Tag Archives: Emergency Manager

Jeff Irwin on renewed movement in the Michigan House to kill Snyder’s Emergency Manager law, Ethan Lowenstein on the value of place-based education, and the witchy music of Spelling… on episode 38 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | February 8, 2016

I know that all anyone wants to talk about these days is our story about the elaborate “fuck Flint I want to go shopping”-themed cake Governor Snyder had made for his wife’s birthday, which has now spread to the likes of Gawker and Wonkette, but, for my own sanity, I’ve got to move on. So, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Education, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aaron Spelling, bellows, belonging, brushes with panty fame, casting spells, checks and balances, community, Craig Johnson, Detroit, dioxane, disinvestment, drone instruments, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, Education Achievement Authority, education reform, education spending, education theory, Educational Achievement Authority, EMU, Ethan Lowenstein, Flint, Flint water crisis, Gawker, Gelman plume, Gelman Sciences, globalization, guns in schools, Happiness, Jeff Irwin, Johnny Lupinacci, lead, lead poisoning, Medicare, Name Brand Tattoo, open carry, Patrick Elkins, place-based education, pollution, public education, racism, Rick Snyder, SEMIS Coalition, shruti box, Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition, spelling, threats to public education, Victoria Weeber, water, white flight, witchy, Wonkette | 11 Comments

Now that Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley is facing the prospect of a year in prison for contempt, one wonders if he might be persuaded to work with prosecutors

By Mark | February 2, 2016

Yesterday, retired Michigan 36th District Court Judge Gregory Ellis “Greg” Mathis came right out and said what a lot of us have been thinking for a while now… that what happened in Flint has all the makings of a criminal case. The EMU-grad-turned-television-personality put it his way: “It appears that there’s criminal negligence here,” he […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics | Also tagged Congress, contempt, Darnell Earley, Detroit Public Schools, domestic terrorism, Elijah Cummings, Flint, Greg Mathis, Jason Chaffetz, lead, lead poisoning, Legionnaires' disease, Rick Snyder, terrorism, water | 12 Comments

State Rep Jeff Irwin on Lansing’s response to the Flint disaster, the case for place-based education, and the music of Spelling… on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | January 28, 2016

Those of you who, after last week’s show, predicted that I would never return to the Saturday Six Pack, failed to consider one thing… I have no where else to go. So, yes, we’re going to be back on the air this Saturday evening with what promises to be yet another equally thought-provoking and fun […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged citizen-stewards, Craig Johnson, Eastern Michigan University, ecojustice, ecology, Education, EMU, Ethan Lowenstein, Flint, Jeff Irwin, lead, place-based education, SEMIS Coalition, solutionaries, spelling, Victoria Weeber, water | 6 Comments

Saying they “delayed our action plan,” Rick Snyder lays the blame for the Flint water disaster at the feet of “career civil servants” who cared more about process than people

By Mark | January 27, 2016

You have to give him credit for having chutzpah. It took him a few days, but our Governor, with he help of multiple consultants and a few top flight PR firms, is attempting not just to deflect blame for what happened in Flint, but actually turn the deadly public health crisis into an anti-government parable […]

Posted in History, Michigan, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged accountability, ALEC, bureaucrat, career civil servants, checks and balances, Cher, civil service, crisis communications, Dana Milbank, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, framing, individual responsibility, lead, lead poisoning, public employees, public health, public health emergency, public relations, Republican framing, revisionist history, Rick Snyder, water | 19 Comments

Homeless students share their stories, a Flint mother tells about the poisoning of her family, and a local business owner divulges details of his rock and roll past… on episode 36 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | January 19, 2016

HOMELESSNESS AMONG STUDENTS IN WASHTENAW COUNTY… After kicking things off with the awesome into song written by our recent guest Frank Allison, we jumped right into things with Eastern Michigan University student Ramone Williams, the subject of a recent investigative piece on homelessness among Michigan’s college students. Williams told us about the circumstances that lead […]