AS THE
SCHOOLS ARE TO GET INTO. HAVING
SOMEBODY ON SITE WHO COULD
POSSIBLY STOP IT SOONER THAN OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE GREAT
. ARE NEAREST SHERIFFS ARE 20
MINUTES AWAY MINIMUM. I THINK
IT’S A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION ABOUT KEEPING THE
SCHOOLS SAFE. UM YOU KNOW, I’M
SECURITY AS A GOOD WAY TO GO.
TRUSTEE JOHN DARRYL, HOWEVER, IS
THE ONLY ONE WHO SHOT DOWN THE
IDEA DURING THE VOTE. HIS
CONCERN IS THE QUESTION OF JUST
WHO WILL BE TRUSTED ENOUGH. TO
OPENLY CARRY A GUN ON SCHOOL
PROPERTY. WHAT I WANTED TO SEE
WAS SWORN POLICE OFFICERS. I
THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BEST OPTION
WAS TO HAVE CHEST FIELD POLICE
OR BALTIMORE POLICE. SO WHAT IS
IT? IS IT MONEY OR IS IT
PROTECTING THE KIDS AND KEEP IN
MIND, GUYS? THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL IS THIS UPCOMING TUESDAY
SO LESS THAN A WEEK FOR HIGHER
UPS TO COMPLETE THAT SELECTION
PROCESS. ON TOP OF THAT, I’M
TOLD THAT THE DISTRICT HAS SPENT
A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY ON
UPGRADING SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AS
WELL. VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL 4
VICTOR AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE
ABORTION RIGHTS PROPOSAL IS OFF
THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. STATE BOARD
OF CANVASSERS DEADLOCKED ALONG
PARTY LINES, MEANING BOTH THE
ABORTION RIGHTS. PUZZLE AND AN
OVERHAUL OF VOTING RIGHTS WILL
NOW PROBABLY GO TO THE MICHIGAN
SUPREME COURT. MARA MACDONALD
LIVE AT THE NEW CENTER AREA
TONIGHT. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
HERE, RIGHT, MARA? DEVIN YOU’RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT’S BECAUSE
THE NOVEMBER BALLOT NEEDS TO BE
FINALIZED BY SEPTEMBER 9TH,
WHICH MEANS THE MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT HAS ABOUT A WEEK TO MAKE A
DECISION HERE. IF THE STATE
BOARD OF CANVASSERS, WHICH IS
COMPOSED OF TWO REPUBLICANS AND
TWO DEMOCRATS, DEADLOCKS ABOUT
PROPOSAL WON’T GO TO THE BALLOT,
AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
IN BOTH CASES, THESE BALLOT
PROPOSALS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH
SIGNATURES, BUT THE REPUBLICAN
MEMBERS TURNED THEM DOWN FOR
DIFFERENT REASONS ON THE
ABORTION BALLOT PROPOSAL. WHAT
YOU SEE HERE IS THE ISSUE. IT’S
A TEXT FORMATTING PROBLEM, WHICH
LEFT SPACES OUT IN FOUR LINES.
PETITIONS ARE QUOTE LEGAL
DOCUMENTS. LEGAL DOCUMENTS
REQUIRE ACTUAL WORDS. BUT THE
BOARD DOESN’T REGULATE WORDS
BASING. THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT
DELEGATED ANY AUTHORITY TO THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH BOARD. THE GOP
MEMBER SAID NO BECAUSE OF THE
MISSING SPACES, BUT ATTORNEYS
WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE CASE
. TELL ME THEY BELIEVE THE
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT WILL PUT
IT ON THE BALLOT. THE TERM THEY
USE IS A SCRIBNER’S DEFENSE,
MEANING AN UNINTENTIONAL
DRAFTING MISTAKE. THE OTHER
BALLOT PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD
OVERHAUL VOTING RIGHTS IN
MICHIGAN, INCLUDING ALLOWING
EARLY VOTING WAS KICKED FOR A
DIFFERENT REASON. ALLEGED LACK
OF LISTING EVERY SECTION OF THE
STATE CONSTITUTION IT WOULD GET
RID OF OR ABROGATE PROMOTE THE
VOTES PROPOSAL WOULD AGGREGATE
SEVERAL CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS
, INCLUDING ARTICLE TWO, SECTION
TWO THAT WERE NOT REPUBLISHED IN
THE PETITION, THE GOP MEMBERS
BOUGHT THAT ARGUMENT AND WOULD
NOT CERTIFY IT. THAT, TOO, IS
HEADED TO COURT FOR A FINAL
DECISION. BACK HERE LIVE. I
THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT THAT THE STATE BUREAU OF
ELECTIONS RECOMMENDED TO THE
CANVASSERS THAT THEY CERTIFY
BOTH OF THESE BALLOT PROPOSALS,
BUT THE BUREAU DID NOT TAKE ANY
SORT OF RECOMMENDATION OR
POSITION ON THE LEGAL CHALLENGES
. WE’RE LIVE IN THE NEW CENTER.
I’M MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4.
ALRIGHT WE’RE IN THE SMART
MENTIONED. WE’RE IN A TIME
CRUNCH HERE SO WE WOULD EXPECT
SOME ACTION OR AT LEAST A HEADS
UP ON WHICH WAY THIS IS GOING
HERE VERY SOON. RIGHT WELL, DTE
MAKING PROGRESS TO GET POWER
BACK ON FOR THOUSANDS OF
CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE
DARK FOR MORE THAN 48 HOURS NOW,
MORE THAN 125,000 CUSTOMERS
STILL WITHOUT POWER AFTER
MONDAY’S STORMS, HOPING TO HAVE
POWER RESTORED TO AT LEAST 80%
OF ITS CUSTOMERS BY TOMORROW
NIGHT. NEW TONIGHT. OFFICIALS
FROM THE TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SAY POWER IS RESTORED AT ALL
SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS. THERE IS
AREAS NEAR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN A
TOP PRIORITY. WE’RE TRYING
REALLY HARD TODAY TO MAKE SURE
ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE CITY ARE
BACK. UM AND THAT THEY’RE READY
TO GO AND THEN ALL THE SCHOOLS
THAT ARE IN SESSION THIS WEEK
THAT HAVE STARTED ALREADY TO TRY
TO GET THEM BACK. SO WE FOCUS ON
THOSE THINGS FIRST, ALONG WITH
THE WIRE DOWNS AND SAFETY AND
THEN WE MOVED TO LIKE OUR
LARGEST OUTAGES. MEANWHILE THE
BOIL WATER ADVISORY, COMMERCE,
TOWNSHIP AND WALLED LAKE HAS
BEEN LIFTED. IT IS STILL,
HOWEVER, IN EFFECT IN NOVI GREAT
LAKES WATER AUTHORITY STATION
TEMPORARILY LOST POWER ON MONDAY
AND THAT SPARKED THE ORDER. 19
YEAR OLD IS CHARGED IN A RANDOM
SHOOTING SPREE ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED
DANTE SMITH IN THE SPREE THAT
LEFT FOUR PEOPLE SHOT THREE OF
WHICH DIED. SMITH IS FACING
THREE COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE
MURDER AND SEVERAL OTHER CHARGES
. THE SHOOTINGS TOOK PLACE
SUNDAY MORNING IN A PERIOD 2.5
HOURS. MEANWHILE WE’RE HEARING
FROM THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE
SHOOTINGS. JOHN POLLOCK, ALONG
WITH HIS DOG SUFFERED NON LIFE
THREATENING INJURIES. HE
RECALLED HIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE
ALLEGED GUNMAN STAYED BEHIND THE
CAR AND SHOT FIRST TWO SHOTS HIT
HIM. AND THEN THE THEN THE
SECOND TWO SHOTS. HE GOT ME
RIGHT HERE. DETROIT POLICE NEED
YOUR HELP IDENTIFYING ONE OF THE
VICTIMS. SHE WAS SHOT AND KILLED
AROUND 5 30 SUNDAY MORNING IN
THE AREA OF MARGARITA AND
WYOMING. POLICE SAY SHE HAD A
MULTICOLORED PURSE THAT
CONTAINED GREEN NEW YORK
BASKETBALL SHORTS. IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION, CALL CRIME
STOPPERS TOMORROW, THE CITY OF
DETROIT IS GOING TO START THE
APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ADULT
USE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
BUSINESSES. THAT MOVE COMES
AFTER A JUDGE DISMISSED TWO
LAWSUITS CHALLENGING THE CITY’S
ORDINANCE. MAYOR DUGGAN SAYS THE
CITY IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THERE
IS INCLUSION AND EQUITY IN THIS
NEW INDUSTRY. I THINK WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE WHAT THE PEOPLE OF
THIS CITY EXPECT ACCESS TO
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN A WAY
THAT DETROITERS BENEFIT FAIRLY.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS OPENS
TOMORROW AT EIGHT A.M. IT WILL
LAST A MONTH. 60 LICENSES WILL
BE AWARDED THEN IN THE COMING
MONTHS. THE CONTRACT BETWEEN
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AND
ITS PROFESSORS UNION EXPIRES AT
MIDNIGHT. AND THERE IS STILL NO
DEAL. THE 500 PERSON UNION
REJECTED THE LATEST OFFER FROM
THE UNIVERSITY, WHICH WOULD HAVE
GIVEN FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBERS
OF 4 TO 8% BASE SALARY INCREASE
IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NEW
CONTRACT, IT WOULD HAVE ALSO
PROVIDED A 2% SALARY INCREASE
EVERY YEAR. FOR THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS. THE UNION IS INSTEAD
CALLING FOR A LARGER INFLATION
BASED SALARY INCREASE AS WELL AS
A BETTER HEALTH PLAN. OVER THE
WEEKEND, MEMBERS VOTED TO GIVE
THEIR BARGAINING COMMITTEE THE
AUTHORITY TO LET THE
ADMINISTRATION KNOW OF A
POSSIBLE STRIKE, BUT A SECOND
VOTE WOULD BE NEEDED TO
AUTHORIZE THAT STRIKE, WHILE
NEGOTIATIONS REMAIN ONGOING TO
DETERMINE HOW MANY GUBERNATORIAL
DEBATES WILL HAVE BEFORE THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION, IT IS VERY
LIKELY WE WILL NOT HAVE A SINGLE
DEBATE IN THE RACE FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL INCUMBENT DANA NESSEL
AND CHALLENGER MATT DE PUNO
TRADED SCATHING STATEMENT. IT’S
ABOUT EACH OTHER TODAY. THE
UPSHOT IS TO PUNO WANTS A
DEBATE, BUT NESTLE REFUSES. AND
SHE DOESN’T WANT TO GIVE HIM A
PLATFORM TO SPEW HATE OR
MISINFORMATION. SO TONIGHT A
DEBATE SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY. WE
ARE NOW 69 DAYS AWAY FROM THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION, BANK OF
AMERICA IS NOW OFFERING MINORITY
FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS IN DETROIT
, ZERO DOWN PAYMENT AND ZERO
CLOSING COST MORTGAGE IS THE
TRIAL PROGRAM IS AIMED AT
HELPING FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS IN
BLACK AND HISPANIC
NEIGHBORHOODS. CUSTOMERS WILL BE
EVALUATED FOR A HOME LOAN NOT BY
CREDIT SCORES. BUT OTHER FACTORS
SUCH AS THEIR HISTORY OF MAKING
RENT, UTILITY PHONE AND AUTO
INSURANCE PAYMENTS ON TIME. THE
LOANS ALSO REQUIRE NO MORTGAGE
INSURANCE. PROGRAM IS ALSO BEING