Ep. 3370: Tuesday starring Michael Patrick Shiels

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Live across the Great Lake State. You're connected to Michigan's
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Show starring Michael Patrick Shields, presented by Blue Cross, Blue
Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
I'm producer and creative director Tony Cuthberts.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Now in the shadow of the Capitol Dome and Lancing.
He's heard from the beaches of Lake Michigan, to the
halls of power and behind closed doors. Here's Michigan's Michael
Patrick Shields.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Michael Patrick Shields is on the air.

Speaker 4 (00:39):
Good morning world, Good morning everyone. My name is Scott Ellison.
I'm sitting in this morning filling in for Michael Patrick Row.
He gets to travel the world and it's a big
chair to fill and I'm glad I got Tony behind
the glass to coach me.

Speaker 5 (00:50):
Threw it all.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
It's awesome to have you as always, Scott. You've been
part of the show for so long and it's always
fun to talk to you and some other people that
you are associated with whenever comes up. And yesterday we
nerded out with Kyle Mallin on the state budget and
we've been doing it for weeks and weeks and weeks,
and I know you're integrally involved in a lot of this.
The fiscal year twenty twenty six state budget is still

(01:12):
waiting for Governor graduate Whitmer's signature, and lawmakers, as we know,
approved the roughly eighty billion dollars spending package last week,
along with a one week extension of that budget, and
that does expire this Wednesday. The new budget includes one
billion dollars for road repairs, ending state taxes on social
Security tips and overtime pay, and more money for public schools.

(01:35):
House Speaker Matt Hall, a frequent guest on this program,
said he and Whitmer we're able to find plenty of
common ground during the negotiation. So yesterday we got the
perspective of Kyle Malin as a reporter, voted usually the
top reporter in the state of Michigan. And now I
turned to you as a lobbyist, a consultant, a government consultant,

(01:57):
whatever label we want to place on you for this one.
What is the atmosphere. I know it's probably quiet across
the street right now, but during these budget negotiations the
late hours last week, you probably at least were in
the door for a while. What what is it like
behind closed doors?

Speaker 6 (02:12):
You know, there's a lot of unknowns.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
When it gets to that point of you know, the
final hours and the negotiations, everybody locks down. You know,
your context that you want to reach out to. You know,
they're they're they're shutting off their phones, or at least
they're ignoring the text, which I understand it was. You know,
there was a lot going on. You have, you know,
split government, a lot of different views on how things
need to be spent. We don't have the money that
we used to have, and I think all three sides

(02:34):
did finally come together. They were able to yes we
were late, and yes it had been should have been
done and would have been nice to been done back
in June, especially for the schools. But you know, this
isn't an easy process the first time that they had
to negotiate, negotiate this budget with different sides. I think overall,
you know, sometimes they say when not everybody gets something
they want, that's a good budget, right, And I think

(02:55):
that's kind of what we came out with here. You know,
later in the show, we'll have Edaniola from County Row
and I think a lot of times people don't understand
the difference between road funding and where it comes from
and how certain roads get fixed. And so during this
process I learned a lot about things that I don't
that I don't even deal directly with. But it was
interesting very late nights at the legislature.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
And do you have communications with the various representative senators.
I got a text from let's just say it's a
pretty high ranking Republican senator and this was on Tuesday
at two o'clock in the afternoon, and he wrote to me,
this is so absurd. We are in this situation, three
extra months for the budget, ten hours until they shut down,
and I have yet to see page one of a

(03:37):
final budget.

Speaker 6 (03:38):
That is a very big complaint.

Speaker 4 (03:39):
I've been doing this about fourteen years, and when I
first started out, I was not involved in budgets. I
just started getting involved in budgets in the last four
to five years, and everybody I talked to it this
is a different process. Normally, they break them down by
department and they submit those budgets and they're discussed and negotiated.
And over the last several years they've been doing more
omnibus budgets, and I think there's a lot of frustration
because you know, one of the I think one budget

(04:01):
omnibus was five six hundred pages long. And I'll be honest,
I spent yesterday four or five hours in the morning
going through it line by line, line by line. It's
a lot of coffee. But you know, it has to
be done. And you know, from what I understand, leadership
really was involved in this time. And you know, they
have your committee chairs that negotiated out, they have these negotiations,

(04:21):
and then it goes back to leadership to finally to
nail down the negotiations and bring everybody on the same page.
And I don't think that's as easy as everybody thinks.
I mean, I know we're frustrated, and I think it
can be done better. But I think also it was
a learning curve having split government.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
So when I read a few minutes ago that they're
ending state taxes on tips and overtime pay. Your role
with the Michigan License Beverage Association, is this something that
you would be in contact with your members regarding what
are the restaurants saying about this or bars for that?

Speaker 3 (04:52):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (04:52):
Absolutely, I mean all of our members are very excited
about this. You know, and I did know this was
coming about a week and a half ago, that this
was going to be part of the negotiations, and actually
all sides were supportive. It's just a matter of who
was going to use it for leverage. It is very
important to our members.

Speaker 7 (05:05):
Know.

Speaker 4 (05:05):
We struggle now getting staff to come into this industry. Right,
it's a tough industry. As you know, citizens or people
are not as nice.

Speaker 5 (05:13):
As they used to be.

Speaker 3 (05:14):
Right.

Speaker 5 (05:14):
We've talked about that a lot.

Speaker 4 (05:16):
And to get someone into this industry and now for
them to be able to not claim any state taxes
on their tips at a wage that they make, now
that's huge and we're excited about that and we hope
that that'll help us attract more into the industry.

Speaker 2 (05:29):
The other topic, and we brought it up. You were
on the show a couple of weeks ago, and I
know this is something jeez, my wife who works in
a major hospital. This is a topic that they're talking about.
And we brought it up to Bob Quay of Bob's Bar.
This whole Earned Sick Time Act that is now in place.
And I think of a small establishment, let's say like
arts bar or arts whatever, any Bob's Bar, whatever, little place,

(05:53):
ten to fifteen employees, and this earned Sick Time Act.
What can you explain to us. We've had some of
the talking heads kind of break it down, but what
are you telling your members in reality?

Speaker 4 (06:03):
So as you know that was a fight for ours
for many years, and you know, we understand that we
don't want people to come in sick. And most of
your small businesses obviously do work with their employees too.
If you're sick, please don't come in and we'll work
it out. The problem is is the mandatory accrual of
it right in getting it now for small business. You know,
I'll give you an example, and let's think of an LS

(06:23):
techo in East Lansing on a Saturday and people have
banked up time. You know what, I'm gonna take it
off in tailgate and now I'm scrambling for staff on
a busy day. And then patrons come in and don't
understand and they see empty tables and why why can't
we sit? Why is it an hour wait? Because we
don't have the staff to wait on you. We don't
have the cooking staff to keep up, and so we
it is an issue. It is something that you know,
still is affecting our members and we're trying.

Speaker 5 (06:46):
To cope with it.

Speaker 4 (06:47):
I will say though that the businesses have so far
have been able to deal with it, but I you know,
it's going to build up. As time builds up in
a cruise, we'll see what happens.

Speaker 2 (06:57):
So technically, if you are let's just say some employee
at work, whatever establishment, or any business for that matter,
and you just call up the day of and say
I'm sick, there's nothing that can be done about it.

Speaker 4 (07:07):
There's nothing we can do. And if they have the
time bank, we pay them, which is not so much
the issue. It's more or less the no call or
the call and show and how do we cover for it. So, yeah,
that is a huge issue that we're facing.

Speaker 2 (07:17):
Hey, well, these are all things that we're going to
discover as we roll out the end of this year
and into next year. The other item that was heavily
talked about during the budget is the twenty four percent
wholesale tax. The Michigan Republican Party's Cannabis Caucus says the
twenty four percent wholesale tax on products this is the
quote will gang rape the industry. That's from the chairman

(07:39):
George Brinco, a former United States House candidate, who says
the tax will squeeze small businesses, result in fewer jobs,
and generate less money for residents. The wholesale tax was
included in the budget, and that's going to be put
towards the road repairs, and Brinco says nobody should be
celebrating this. I'm not going to necessarily ask you to
comment on that one, but let's just say the cannabis

(08:02):
Caucus is not happy when it comes to this.

Speaker 4 (08:04):
Well, you know, it's like anything else, you know, the
liquor industry. We're marked up sixty five percent in twelve
percent tax. And I'm not saying it's a great thing
for the cannabis industry, but definitely they're gonna have to
figure out how to survive that.

Speaker 2 (08:14):
There's no question about it. We have so much more
to come on this program, a lot of very interesting guests.
We're gonna talk drones, we're gonna talk security, We're going
to talk with a gubernatorial candidate. Scott has really loaded
up the show today, so I very much appreciate that
this is Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shields in
today for MPs. It is Scott Ellis of the Michigan

(08:36):
License Beverage Association. My name is Tony Cuthbert and you
can always find us on our website, am I Big
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Speaker 6 (12:40):
Good morning.

Speaker 4 (12:41):
This is Scott Elli sitting in on the Michigan Big
Show for Michael Patrick Shield and we're welcome here this morning.
We have a great show set up and looking forward
to working with Tony Scott.

Speaker 2 (12:49):
I hate to talk about the weather, but we have
to go there because it's going to impact sports today unfortunately,
because as we know, the Tigers bring in the Seattle
Mariners for Game three of the Mayor per League Division
Series in downtown Detroit. And you know what, We've been
needed rain for a long time and we're getting it today.

Speaker 4 (13:09):
Of all days, right. I wish we could hold it
off a little bit. I mean, obviously everybody's be heading
down to Detroit. That town's going to be busier and
hacking the business to be doing great. But yeah, hopefully
we can get it in.

Speaker 2 (13:18):
Four oh eight is the scheduled first pitch time, and
just checking out the weather app however, we can trust
that we got over a fifty percent rain until about
eight o'clock tonight, so I will not be shocked if
they push this game. The problem is they're not going
to want to just postpone it because we have a
game today in Detroit, we have a game tomorrow in Detroit,
and then they give that travel day in between, and

(13:40):
then if there's a game five that's necessary that would
round out the week. And you really do not want
to play a game one day and then travel that
same night the Seattle of all places, and then try
to roll it out there. So this is going to
be a sticky situation to watch, and a lot of
it comes down to television, of course. And if we
have a rain chance until eight o'clock. There's two games

(14:00):
tonight and the other one is scheduled to have a
first pitch of eight oh eight, and that would be
the Toronto Blue Jays at the New York Yankees. Both
of these games are supposed to be on the same channel,
so you could see where the problems, you know.

Speaker 6 (14:11):
How do they handle that one?

Speaker 3 (14:12):
Right?

Speaker 2 (14:12):
Yeah, this is gonna be something that you know what,
this is a network executive problem. So therefore I'm not
really worried about it, just the producer. Yeah, they'll figure
that all out.

Speaker 15 (14:20):
Now.

Speaker 2 (14:20):
There was some other news because I'm not a big
fan of the corporate names. I just like to say
downtown Detroit or wherever the Tigers play. But we're gonna
bring up Comerica Park for a certain reason because there's
been a that's been the name for the as we
know since two thousand for that ballparking downtown Detroit. But
yesterday we had the sale of Comerica Bank. Therefore there

(14:42):
might be a change. Fifth Third Bank purchased Comerica ten
point nine billion dollars. It's an all stock deal and
Comerica Bank will be rebrand in late twenty twenty six
or early twenty twenty seven as fifth Third Bank, and
the naming rights for the Major League Baseball stadium are
set in stone until twenty thirty four, but Comerica Bank
CEO Kurt Farmer says the stadium won't change in twenty

(15:05):
twenty six, but it is possible in twenty twenty seven.

Speaker 4 (15:09):
So there are there are already banks named that already
I'm state sorry stadiums name that right.

Speaker 6 (15:14):
Minor league stadiums that.

Speaker 2 (15:15):
Have been were the minor the single a affiliate of
the Tigers, the Grand Rapids team.

Speaker 6 (15:22):
Yeah, I mean that.

Speaker 4 (15:23):
You know, I still like to call it Tiger Stadium
no matter what I always have. Now does it become
fifth you know, the major stadium?

Speaker 16 (15:28):
Ye? Right?

Speaker 2 (15:29):
Or you open it up to another. I mean, these
these ballparks change names all the time. I mean not
even ballpark's any major facility that professional sports or the
other thing that needs to be considered at this point
in time as college sports. When are we going to
get rid of these naming Is it going to be
Michigan Stadium forever? Is it going to be Spartan Stadium forever?
Because as we know, these different athletic departments need money

(15:50):
and you've got to generate revenue any way possible. So
if you can get rid of Spartan Stadium or label
it with something in front of Spartan Stadium, it's definitely
a possibility.

Speaker 6 (15:59):
I think it's coming, right.

Speaker 4 (16:00):
I mean, I was watching the baseball game of the
day and see the Meyer logo on the Tigers jersey
and the sleeve there and I've seen mockups. You know
that as soon the jerseys are going to look like Nascar,
you know, advertising, So who knows what's coming.

Speaker 2 (16:12):
Yeah, and you look at those jerseys with the Meyer
and then you see which is great Michigan company on
a jersey. Gotta love that. And then the Mariners have
Nintendo on their jersey, which is pretty sweet. And then
there's some other sponsor that's an umbrella sponsorship for all
of Major League Baseball in the playoffs on the helmets.
I don't even know what the company is. Somehow they
justified that. So that's always fascinating to watch the how

(16:33):
these things evolve in professional sports and what's going to
happen with college sports. Speaking of college sports, you're not
going to Los Angeles this weekend, are you?

Speaker 7 (16:41):
No?

Speaker 5 (16:41):
I wish I was.

Speaker 4 (16:42):
That's going to be an interesting game. It's gonna be
a tough challenge for the Wolverines.

Speaker 8 (16:45):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (16:45):
As we know, the fifteen frank Wolverines will visit USC
Saturday in Los Angeles, and Michigan has won three in
a row. They beat Wisconsin, so they sit at four
and one on the season. USC is four on one.
They lost to Illinois in their most recent game on
September twenty seventh. We've seen USC's act if you stayed
up late to watch them against Michigan State. And this
is gonna be this is gonna be a challenge for

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Big Blue.

Speaker 5 (17:07):
It is.

Speaker 4 (17:07):
I mean, you know, obviously every week they're trying to
grow as you watch them, and we're seeing that. But
you know, and obviously you know, I'm a diehard Wolverine,
and you know, there's a lot of growing pains, and
as you can see in the upsets in the Big
tenor in college football in general, with you know, the
Penn State loss, you just don't know. And and this
will be a challenge, you know, for them, and hopefully
they can step up.

Speaker 2 (17:26):
Something I've been curious about because you go, you go
to pretty much every Michigan home game, if not a
good majority of them, let's say, and you are a
season vet to how to navigate ann Arbor on a
game day and everything that goes with tailgating. This that
the other thing. The easiest ways to get out of town,
especially when you're jetting out of town and coming back
to the mid Michigan area. Do you know anybody or

(17:46):
maybe you did that went to that concert at the
Big House a few weeks ago.

Speaker 6 (17:51):
I did not.

Speaker 4 (17:51):
I had some friends that went and they said it
was absolutely amazing. I didn't talk to them about, you know,
getting out. I will say ann Arbor and the U
of MPD and Anti Repeat do an amazing job of
when you exit and head back to ninety four. No
matter what direction you're going, it's shut down all one
way and you get out pretty quick. It takes longer
to get out of the golf course usually where I tailgate,
than anything. But I heard the concert was outstanding. It

(18:13):
was packed, which is amazing to you know, to fill
a place that big for a concert.

Speaker 10 (18:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (18:17):
I was just more concerned, like you and everybody else
that fills the Big House. Maybe you've been there one
or more time so you can figure it out. But
when you have a concert going on at the Big House,
the first one ever, and I would imagine fifty percent
if not more, the people that went there have never
seen ann Arbor on technically, which was a game day
with all those people there, I mean, I can understand

(18:38):
it might be tough for some people.

Speaker 4 (18:39):
Yeah, I think, you know, coming in, like I said,
coming in off at ninety four and you got Annaber
Pioneer who does a great job, and they're a huge
parking lot and complex.

Speaker 5 (18:46):
They pay for a.

Speaker 4 (18:46):
Lot of their high school sports through that parking, and
that's a great spot to park across, you know, the
tailgate at the golf course, and then there's a lot
on the side streets, a lot of houses and different
events that people have parking.

Speaker 6 (18:57):
I obviously am a fan and think it's prett easy.

Speaker 14 (19:00):
You know.

Speaker 4 (19:00):
I think Michigan State does a great job. They got
all the fields and they got a lot of parking.
I think they've got it down now where I don't
have a problem getting it out of there.

Speaker 2 (19:07):
If I ever told you how I park for Michigan
football games, this might be a little bit ridiculous, but
I'm so against all the traffic and heavy fees. Let's
say and I park actually at Mott Children's Hospital and
walk all the way from Mott to the Big House
because you get to go beautiful, like the perfect trail

(19:28):
through campus and all of that. You get to see
all the parties and tailgates, and you know what, you
leave the hospital, you don't even have to pay That
is nice.

Speaker 6 (19:34):
It's a long walk. Hopefully got good weather.

Speaker 2 (19:36):
Yeah, yeah, it's fun. Whatever. There's always ways you can
figure this stuff out if you're trying to save a buck. Anyways,
this is Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shiels Michigan State.
They bring in Ucla on Saturday. It's home coming. The
Bruins coming off of a big win. Michigan State is favored.
Can they get a w in the Big Ten conference?
This is a good opportunity.

Speaker 17 (20:00):
Kroger is recalling multiple deli products over possible asteria contamination,
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two thousand stores in twenty eight states. Kroger initiated the
recall earlier this month after learning of the potential contamination

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(20:44):
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Speaker 2 (21:01):
Welcome back to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shields
In Today. For MPs, it is Scott Ellis of the
Michigan Licensed Beverage Association. My name is Tony Cuthbert. The
opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed mixed to
start the week. On Wall Street, both the s and
P five hundred and the tech heavy NASDAQ posted new

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records as AMD shares jump more than twenty percent. The
Kleins at Home Depot and Verizon wade on the Dow
Jones Industrial Average as investors remained largely unfazed by the
government shutdown. At the closing bell, the Dow laws sixty
three points to forty six six ninety four, the SMP
five hundred rows twenty four points to sixty seven forty

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and the NASDAK gained one hundred and sixty one points
to twenty two nine forty one. Dueling government funding bills
have both failed as the government remained shut down as
we know. One was a Republican bill that had already
passed through the how with the other back by Democrats.
The two pieces of legislation have now both failed the

(22:05):
pass several times. House Minority Leader Hakim Jefferies posted a
letter on his website over the weekend that said people
will die if the Affordable Hope Care Act credits are
not renewed and the government funding stopgap bill. Top Republicans
on Capitol Hill have vowed not to cave into democrats
demands for healthcare funding. American Airlines is announcing a change

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to its carry on baggage rules. The major airline carrier
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and starting on Monday, bag sizors will be removed from
its gate areas across the country. American Airlines rule change
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it does not mean travelers can bring larger sized carry ons.

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The airline is building on previous boarding enhancements, including the
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the government remains shut down. One was a Republican bill

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that had already passed through the House, with the other
backed by Democrats. The two pieces of legislation have now
both failed to pass several times. House Minority Leader Hakim
Jeffrey's posted a letter on his website over the weekend
that said people will die if the Affordable Care Act
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Speaker 6 (27:10):
Good morning.

Speaker 4 (27:11):
You're listening to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shields.
My name is Scott Ellis, executive director of the Michigan
License Beverage Association. Sitting in today with for MPs, who's
out traveling. My next guest and first guest today is
a good friend and a longtime expert in you know,
the world of safety is Jason Russell from Secure Ed
Environment Consultants.

Speaker 5 (27:29):
Good morning, Jason, Good morning, Thanks for having me.

Speaker 4 (27:32):
Hey, thanks for getting up early and taking the call.
You know, the reason I'm having you on again is
that there's a lot going on. We've had obviously active
violence starting and places of worship are continuing to grow,
and your company is in the forefront. You specifically, you know,
being a former Secret Service and former law enforcement with
Lansing Police Department. Can you tell me what you're seeing
out across the country with this increase in violence and

(27:53):
how it's affecting businesses and people.

Speaker 23 (27:55):
Yeah, I think everybody's you know, super concerned about what's
happening as we see more attacks and churches and just
out in public spaces. So you know, we're seeing obviously
an increase in just interest in people looking at their spaces.
So we spend a lot of time with organizations getting
them to understand their risks and what their weaknesses are.

(28:17):
We use kind of an assessment process to really identify
gaps or weaknesses and safety and security and then hopefully
provide them with some recommendations on ways to sure those
areas up that are kind of you know, understanding of
their budget, their culture. You know, churches don't want to
be closed, right, they don't want to have their doors locked.
That's kind of the opposite of the point. So we

(28:37):
try to figure out ways to increase their safety and
security without you know, changing who they are and making
them you know, maximum security prisons.

Speaker 6 (28:45):
And that's and I you know, I know where I
go to church.

Speaker 4 (28:47):
It's the same thing we've had to increase security over
the years, and I've helped with that, and I know
actually you have helped with the school and the church
that I attend. But you know, what, what what what
are people saying to you? You know, personally, I mean this,
this has got to be from a CEO or from
a company that is trying to.

Speaker 5 (29:01):
Protect their people, or a church as the pastor what
are their.

Speaker 4 (29:04):
Major concerns in how do they go about doing this
and help protecting themselves?

Speaker 23 (29:09):
Yeah, I think the leadership and all these organizations feels
a responsibility, right these people are coming to you, whether
it's a workplace or a you know, a school or
a church, you know, really figuring out, okay, what are
some steps that we can take that aren't an overreaction
but are kind of more on the proactive side. And
I think the organizations that we hear from obviously are

(29:30):
trying to be proactive, or else they probably wouldn't be
reaching out to begin with. So it really is, you know,
about looking at the organization and determining what's possible. For example,
a church, in a lot of times, what we'll do
is is stand up kind of a safety ministry. So
volunteers who whether they're armed or unarmed, can really serve
as kind of a safety and security function. So if

(29:51):
there's an emergency, understanding how do we evacuate people, how
do we alert, how do we communicate? You know, some
understanding of the power, seasoned procedures to be able to
hopefully make people safe should something happen, and a lot
of it's just being about you know, situational awareness and observation.

Speaker 4 (30:10):
Well that's I was going to ask you. So, I mean,
we don't have to become so fearful that we you know,
we're not.

Speaker 5 (30:14):
Going to let it paralyze us.

Speaker 4 (30:15):
But it's really having a plan, which we know from
you know, our law enforcement background. If you have a
plan and you're trained, you can react. And so do
you go in and work with them and to make
it where like you said, it's not intrusive, and do
you go in and set up you know, different facilities,
but also educate you know, the not armed and unarmed
and what even just observe what do they look for
and that type of thing.

Speaker 23 (30:36):
Yeah, so we kind of use an assessed plan train model.
So first we have to know kind of what what's
your reality, what's possible? Then set you know, good processes,
policies and procedures, whether that's how we let people in
where you know all the pieces that go into the
organization in terms of allowing adoperate, so you know, entries, exits,

(30:57):
those types of things, and then traineople how to respond.
I think the reason there's so much fear when it
comes to emergencies is because we don't really know if
we're if we would be prepared to respond, you know,
when when the bad thing happens, and during emergencies, you know,
human beings don't rise to the occasion. We sink to
the level of our training. So I think the area

(31:18):
where we really try to focus people on is when
you're prepared, you are going to feel less panicked, right,
You're going to you're going to feel like you you
may never have the emergency, but it should have happened.
You'll you'll have some idea what to do. And I
think that's where we try to focus people's attention.

Speaker 4 (31:31):
And I think you've seen instance across the country that
maybe not one of your clients.

Speaker 5 (31:35):
Whatever, but that people have reacted.

Speaker 3 (31:36):
Right.

Speaker 4 (31:36):
There was one here in Michigan where you know, one
of the parishioners actually reacted and was able to take
out the threat, and then obviously the most recent one
here in Michigan, you know, law enforcement was there quickly
and handled it. Are you seeing an increase because of
what you and other companies like you do in response
and the ability to protect themselves.

Speaker 23 (31:56):
Yeah, I think overall we're seeing you know, it used
to be what we would see with like active shooter situation.
It was kind of be a two to one ratio
where you'd see, however many fatalities you saw, you'd usually
see double the number of injured. It seems to be
more of a four to one ratio, which I think
obviously any fatalities is too many, But I think people's
ability to respond quicker, even some of the public, you know,

(32:19):
of information that's out there, the run, hide, fight and
the things like that. We're becoming more and more aware.
Training is becoming more and more common. So I think
despite the fact that we are seeing kind of an
increase in overall incidents, I think people are becoming better
prepared to respond and hopefully that's.

Speaker 4 (32:36):
Going to continue, you know, and we can train all
we want, and obviously that's hard to do, right when
you have so many people and who's going to be
here every week for church and sometimes you know you
don't have that. What other is technology playing a role
and what types of technology and that you know, obviously
there's a lot out there. It's a big industry and
I understand that, and you know, we want people to
be careful what they look at. But what do you
when you comes to technology, what are your recommendations and

(32:58):
how do you look at that and play that role?

Speaker 5 (33:00):
Take that role?

Speaker 23 (33:02):
Well, I think it really depends on what the organization
is trying to accomplish in kind of how they're using
their technology. But we are seeing.

Speaker 6 (33:13):
Oh did we lose Jason there on the call?

Speaker 2 (33:15):
Hello Jason, Yeah, I'm here.

Speaker 4 (33:18):
We lost you for a second. And so we were
talking about technology and how that has a role in it.

Speaker 23 (33:24):
Yeah, we are seeing an increase in like artificial intelligence,
so whether it's weapon detection or you know, those types
of things playing a role kind of as a force multiplier.
You know, it's so whether it's your cameras or your
access control. So they're a little bit more active in
terms of how they're they're participating in safety and security.

Speaker 4 (33:42):
Yeah, so I've heard you say it before. It's a
layered approach, right, you must have the assessment. You must
know your facility, your guest, your what's going on. And
then you must also, you know, look at layers of
different things you can do because there's obviously the threats
are ever changing, right, I mean, you know with different
types of weapons. What are you know if you if
you were if we have people listening right now, what

(34:03):
would you recommend for places of worship, businesses and things
like that, what do you recommend they do?

Speaker 6 (34:08):
And to prepare and reach out to people?

Speaker 23 (34:12):
Well, I think the first thing is always have an assessment, right,
whether it's internal or whether you bring somebody in, before
you can know what the treatment is for whatever the issue,
you know what the solutions are. You have to know
what the problem is. So always starting with that diagnosis
of an assessment and then really using that assessment to
guide kind of how you're going to fix those issues.

(34:33):
So you try to prioritize, you know, the weaknesses or
the gaps, look at your budget, look at your ability
to operate, and then determine, okay, how are we going
to tackle these issues? And many times obviously we'll do
an assessment, will take years for them to fix all
the issues, but at least having a plan in place
helps them kind of over time be able to fix

(34:53):
things insure up their safety and security.

Speaker 4 (34:55):
All right, Jason, we have with about thirty seconds left,
you know what, we'll switch to schools a little bit, right,
So schools obviously we know is you know, we always
want to protect and we've had issues and we get
the budget passed and there's some things in there where
they want to put s ros in the schools, but
you know, I understand law enforce the departments don't have
enough staffing, so what can schools do you know, technology
employ others to come in and help protect their schools.

Speaker 5 (35:17):
With about thirty.

Speaker 23 (35:17):
Seconds, yeah, so we you know, we employ a lot
of retired arms staff, so you're getting the same experience
level as a as a sweign officer, but they just
you know, not aren't wearing the uniform, but they still
have a lot of the experience. So that seems to
be the main thing is you're seeing a difficulty in
law enforcement agencies being able to get enough officers.

Speaker 4 (35:38):
Well, Jason, you know, we really appreciate what you do
and protecting everybody, not just schools and everything, and please
keep up the good work and thanks for joining the show.
Today you are listening to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael
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Speaker 4 (39:09):
Good Morning, You're listening to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael
Patrick Shields and my Name is Scott Ellis the executive
director of the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, sitting in today
for MPs.

Speaker 6 (39:18):
My next guest.

Speaker 4 (39:19):
We got a lot of drone talk today, Tony, and
it's gonna be very interesting. What amazing technology that's been
around and it's really growing. And today I have Matt Ryebar.
He is the founder and president of the Michigan Drone Association.

Speaker 6 (39:30):
Good morning, Matt, Good morning Scott.

Speaker 5 (39:33):
Hey, I really.

Speaker 4 (39:34):
Appreciate you coming on. I know you're traveling and got
a lot going on. Can you give me a little
background on you and how you founded the Michigan Drone Association.

Speaker 27 (39:42):
Absolutely so. Three years ago in twenty twenty two, we
started as the Michigan Public Safety Drone Association. I have
a background in both law enforcement and in the drone industry,
and we saw a large need for regional training, collaboration,
and really a group here in Michigan that could start
navigate for these governmental agencies how to not only fly

(40:05):
the drones, but establish best practices for deployment and things.
And along the way, over the last six months, we
realized that there was a greater need for a larger
trade association in Michigan to represent the drone industry, and
so we've expanded our reach and developed or migrated into
the Michigan Drone Association to really try to ex expand

(40:28):
that footprint.

Speaker 4 (40:29):
Well, it's great as an association director myself, you know
the need that people are in any certain industry, how
important the association is. And you know, ours been around
since nineteen thirty nine, and you know years will probably
be around that long. Who knows what else will be flying,
you know, one hundred years from now, but you know
what you what you're doing. And what I've learned about
drones in the last few months is pretty amazing. And

(40:49):
you know, I'm also former law enforcement and we didn't
have drones when I was back on the street and
you know when I before I retired. And can you
give me some examples of how drones aiding in public
safety in general and what the new tree is.

Speaker 27 (41:02):
Absolutely it's amazing to watch in the last ten years,
how the use of drones in public safety. Early on
in program days, it was really convincing people that the
tool was a benefit and of all the ways that
it could be used in incident response. Now most governmental agencies,
law enforcement programs know the life saving benefits and they're

(41:24):
just trying to figure out how exactly they deploy them
at scale now across their jurisdictions, the drones get utilized
for a lot of different purposes, mostly an incident response tool,
so in response to some sort of incident, whether that
be looking for a lost person, inducing it into a
tactical situation. A buddy of mine and Arlington, Texas always

(41:44):
uses the line putting robots before humans, and that's i
think a great model for drone technologies. How do we
protect lives? How do we escalate situations by introducing those
robots into situations before we ever send a human in?

Speaker 4 (41:59):
Well to say that, I spent ten years on our
SWAT team and I was on the Entry team, and
I went back to our fifty year I guess, you know,
anniversary of the Start team in Lansing and they were
showing how drones now can make entry and being a
former entry guy, I'm not going to lie, I was
a little happy we didn't have those back then. But
you know it is it does. It saves lives, it
de escalates and we know we need them. But you know,

(42:20):
I've heard I think it's Taylor Police Department here as
using them for response for even some simple calls maybe
to you know, get out and get an eye over
the scene and are you hearing of departments move into
that with drones as well.

Speaker 27 (42:31):
Absolutely, that's a newer concept. It's been around a couple
of years now called drones is the first responder and
it's positioning drones and docking stations on rooftops to help
aid in that response, potentially being that first unit on
scene before a officer arrived on that scene. Wonderful technology

(42:52):
for urban areas. There's a lot of growth in the
technology still to come in more rural areas where you
have longer travel distances. You're seeing those drones can help
on responding to priority calls, but they also can help
checking the area and potentially clearing some calls that you
don't even need a dispatch an officer too. And so
there there, it's very early in that in the drones

(43:15):
in the as a first responder at scale across the country,
but there's several organizations and agencies here in Michigan, Oakland
County Sheriff's Offices. Oakland County Sheriff's Office was the first
one to utilize drones as a first responder in the
city of Pontiac and has expanded that program throughout the county,
and then also Taylor Police Department and several others have

(43:36):
started to lean into those types of programs well.

Speaker 6 (43:39):
And you know, I find it fascinating.

Speaker 4 (43:40):
I think it is the next you know, obviously is
the next step in public safety and law enforcement. And
you use it for many things, right for inspecting buildings,
fire response and things like that. But so with that,
we're going to see more drones in the air. So
can you tell you a little bit about what the
counter unmanned aerial system is in the cuas task forses.

Speaker 3 (44:00):
Absolutely.

Speaker 27 (44:01):
Right now, there's a big concern about finding those drones
that maybe are not the good actors in the airspace.
And as things continue to ramp up here in the
drone industry, there's going to be more air traffic in
the sky. And so a group put together under our association,
our Michigan County US Task Force is trying to find

(44:23):
ways to solve that problem from both equipment procurement, bringing
data into one ecosystem, and trying to understand this has
more of a macro level problem than just a jurisdiction
by jurisdiction problem. You know, most of our stadium districts
and other places across the state have drone detection equipment,
but most agencies don't have that type of technology to

(44:45):
utilize at scale yet, and so our task force is
working to find ways to both procure that technology and
co utilize that technology for events and situations across the state.
But then also from a data standpoint, that data under
one operating system, onehood, so we can collaborate more from
an investigative side when one of those aircraft might get

(45:08):
utilized for an affarious activity in the future. We've seen
a huge uptick of that type of concern across the country,
everything from the Ukraine War to some homegrown incidents where
drones have been utilized for different aspects of those pre
planning and carrying out those missions. And so as drones

(45:29):
continue to ramp up, the threat of drone technology being
used by an affarious actor is still going to continue
to grow, and so groups are out there right now
working to try to solve that problem together.

Speaker 4 (45:42):
Well, that's great, and we obviously know this is something
that's coming as to be a big issue.

Speaker 6 (45:45):
With about twenty seconds.

Speaker 4 (45:47):
How can businesses or even law enforcement agencies get involved
with the Michigan Drone Association.

Speaker 27 (45:52):
And check us out online at www dot Mi Drone
assoc dot com or find us on all the social medias.
But we'd love to engage with anybody looking to either
get into the drone industry or be guided through the
ever changing marketplace.

Speaker 4 (46:09):
All right, Matt Raibar, the founder and President of the
Michigan Drone Association, Thank you so much and keep.

Speaker 5 (46:13):
Up the good work. This is Scott Ellis.

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Well, welcome back to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shields.
In Today for MPs, it is Scott Ellis of the
Michigan Licensed Beverids Association. My name is Tony Cuthbert Scott.
We know about the big game in downtown Detroit tonight
as the Tigers hosts this Seattle Mariners. The series is
tied at a game apiece. Jack Flaherty will get the

(49:20):
start for Detroit. He was pretty darn good if you
ask me, in Game three against the Guardians last week.
If he can replicate that, he's kind of been one
of those pitchers will look good one game and then
the next game not so much. So let's turn that around.
The Mariners will counter with right handed Logan Gilbert. We
did have two games last night. We saw the Dodgers

(49:41):
beat the Phillies four to three. Therefore LA has a
lead in that series two games to nothing, and both
of those games were in Philadelphia, so they're trekking back
across the country and the Dodgers have two games at
home to wrap up the series, and then the Brewers
no problem once again with the Chicago Cubs. Seven to
three was the final on that one. The brew crew
lead two games to nothing, and the Cubs have not

(50:04):
really shown much in the series. Unfortunately for all the
Cubs fans out there, Monday Night football. I said it
yesterday to Kyle when he was in here. I'm like, Eh,
Jacksonville's gonna beat the Chiefs. You just watch then they did.
Of course, the Jaguars thirty one, the Chiefs twenty eight.
I'm no expert, but you could just see this one coming.
The Chiefs just not feeling it this season with them.

(50:25):
They look old, yeah.

Speaker 4 (50:26):
They I mean, they just don't look like a team
like they have in the past. And it's very interesting
to watch.

Speaker 2 (50:32):
But if we're gonna work on the updown theory, I'm
not happy with that either. Because the Chief's next opponent
happens to be the Detroit Lions, and that Sunday night football,
so we're gonna have to stay up late for this
one and the four and one Lions take on the Chiefs.
And we did see yesterday that Lions cornerback Terry on
Arnold he's not been great this season, but yet he's
a starter. He's gonna be out for the foreseeable future,

(50:54):
possibly the rest of the season. Dan Campbell spoke yesterday
and said his injury could be season ending. So the
secondary for the Lions not looking so hot, but they
can maneuver some things around, and you know what that's
Can your relative Trevor Owaski play in the secondary? Is
that possibly?

Speaker 6 (51:11):
Know what he's like the Swiss Army knife.

Speaker 5 (51:12):
That's possible.

Speaker 2 (51:14):
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Monday Night football, Trevor Lawrence tripped, fell down, got up,
then stumble into the end zone for the game winning
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Thirty one to twenty eight.

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I mean, I'm just panic, honestly because I was trying
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so the clock, I mean, we didn't have any time else,
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end zone. I had a little bit of a lane,
so I took it, and.

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Devin Lloyd led the Jags defense with a ninety nine
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A sprained ankle he suffered during practice Sunday.

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Another brisk fall day in the Northeast, with temperatures topping
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the mid Atlantic and Southeast. Sunshine dominates from d C
all the way through the Carolinas, with highs in the
upper seventies. Further south than muggier lingers, with scattered thunderstorms
bubbling up across Georgia and Florida and highs near ninety
in the Deep South. There's a good chance of rain

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along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Alabama, with highs
topping out in the mid eighties. Mostly sunny across the Midwest,
with tempertures in the upper sixties to the low seventies
across the Great Lakes in Ohio Valley. In the Plain States,

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Las Vegas. California's gorgeous weather continues, with temperatures in the
showers for the Cascades. Temperatures top out in the mid sixties.
That'ster national forecast. I'm Tammy Trehello.

Speaker 1 (01:00:04):

Speaker 2 (01:00:19):
I'm producer and creative director Tony Cuthbert.

Speaker 1 (01:00:23):
Now in the shadow of the Capitol Dome and Lansing.
Patrick Shields.

Speaker 3 (01:00:35):

Speaker 6 (01:00:38):
Good morning world, Good morning.

Speaker 4 (01:00:40):
And my name is Scott Ellis, the executive director of
the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association.

Speaker 6 (01:00:46):
Filling in and you know my.

Speaker 4 (01:00:47):
Next guest, I'm pretty excited to have on Chief Todd
Bedison from the Detroit Police Department. As you know, a
legend down in Detroit. Spent twenty seven years with the
police department. Was moved over to Deputy mayor to help
out up, you know, in the Mayor's office and overseas
all of public safety and a bunch of other departments,
and now as backs as the police chief of police
in Detroit. Good morning, chief, and is this where you belong?

Speaker 38 (01:01:08):
Yes, sir, Yes, sir A Scott, good morning. Glad to
be with you this morning.

Speaker 4 (01:01:13):
Well, I'm sure it's good to put that uniform back
on again, right. You know, I miss it at times,
but then again a lot of times I don't. I say,
you guys had a press conference yesterday on the crime reduction,
specifically on you know, carjackings and and you guys are
doing great work down there.

Speaker 6 (01:01:27):
How are you achieving these drops in crime?

Speaker 38 (01:01:30):
Oh my god, you know, just really investing in the
cops where you know, gave them raises, and that is
allows us to be able to retain. And so we've
always done a good job with recruiting but being able
to retain. So you know, I'm at a ninety nine
percent feeld rate. So I'm fully staffed up with the

(01:01:51):
with with men and women, but also investing in technology
because that's a force multiplier. And so just you know,
Mayor Dougie being great and our city Council as well
being able to give me the resources that I need.
And then collaboration, collaborating with our federal, FBI, h F,

(01:02:11):
local county sharffes, whether it's Oakland Sheriff, Bwayne County Sheriff,
just our local partners DEA, all of them. And then
community partnerships as well with our community violence intervention groups.
But once again, I have to go back to technology
and partnering with the courts, with the thirty six District Court,

(01:02:32):
the Prosecutor's office. I will call my friends and do
everything possible to ensure that I'm providing a safe environment.

Speaker 4 (01:02:39):
You know, you talk about and I'm gonna get back
to technology. But one of the things that I always
you know, found fascinating and when I first got into
law enforcement, you know, was a push for community policing
and you know, being part of that community. And I
know you have always been part of that, and and uh,
what are some of the things your you know, your
agency is doing to to work with in the community
because we can't make you know, it's not easy to
make everybody happy. We got to make the streets safe,
but at the same time, we want to make sure

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we're hearing with the community.

Speaker 6 (01:03:02):
What is their role in helping reduce crime.

Speaker 38 (01:03:06):
First of all, just being present in the community, listening,
being able to find out exactly what they want and
oftentimes it's quality of life. And so when they feel heard,
meaning the community, and you're delivering on the things that
they're asking for, that's one of the keys. But we
have community members, whether it's our block clubs, whether there's
citizens or on radio patrol, whether it's other groups that volunteer.

(01:03:31):
But one of the things that we did and when
I was Deputy mayor, is put out contracts and allow
these groups to bid one contracts and we funded them
with their efforts to reduce violence in the neighborhoods and
so being able to keep that going because we know
that the American Rescue Plant Act dollars they have a
sunset and will come to an end. But we invested

(01:03:53):
ten million dollars where community groups were able to be
it and have geographic areas within the city the most
violent era and work on de escalation, work on conflict resolution,
work on mediation, and that has paid all big dividends
in those areas. In some of the areas where we
put these groups we've had like a seventy percent reduction

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in non fatal shootings and homicides on average, about a
thirty six percent reduction, and that's beating the citywide trend.
So we know that those efforts of those groups are
attributing and contributing to the reduction in violence.

Speaker 4 (01:04:28):
Well, and I read on that yesterday, and obviously I
was going through the budget for many, many hours, and
I see that that those groups are going to be
funded again. And I do think they are key because
you want to prevent, but even with prevention and the
best we do, things are going to happen. And I
heard you talk about technology, and as you know, I've
talked to you before about technology and crime fighting. What
are you guys looking for in the future. What are

(01:04:49):
you guys looking for technology wise? And what are you
looking to do to help prevent and respond to crimes
and make everything safe?

Speaker 38 (01:04:55):
Oh yeah, I want it all. So everything that's going
to produce those results, man, because I believe that it's
not one silver bullet that's you know, because it's not
one factor that's going to do everything. So, like we
have over one thousand green light locations and for the
audience who doesn't know what Project Greenlight Detroit is. That
means in our real time crime center, we actually have

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eyes into over a thousand businesses and also they're outside
cameras in the city of Detroit and so it's recording
and that has allowed us to be able to deter
because we have a green blinking light on that to
deter crime, but also what a crime does happen. We're
able to get those camera video assets to be able
to identify quickly who did it and apprehend them and

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then also give that to the prosecutor office so that
we get the convictions that we need as well. But
looking towards the future, man drones are really going to
be the key. And so whether it's first responder drones
or other video assets. Like it's just one product that
I've been really eyeballing, and that's first Responder drone. It's

(01:06:00):
another technology too, it's called zero Eyes and so I'm
looking at that too, where if the individual pulls out
a gun, it puts a box on that weapon notifies
the PD so that we can get people there very
very quickly to address that threat that concerned. And you know,
we're all hyper sensitive when it comes to you know,

(01:06:20):
we hear about these mass shootings all the time. You know,
individuals have these glocks which is were buttons as they
call them, where they can modify a handgun and making
a machine gun fully automatic. And so as first responders,
we have to be there asap as soon as the
gun is produced. And this technology with drones with zero
eyes and other products like that can give law enforcement

(01:06:43):
the advantage to be able to deter and save lives,
you know.

Speaker 4 (01:06:47):
And we're gonna have a lot of drone stuff on
the show today because it is the trend right now.
And I love hearing that Detroit is going to be
the leader in this. And you mentioned zeroiz and gun
detect tech detection technology, and all those are going hand
in hand. I know zero is actually has a gun
detection that goes on a drone now, so now we're
taking it to the next level now. But that also
gives you not only immediate responsible report, but also doesn't

(01:07:11):
it give you the evidence and it also can de
escalate many things as well. Right having some of this information,
explain how that could help de escalate maybe on a
scene or a call if you have information ahead of
time going in that's video.

Speaker 38 (01:07:22):
Oh, Yeah, it is such a deterurn. I was down
in Tampa, so we do peer changes and I'll go
around the country to see what other folks are doing
as well. And so when you have a drone, they
actually have put police lights on a drone and so
in their party district or in Ebor City, the chief
down there utilizes the drone with the police lights. And

(01:07:42):
what it's a large crowd and you got to disperse
the crowd where it's something that's occurring. The drone shows
up with the blinking blue and red lights and is
nothing that runs a crowd away quicker than that people disperse.
It can see and identify quickly which person has the gun,
and it takes their mind off of what they were
about to do and now they're focused on oh crap,

(01:08:04):
the police are looking at me with that eye in
the sky. And so that is a huge deterrent, and
so that's what it's really about. We want to stop
it from happening in the first place. Another technology we
utilize in the city of Detroit is shot spot her
and so that's been great as well because that's changed
the culture of individuals just randomly firing guns. In the
city of Detroit, and so we've been able to see

(01:08:26):
where that alerts police to the sound of gunfire, We're
able to get there within two minutes. Oftentimes we've been
able to make a rest. And when people see a
show up that quickly, it trains the neighborhood like, oh crap,
they have gun detection devices here and if we fire
a gun, the police will be here.

Speaker 6 (01:08:46):
Well, this is Chief Medisine.

Speaker 4 (01:08:47):
I cannot thank you enough for joining and I look
forward to hearing more from you and what you're doing.

Speaker 6 (01:08:51):
Great work down in.

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Good morning.

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You're listening to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shields,
and my name is Scott Ellison.

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I'm sitting in this morning and have a great lineup.

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My next guest, A had A Bandilli, is the chief
product Officer of KEEL, which powers.

Speaker 6 (01:12:51):
The national peer support network.

Speaker 4 (01:12:53):
You know, I spent twenty years in law enforcements O
Tony and I once heard that the average person will
experience two critical incidents in their lifetime, but the average
American police officer will experience over eight hundred incidents. So obviously, yeah,
mental health wellness is a very you know, very important
topic to me and personally and so hat I really
appreciate you joining this morning.

Speaker 5 (01:13:12):
How are you?

Speaker 16 (01:13:14):
I'm doing well, Scott, thanks for having me this morning.

Speaker 4 (01:13:17):
Thank you and can you give me you know what,
how does what we see as public safety affect us
mentally and our mental wellness?

Speaker 5 (01:13:24):
What what does it do to our psyche?

Speaker 16 (01:13:28):
A great question. I think it's something that we society
take for granted and don't fully realize how much stress
is put on our first sponders day in day out, right,
And so when an individual, when a human sees trauma consistently,
it actually has implications on the neurological makeup of our brain. Right,

(01:13:51):
for us to deal with stress, as we survive for
thousands of years, we have.

Speaker 23 (01:13:56):
Certain response or why or to respond.

Speaker 16 (01:13:58):
A certain way, whether it's the release of cortisol or
stress hormone, to deal with what's in front of us, right,
And so what happens over time is that when we're
exposed to stressful experiences one after the other, we see
we see blood flow, we see auction constantly being diverted
to our megal love.

Speaker 23 (01:14:17):
That's our sympathetic response.

Speaker 16 (01:14:18):
We've all heard of fight, flight or freeze, right. Well,
our brain is very unique and interesting. It develops pathways,
and it says, you know what, I need to get
this blood flow, this auction to that air of their
brain more effectively, more efficiently because of how much stressed
person is seeing, they need to be in this state
more frequently. And during that process there's other areas that suffer.

Speaker 14 (01:14:39):
Right.

Speaker 38 (01:14:39):
Our prefrontal cortex.

Speaker 16 (01:14:40):
As an example, which is responsible for decision making, for
executive functioning, right, and so you know, it also plays
a key role in housing the brokeus era of our brain,
which is responsible for language. And so when this happens consistently,
an individual finds themselves less willing, less wanting to talk
about situations, not just justically of the traumatic experience, but

(01:15:02):
because their brain has rewired them to be in a
sympathetic response, which means the area of their brain that
controls language and language output gets less activation over time.

Speaker 4 (01:15:12):
So that affects, Yeah, and so that affects not only
just their personally, but also how they respond in the
line of duty, right, I mean, if they're under stress
and they're going call to call and seeing different things
and you know that that you know, we see officers
or anybody in public safety, maybe do you know, do
something that's a little much, and you know, we often
forget about their mental health and wellness. Are we doing
enough for our first responders currently in our society?

Speaker 6 (01:15:35):
And what can we do? What more can we do?

Speaker 38 (01:15:39):
Now?

Speaker 16 (01:15:40):
You're you raise a good point in one that that
I got exposed to this space. You know, I've been,
I've been in I've been in printical psychology for years.
I've also been, you know, an avid student of neurological sciences.
And when I got exposed to the first responder space,

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one thing I realized.

Speaker 38 (01:16:01):
Right for bad is we aren't doing enough.

Speaker 27 (01:16:04):
We aren't doing enough.

Speaker 4 (01:16:05):
And you know that, well tell me, no, tell me
about the National Peers Support Network that you guys have
technology and how your technology is playing a role.

Speaker 41 (01:16:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 16 (01:16:15):
Absolutely, So what we saw is is an opportunity to
help connect first responders across the nation with the supports
that that could help them deal with the day and
day out right. You know, if if you're if our
listeners are familiar with you know, at and T first
that they end up creating a national network, you know,
on the heels of nine to eleven. And why do

(01:16:36):
they create that? They created that because they thought that
you know, after any sort of black swan event or
significant circumstance in our in our history. Firstpondors should never
not be in contact, right, They need to deal with,
you know, answering some of the emergencies, some of the
calls that we have in society. Right, so they built
this network for them to kind of always be connected. Well,
we saw an opportunity to say, you know what, first

(01:16:57):
responders should always be connected to mental health across the nation.
You have small agencies that may not have peer support structures,
you have large agencies that may have robust peer support structures.
And so we saw an opportunity to leverage technology and
the latest advancements in AI to take someone in California
and Stockton, California and connect them with you know, someone

(01:17:18):
in Bay Harbor, Florida, a police officer, firefighter, and someone
who serves as the EMS individual can connect with these folks.
Trained peer supporters, engaged in conversations in a secure digital environment,
can have access to tools that can help them cope
with the day to day stressors that come from their job,

(01:17:38):
and can do so efficiently and effectively.

Speaker 4 (01:17:42):
So yeah, so it sounds like I mean, I think
of this, you know, when I was on the job
and if I wanted to talk to somebody, sometimes we
have that fear to share it within our own department.
But you're saying, with your technology, I can reach out.
I can find a peer supporter across the country, maybe
a same sized department, same same line of work, maybe
even went through the same incidents. You're saying, your tech
pology in the National Peer Support Network is bringing all that.

Speaker 16 (01:18:03):
Together, yes, sir, Yes, sir, so giving you the opportunity
to match with someone based on preference right, things like age, ethnicity, gender,
area of support, type of first responder right positioned within
that firstponder agency, you can match on all that using
their technology, right, and when you get matched, it actually

(01:18:24):
brings up, you know, your three top matches of which
you get to select, and he listen to a bit
of a bio on the individual, and we do this
in a unique way. That individual that you may select,
they've been prior to prior to being put in the system,
they actually go through a quick fifteen minute interview with
an AI chapel right that asks them, you know why

(01:18:46):
you get into peer support, what'll push you to this area,
et cetera. That interview is then automatically edited down to
a three to five minute what sounds like a podcast, right,
So it's got you know, music computed, it's very engaging.
And so when you click on that individual that matches
all that criteria, you can listen to their story. And
stories are what bind us together in society. That's been,

(01:19:07):
that's been you know, true since its ton of time.
And so you get to hear this person's story, why
they got into the work that they got into, and
why they're the best match for you, and then you
simply select them, and now you can engage in a
conversation via audio video, even just dialing over the phone,
you know, any time of day.

Speaker 4 (01:19:24):
Well, well we're running out, we're running out of time
on a hot I could talk for hours on this.
And I want to say, first of all, as a
first responder in many years, I really appreciate what you
and the National Peer Support Network are doing. And if
you know, if you want to get involved, please look
up the National Peer Support Network and let's take care
of our first responders and a hot Thank you very
much for joining us and keep up the good work.

Speaker 38 (01:19:43):
Appreciate it.

Speaker 41 (01:19:44):
Have a great day, Scott.

Speaker 4 (01:19:45):
Thank you You're listening to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick.

Speaker 5 (01:19:48):
Shields.

Speaker 18 (01:20:00):
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Open Ai and former Apple designer Johnny ive are reportedly
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earlier this year, and their team is trying to figure
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a user. And Google and open Ai or reportedly among
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Speaker 2 (01:21:00):
In today for MPs, it is Scott Ellis of the
Michigan License Beverage Association. My name is Tony Cuthbert Scott.
Are you boarding a plane anytime soon?

Speaker 4 (01:21:14):
Honestly, I am in a couple of weeks heading not
to California, and please don't tell me we're worried about
shutdowns because of their traffic control.

Speaker 2 (01:21:20):
Well, this is just the news. I'm not trying to
frighten anybody, but it's funny you mentioned California because the
FAA says the control tower at California's Hollywood Burbank Airport
was unmanned Monday evening due to staffing issues during this
government shutdown, and flights could still take off inland, but
pilots had to use procedures typically followed at small airports

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without control towers. And air traffic controllers have to, as
we know, work during the shutdown, but aren't being paid,
and some have started to call in sick.

Speaker 4 (01:21:53):
I don't understand. You know, they have to work, and
I get it. How can they not be paid?

Speaker 3 (01:21:56):
Right?

Speaker 4 (01:21:56):
We have to find a way to make that because
they are obviously app critical.

Speaker 2 (01:22:00):
And it's not just this airport. A dozen FAA facilities
experienced staffing issues Monday, including Phoenix and Denver.

Speaker 6 (01:22:09):
Oh I'm going to Denver at the end of the month.
Of course, you are enjoy yourself, maybe I am.

Speaker 2 (01:22:13):
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was at New Work Liberty Airport
and he says air traffic controllers are more stressed than
ever due to this shutdown. And Duffy spoke to air
traffic controllers when he arrived and said they're worried about
whether they're going to get a paycheck next week.

Speaker 20 (01:22:30):
Now what they think about as they're control in our
airspace is how am I going to pay my mortgage?
How do I make my car payment? I have a
couple kids at home, How do I put food on
the table?

Speaker 3 (01:22:41):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (01:22:41):
Boy, such a complicated job and thinking of those items
not ideal. But the Transportation Secretary said the skies are
safe despite the slight uptick and controllers calling out sick.
They're essential employees and must show up to work or
with or without a paycheck, and their own union is
reminding them that and Sean Duffy continued.

Speaker 20 (01:23:02):
I want to be clear. Do I think they're more
stressed right now in our towers?

Speaker 8 (01:23:05):
Yes?

Speaker 20 (01:23:08):
Is our airspace unsafe?

Speaker 16 (01:23:09):
No right.

Speaker 20 (01:23:10):
If we think there's issues in the airspace, we will
shut it down.

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Okay, So there you go on that one. By the way,
there's a This is a maybe you can travel via
raft if you know what I'm saying. There's a group
of rafters on the Snake River in Idaho. They were
cited for mooning and flashing other rafters, and the Sheriff's
office responded after getting calls of the leut activity, and
they caught up with the rafts and sighted nine people

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with misdemeanors.

Speaker 5 (01:23:35):
Is that a harvest moon?

Speaker 2 (01:23:36):
I think it's coming up. I don't know if this
one would classify as that, but nonetheless they're in trouble.
I can confirm that. This is Michigan's Big Show starring
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were being killed and courts were holding us up or

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Sure I did that.

Speaker 18 (01:24:22):
the government remained shut down. One was a Republican bill

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tax credits are not renewed in the government funding stopcap bill.

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to how they were in their home country. Health Update.
I'm Sara Lee Kessler.

Speaker 6 (01:27:09):
Good morning.

Speaker 4 (01:27:09):
My name is Scott Ellis, the executive director of the
Michigan License Beverage Association.

Speaker 6 (01:27:16):
Sitting in and my next guest.

Speaker 4 (01:27:18):
I'm sure you've all heard of him, and he's done
amazing things for the city of Detroit and he's now
running for governor.

Speaker 6 (01:27:24):
Good morning, mister Mayor. Mike Dougan, how are you.

Speaker 14 (01:27:26):
Good morning, stat Thanks for having.

Speaker 4 (01:27:28):
Me well, I appreciate it, and you know I'm driving
around and seeing a bunch of signs everywhere I go
and I know you're working hard, but a lot of
the questions I was get is, you know, after you
came back, you came to Detroit and you built it back,
and you know, I just had the chief on talking
about how crime has been reduced in the city.

Speaker 6 (01:27:43):
Why are you running for governor and what are you
running on?

Speaker 14 (01:27:48):
Well, when I came into Detroit, and people remember where
it was a city was in bankruptcy. Half the street
lights where out, the ambulances wouldn't show up for an hour.
We had forty seven thousand abandoned houses, and it seemed
like there was no hope. But what I was watching
was the elected officials, the mayor and the council. We're

(01:28:09):
fighting with each other constantly. Have everything was us versus them,
city versus suburb, black versus white, Detroit versus Lancing. And
when I ran for mayor in twenty thirteen, you know,
I went house to house in the city and said
to people, us versus them, politics is tearing the city down.
I think if we pulled together, we could rebuild there.

(01:28:31):
And it's been a remarkable period of time. But I'm
looking at the state of Michigan and I have never
seen the taxic politics between Republicans and Democrats worse than
it is now. And I mean, they finally got a
budget done, but the schools went back and for the

(01:28:52):
first two months had no budget, which was they couldn't
add teachers, they couldn't add reading assistance, they couldn't do
so many things. And just felt why maybe people were
tired of politics as usual, maybe they like to try
something different.

Speaker 4 (01:29:04):
Well, and I think that's you know obviously, you know,
I work up here and deal with it every day,
and I've seen the changes, and I agree with you.
It is very separate now. And I will say, you know,
they did get it done. It was the first time
that they had to do this with a split legislature.
They managed to get it done. How do you you know, Well,
first of all, how.

Speaker 6 (01:29:20):
Did you ose go independent?

Speaker 4 (01:29:21):
And how do you plan to bring everybody together like
you did in the city up here in Lansing.

Speaker 14 (01:29:27):
Yeah, and so you look at the budget this time
and say, well, it was split between the Republicans and Democrats,
and so that's the reason it was a miss. But Scott,
just go back to the lame duck session in December
where you had the Democratic trifecta and it collapsed with
with things not getting done because the left wing and

(01:29:48):
the right wing of the Democratic Party we're fighting with
each other. Everything has become so partisan. And what I
did in the city was I spent sitting down with
every single consul member, saying, what are the most important
things to you? Here are the things that are most
important to me, and it's the darnedest thing. Providing more

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public safety isn't partisan. Bringing businesses into your community isn't partisan.
We found ways to build partnerships. And I look at
the state of Michigan, and you know what the school's
numbers look like. They just released a report that sixty
third grade is across Michigan can't read a grade level.
And the Republics and Democrats are fighting over curriculum, fighting

(01:30:31):
over how schools get measured, and I just think it's
time we stopped the bickering put the kids first.

Speaker 6 (01:30:40):
Well, and you know you say that.

Speaker 4 (01:30:41):
I remember, you know, going through COVID and being representing
the hospitality industry. I'd make jokes like I just want
to get them in a room, buy them all a beer,
and let's figure this out, right, And it sounds like
that's your approach. Is you know, maybe not buy them
a beer, but you know, your approach is to get
them all in the room and listen. And I think
you know human nature when we do get everybody in, Yes,
we may have some differences, but we can we can
find that common ground. And you know, one of the
things that we face is, you know, obviously as business

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is coming to Michigan and I know I'm going to
have a guest on here, Shirly Airspace Link, who by
opening in Detroit brought I think approxed me seventeen companies
to move to the city Detroit to bring their operations,
so some work from out of the country. So obviously
things are happening by doing that. But to do that,
we have to be able to fill the jobs. How
do you plan on growing the population and keeping people

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in Michigan.

Speaker 14 (01:31:26):
Yeah, and of course in Detroit we have filled the
jobs and got thirty thousand more Detroit is working today
than when I started. And we brought in auto plants,
we brought in Amazon, and we brought in the tech companies,
the drones and the kinds of companies that you're talking about.
And that's what you've got to do. You've got to
attract the traditional jobs, you've got to attract the jobs

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of the future. But again I come back to where
the state's been. First, we had in the Great Recession
the Mega credits where they gave massive tax cuts to
the auto industry. That Snyder came man and he stopped
all the tax breaks, and then he realized that was
too much. Then he did a more limited version. And
then this last few years we went to sore where

(01:32:09):
we did cash up front, and then we canceled all
of that.

Speaker 41 (01:32:12):
And now we have no program.

Speaker 14 (01:32:13):
I don't know why a company would come to Michigan
when the Republicans and Democrats every two years changed the
economic development direction. But in twelve years of Detroit, we
had one consistent policy. We won't give you cash up front.
That's not something we're going to do. But if you'll
come build on vacant land or empty buildings, we'll give
you a discount on the new taxes you can pay.

(01:32:36):
And in twelve years, I've not had to veto an
action a city council. We brought in jeep plans, Amazon facilities.
It's been one project after another, and it's been the
mayor and city council united and everybody knows what the
agreements are going to be, and being predictable, it turns
out to be an extremely good strategy.

Speaker 4 (01:32:57):
Well, and we see that it did work in the city.
And I know, you know sore and all that, and
you know, I don't know the answer, right, I don't
know the answer. But it sounds like, you know, you
want to incentivize, but you don't want to pay front,
but you're give them a break on cash that you know,
it's not even in the city budget yet, so you're
not losing money, if I understand that correctly, You're just
maybe losing something you would capture. But at the jobs
and everything else that brings in it would help that

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help the city or the state of Michigan.

Speaker 5 (01:33:19):
Is that correct?

Speaker 14 (01:33:21):
That's right, Scott. So you think about the train station
which had been a band in for for nearly forty years,
say that there empty as as similar to Detroit's decline.
Bill Ford and Ford Motor Company wanted to come. If
they paid us full taxes over thirty years, it would
be four hundred million dollars in new taxes. We gave
them a discount, so they paid three hundred million dollars
and put two thousand jobs in a building that had

(01:33:42):
been empty. That's the kind of arrangement that makes sense.
And I think at the state level it makes sense.
Let's give people discounts when they actually hire the people
and actually do the construction, but don't give them the
cash up front. But the most important thing is business
wants predictability. I've got ten billion dollars in investment going

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in Detroit right now, and every one of them knew
when they sat down with us that this was going
to be the eraser that you can get a discount
of future taxes, but you couldn't get cash up front.
And people have found that to be a very fair.

Speaker 4 (01:34:15):
Solution, and they stay then, right because now they're invested
in the community. And that's the thing is it's not
just to come in and build and get the break,
but it's to be invested in that community. And so,
you know the big challenge you have, right you're running
as an independent. I know you obviously it's a right
in candidate the city Detroit. I think maybe the first
time that's ever happened in one How are you being
accepted around the other parts of the state, obviously the

(01:34:36):
Downriver and you know the tri County area. Everybody knows you,
But what about the rest of the state. How's that
been going.

Speaker 14 (01:34:42):
Yeah, it has been absolutely great. I just have to
get out and get out. And so I've been into
all kinds of small towns and farms and the cities
and the western and northwestern parts of the state. And
when I get a chance to talk to people, it
turns out across as people are fed up with both parties,

(01:35:02):
and there's a lot of people who feel forgotten in
small towns and farms and just sit down and when
they say to me, what is the mayor Detroit know
about us? We've been forgotten here in the middle of
the state. And I just say, let me tell you
about representative people that feel forgotten. Introduce you to some
families who are living on a block with three abandoned houses,

(01:35:23):
no parks, no street lights. We didn't complain about it.
We got to work and solve the problems. Let's talk
about what your issues are here. And people are responding
in a great way. In January one, when I'm out
of the Mayor's office, I will be camp dating full time,
and I will I'm spending my time going around the
parts of the state that don't know it.

Speaker 4 (01:35:43):
Wonderful mister Mayor. We appreciate what you've done for the
city Detroit. We look forward to the next year and
thanks for coming on and enjoy the travel around the state.
This is Scott Ellis sitting in on Michigan's big show.

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Speaker 4 (01:39:08):
Good morning, you're listening to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael
Patrick Shields. My name is Scott Ellis, executive director for
the Michigan Licenseed Beverage Association, and I'm sitting in today
my next guest. You know, we've been talking a lot
of drones and how this is just changing the world.
And my next guest is the founder and CEO of
airspace Link out of Detroit, and they do not build drones,

(01:39:29):
they do not fly drones, but they control the airspace.

Speaker 6 (01:39:32):
Good morning, Michael, How are you good morning?

Speaker 3 (01:39:35):
Doing great? Well?

Speaker 4 (01:39:36):
Michael Helander again, CEO and founder of airspace Link. Can
you tell me a little bit about what airspace Link
does and explain why it's so important.

Speaker 45 (01:39:45):
I think you kicked it off pretty good.

Speaker 23 (01:39:46):
There is that.

Speaker 45 (01:39:48):
We are helping integrate drones but also monitor them within
our national airspace. And the easiest way to say that
is air track control or I tell my grandparents for
the Google maps for drones. And we're supporting drone operations
from a recreational pilot here in the United States all
the way up to the Department of Defense or Department

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of War. A platform that's helping integrate all these different
types of operators into the airspace.

Speaker 4 (01:40:18):
And you say a platform in different operators, kind of
explain to me, I mean, who are you monitoring and
are that many they're that many drones out there as
we know, I mean we look in the sky, I
always see them, but are there that many out there?
And are they flying in what's kind of coming in
the industry as far as amount of drones.

Speaker 45 (01:40:34):
Yeah, to give you a scale of what we're seeing
in our platform, and I'll explain a little bit more,
we're seeing about forty five thousand airspace safety checks authorizations
every day. So that is a lot of people, about
one hundred thousand pilots every month in our system, operating
in our national airspace.

Speaker 23 (01:40:55):
So that's the scale of what it is.

Speaker 45 (01:40:58):
If you were to go to the FA website say hey,
I want to fly drone in the United States, there
is a system called before you Fly Airspace Link provides
that interface into how do I fly wherever I'm standing.

Speaker 23 (01:41:10):
We keep track of.

Speaker 45 (01:41:11):
Controlled airspace temporary flight restrictions, so we are trying to
handle recreational and then we get into part one our
seven commercial, which is, you know, I do weddings, I
do roof inspections, I do bridge inspections, and our system
has a way of allowing them to fly with different rules,
and then we work with police departments to allow them
to start to use another set of rules for flying

(01:41:33):
drones are the first responder. And then ultimately we're working
with package delivery companies to fire goods to you. And
then at the largest systems is managing a department of
fence drones around their air bases. All that has to
be secured as well. So our platform is supporting all
of those people in this data exchange of the airspace

(01:41:53):
and our job is to coordinate that well.

Speaker 6 (01:41:56):
And that's what I was going to say.

Speaker 4 (01:41:57):
I mean, we're going to see, you know, right now,
like look out the wind and not see a drone.
But you know, in the next few years or the
next year or so, we're going to see more and
more drones flying. You know, Amazon and I believe it's
CBS and others are starting commercially to do this.

Speaker 6 (01:42:09):
And are there rules.

Speaker 4 (01:42:10):
Coming down from the Federal Gardment like who has authority
and how does this work? It seems kind of like
the wild West right now.

Speaker 14 (01:42:17):
It is the wild West.

Speaker 45 (01:42:18):
There are rules, great rules in place for visual LINA
site that's Part one O seven and recreational and those
rules aren't set. Every drone in the United States has
to broadcast its location above a half a pounds.

Speaker 38 (01:42:32):
So there's a process.

Speaker 45 (01:42:34):
What's happened is we see the value of drones and
now they can fly beyond visual line site under a
waiver or exemption. Well, now we have all these exemptions
and it's very hard for public safety or anyone to
know is that drone following the rule or do they
have an exemption? And if they do, how do I
know that? So that's where the Wild Wild Lesson is
starting to be built up again, and there is sweeping

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rules coming down. It's called Part one LA. It was
just published and actually it's just finished its last days
last night, going back to the FA for final rule making.
But that will make it more rule based operations across
the entire United States.

Speaker 5 (01:43:11):
So there are rules coming well, that's great.

Speaker 4 (01:43:13):
And obviously if there's rules, we have to have someone
management and manage it. And I know there's jurisdiction issues,
and you and I have talked, but you know, do
me a little favorite explained to me what you've done
in the city of Detroit and what you have going
on down there, and the name of the group down
there that you're working with, and what you've brought into
the city into the state.

Speaker 45 (01:43:29):
Yeah, So we started a program about two years ago
called Detroit Air Advanced Aerial Innovation Region, and we created
an area where we could bring down the price to
fly in Michigan in a tract business. I think seventeen
businesses have moved to Michigan in the past eight nine
months because of the ability to fly advanced operations. What

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we did in the state through MDA and MBC, we
were able They're able to fund air spaces, link to
put in the radar systems, community networks, the security, the
drone detection, all of the systems required to safely integrate drones,
and now companies are coming here to access that network
and fly, basically building out the roads the detect and avoid.

(01:44:14):
In the process of doing that, we actually built out
a security system for a drone to fly beyond their
to line site. We have to know everything that's happening
before that drone takes off. It needs to know there's
not a helicopter, there's not another drone in the same
vicinity as me. So that same system that's used for
managing pretty complex drone operations is also used for security

(01:44:36):
guards of the facility or Detroit Police Department to know Okay,
that is a drone flying. I have an app that
can communicate to know who that is almost like a
license plate reader, and that's basically setting the foundation for
the state and the country.

Speaker 4 (01:44:52):
Well, yeah, so what you did in Detroit is one
of the first and it's an infrastructure that you are
setting up now. And we love the word infrastructure with
roads and everything.

Speaker 5 (01:44:59):
But you're setting up, like you said, those roads.

Speaker 4 (01:45:02):
In the sky. So now business can come. And I
know you have one down there, and we're running out
of time, but I know you have one down there
that builds three D bikes and they take one part,
they build the parts and then fly it over another
building in the city of Detroit and assemble.

Speaker 5 (01:45:12):
Is that correct?

Speaker 6 (01:45:13):
And is that one of the ones that moved out
to Michigan.

Speaker 45 (01:45:16):
Yeah, they moved from Ecuador and now flying about seven
hundred flights so far this summer. And they can fly
up to six miles within an urban environment, which means
we can scale that company throughout the entire state of
Michigan as we expand the network.

Speaker 4 (01:45:31):
All right, in about twenty seconds, what do you see
coming in the next six months to a year in
the drone space or at least in the airspace.

Speaker 45 (01:45:40):
There's going to be just a massive amount of integration
of drones here in Michigan. We got Amazon coming which
is going to be in forty cities and they're going
to start operations in the next few weeks.

Speaker 23 (01:45:52):
So there's an example.

Speaker 45 (01:45:53):
Those cities need to start to get ready right now
to be able to know who's who and how they're
going to operate their own drones.

Speaker 4 (01:45:58):
You know what's important about what you guys do is
that alone is all those flights, but we also going
to have public safety flights up there and we have
to make sure that they don't collide, that the airspace
is clear for public safety. So, Michael Helander, the president
and founder of Airspace Link, thank you very much for
what you've do for the state, the city Detroit, and
our skies. This is Scott Ellis filling in on Michigan's
big show for Michael Patrick Shields.

Speaker 26 (01:46:29):
When it comes to healthcare costs, we often focus on
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Part of the picture.

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The truth is our health insurance costs reside downstream at
the end of the cost equation. But to really understand
what's driving up costs. We need to look upstream to
the healthcare system itself. Upstream, there are costs like the
price is charged by hospitals and doctors, and the cost
of prescription drugs, healthcare administration, and technology. These costs flow

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down stream directly into your health insurance premium. That's why
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is advocating for a
system wide solution to address the rising cost of healthcare.
Blue Cross knows that healthcare is personal, needs to work
for everyone, and affordability matters, and that starts with shedding
light on the entire cost equation from upstream costs to

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downstream premiums. Want to learn more, visit MI blue Daily
dot com slash affordability.

Speaker 31 (01:47:29):
Monday Night football, Trevor Lawrence tripped, fell down, got up,
touchdown as Jags beat the Chiefs thirty one to twenty eight.
Laurence talks about that game winning touchdown run.

Speaker 7 (01:47:44):
I mean, I'm just panic, honestly, because I was trying
to get up to get the ball out of my hands.
So the clock, I mean, we didn't have any time else,
so just try I was really going to just stand
up and like launch it all the.

Speaker 3 (01:47:51):
Back of the end zone.

Speaker 7 (01:47:52):
I had a little bit of a lane, so I
took it and.

Speaker 31 (01:47:54):
Devin Lloyd led the Jags defense with a ninety nine
yard pick six. In the third quarter, NLD Blake snaupitched
six scoreless, struck out nine. Will Smith drove in a
pair of rons to help the Dodgers top the Phillies,
the NLCS. Number one pick Cooper Flag in his preseason debut,

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dropped in ten grab six boards as the MAVs beat
the thunder Grizzlies guard John Moran week to week with
a sprained ankle he suffered during practice Sunday.

Speaker 30 (01:48:26):
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Speaker 2 (01:49:01):
Scott LSN for MPs today. My name is Tony Cuthbert Scott.
Before we get to the baseball news of the day,
today does mark a very important day on the calendar
because it's the last day without football until the day
before Thanksgiving. Believe it or not, between the NFL and

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college football, today will be the only day that we
are completely idle until.

Speaker 4 (01:49:28):
That is crazy, like every single game on TV now
or he is Fair State ever gonna make tvas?

Speaker 2 (01:49:34):
I would think so fair a State. Who do they
have this weekend? They got Wayne State up in big rapids,
not seeing a TV designation for it. But you never know,
I mean once this as this team continues to roll.
Where do we sit now? Five and zero? And there's
not really been a close game except for geez, there's
not been a close game.

Speaker 6 (01:49:54):
There's not one at all.

Speaker 2 (01:49:55):
I guess it's Tiffin. They forty one to thirty four
would be the closest game that they've had so far
this season. And sometimes you can find these games on
like ESPN Plus or something like that, but of course
you gotta subscribe to it, so just go to the
beautiful stadium up there and check it out. What would
be right down, Yeah, no question about it.

Speaker 22 (01:50:13):
We do have.

Speaker 2 (01:50:13):
Of course, Michigan gearing up. They're leaving for the West
Coast on Thursday. Sharon Moore made it evident yesterday that
when they went out last year, who they played Washington,
they left on Friday and the players were a tad
bit groggy leading into that Saturday game. So they're leaving
Thursday this year. As they take on USC the Trojans
are favored by two and a half as we sit

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right now, both teams are four and one. Michigan State
they bring in Ucla. It's the homecoming game at Spartan Stadium.
Michigan State favored by a little bit over a touchdown.
A lot of people thought it would be a cakewalk,
but we did see UCLA pull off some brilliance over
the weekend against Penn State. Eastern Michigan brings in northern Illinois.
Western Michigan host ball State Central Michigan is idle. So

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there's your football fix as you get ready for this week.
The Tigers will host the Seattle Mariners today in Game
three of their Al Division series in Downtown Detroit. The
best of five series is tied at a game apiece
and Jack Flerty will get the start today for Detroit.
The Mariners will send out Logan Gilbert at least to
start the game. Two games last night we did see

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the Dodgers beat the Phillies four to three. Therefore, LA
leads that best of five series two games to nothing,
and the Milwaukee Brewers no problem once again with the
Chicago Cubs. Seven to three was the final on that one.
That is a look at Sports, brought to you by
Dean Transportation. This is Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shields.

Speaker 18 (01:51:52):
In VC News Radio, I'm Mark Mayfield. The White House
federal troops to warreg White Express Secretary of Caroline Levitt
told the reporters the judge's opinion is untethered in reality
and in the law. Meanwhile, Illinois and Chicago were taking
legal action in an effort to block President Trump's deployment
of National Guard troops to the Windy City. The Supreme Court,

(01:52:14):
we'll hear a high profile case Tuesday over conversion therapy.
Jim Roop has more.

Speaker 21 (01:52:18):
sweeping impacts.

Speaker 18 (01:52:39):
I'm Jim Roop in Amazon. Prime Day returns for a

Speaker 33 (01:52:46):
Another briskfall day in the Northeast, with temperatures topping out
in the mid sixties under mostly sunny skies In the
Mid Atlantic and Southeast. Sunshine dominates from DC all the
way through the Carolinas, with highs in the upper seventies.
Further south than Magyarlink, with scattered thunderstorms bubbling up across
Georgia and Florida and highs near ninety in the Deep South.
There's a good chance of rain along the Gulf Coast

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from Louisiana to Alabama, with high stopping out in the
mid eighties. Mostly sunny across the Midwest, with temperatures in
the upper sixties to the low seventies across the Great
Lakes in Ohio Valley. In the Plain States, sunshine and
highs in the seventies from the Dakotas to Kansas. Much
warmer further south into the low nineties across Oklahoma and Texas.
Still hot for early October in the Southwest, with desert

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highs in the mid nineties for Phoenix in Las Vegas.
California's gorgeous weather continues, with temperatures in the low eighties
along the coast into the mid nineties inland, and a
storm system is pushing inland in the Pacific Northwest, bringing
rain to western Washington and Oregon and some mountain showers.
For the Cascades, temperatures top out in the mid sixties.
That's your national forecast.

Speaker 46 (01:53:46):
I'm Tammy Trihello, NBC News Radio on Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 18 (01:54:04):
President Trump isn't ruling out using the Insurrection Act to
crack down on crime in cities run by Democrats.

Speaker 19 (01:54:11):

Speaker 16 (01:54:20):
Sure I do that.

Speaker 18 (01:54:21):
Was last used during the nineteen ninety two Los Angeles riots.
Dueling government funding bills have both failed as the government
remains shut down. One was a Republican bill that had

(01:54:43):
already passed through the House, with the other backed by Democrats.
The two pieces of legislation have now both failed to
pass several times. House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffrey's posted a
will die if the Affordable Care Act tax credits are
not renewed in the government funding stopgap. Top Republicans on
Capitol Hill have vowed not to cave into Democrats' demands

(01:55:04):
for healthcare funding. The truck driver who police say was
attacked by Mark Sanchez is now suing the former NFL quarterback. Jimroop.

Speaker 21 (01:55:11):
Reports Sanchez ended up getting stabbed in the drunk and
fight early Saturday in Indianapolis. The sixty nine year old
delivery truck driver is suing Sanchez and the Fox Corporation
for permanent disfigurement. The lawsuit claims Perry Toll suffered injuries
to his head, jaw, and neck. Sanchez has been charged
with at least one felony, along with unlawful entry of

(01:55:32):
a motor vehicle and public intoxication, both misdemeanors. I'm Jim Roop.

Speaker 18 (01:55:38):
And President Trump welcomes freed hostage Eaton Alexander to the

Speaker 34 (01:55:56):
Costco will start selling monthly supplies of ozempk and Magovi
at a disas counted price to uninsured members. Pharmaceutical company
Novo Nordisk announced Costco will sell the weight loss drugs
for four ninety nine as it becomes increasingly popular for
its health benefits. Costco previously offered ozempic to members through
its pharmacies, but it came at a much higher price

(01:56:17):
of sixteen hundred dollars a month for those without insurance.
California's governor assigned a landmark agreement that creates a path
to unionization for Uber and lyft drivers. California became the
second state in the US just behind Massachusetts, where Uber
and Lyft drivers can now organize industry why for better
pay and benefits like health insurance. A major Midwest convenience

(01:56:39):
store chain will soon start phasing out pennies.

Speaker 35 (01:56:41):
Craig Michael's explains.

Speaker 36 (01:56:43):
Quick Stars says they'll adjust their registers to round prices
for cash purchases down to the nearest nickel once they
can no longer get pennies from banks. Prices for those
using debitter credit cards will remain the same. The Treasury
Department ordered their final shipment of blanks to turn into
pennies in May. US meant officials say the cost of
producing a penny is nearly four times what it's worth.

Speaker 34 (01:57:03):
And if you love wearing crocs, we'll how about this
collaboration colorful limited edition Eminem's Clogs. Yeah, The first ever
team up with the fab footwear maker and candy giant Mars,
becomes available Thursday, October ninth.

Speaker 35 (01:57:16):
You can find them on the Eminem's.

Speaker 34 (01:57:18):
Website, the Crocs website, and CrOx retailers. Halloween coming up soon.
Around fifty one percent of grown ups say they're dressed
up this year too, Free Tennis with More.

Speaker 37 (01:57:27):
The National Retail Federation says we'll drop more than four
billion dollars on Halloween costumes this year and nearly four
billion on candy. Spirit Halloween says pop culture and character
driven costumes like Kate Pop, Demon Hunters, and Wednesday Adams
are tops on their sales list, but Taylor Swift and
Travis Kelsey's engagement also very big this year.

Speaker 35 (01:57:46):
And it's not just humans.

Speaker 37 (01:57:47):
Seventy five percent of pet parents say they will dress
up their animals.

Speaker 34 (01:57:51):
I'm Anaka Nelson with your Consumer and Business News.

Speaker 31 (01:57:54):
Monday Night football Trevor Lawrence tripped, fell down, got up,
touchdown as Jags beat the Chiefs thirty one to twenty eight.

Speaker 7 (01:58:08):
I mean, I'm just panic, honestly, because I was trying
to get up to get the ball out of my hand.
So the clock, I mean, we didn't have any time else,
so just try. I was really going to just stand
up and like launch it at the back.

Speaker 3 (01:58:15):
Of the end zone.

Speaker 7 (01:58:16):
I had a little bit of a lane, so I took.

Speaker 31 (01:58:18):
It, and Devin Lloyd led the Jags defense with a
ninety nine yard pick six in the third quarter. NLDS
Blake snellpitched six scoreless, struck out nine. Will Smith drove
in a pair of runs to help the Dodgers top
the Phillies, now a win away from the NLCS. Brewers
smacked three homers knock off the Cobs, also a win
away from the NLCS. Number one pick Cooper Flag, in

(01:58:40):
his preseason debut, dropped in ten grab six boards as
the MAVs beat the thunder Grizzlies. Guard John Moran week
to week with a sprained ankle he suffered during practice Sunday.

Speaker 30 (01:58:51):
That's sports. I'm ron'sa moss.

Speaker 33 (01:58:54):
Another brisk fall day in the Northeast, with temperatures topping
out in the mid sixties under mostly sunny skies in
the mid Atlantic and Southeast. Sunshine dominates from d C
all the way through the Carolinas, with highs in the
upper seventies. Further south than Muggier Lingers with scattered thunderstorms
bubbling up across Georgia and Florida and highs near ninety
In the Deep South. There's a good chance of rain

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along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Alabama, with highs
topping out in the mid eighties. Mostly sunny across the Midwest,
with tempertures in the upper sixties to the low seventies
across the Great Lakes in Ohio Valley. In the Plain States,

(01:59:35):
Las Vegas. California's gorgeous weather continues with temperatures in the
showers for the Cascades, temperatures top out in the mid sixties.
That's National forecast. I'm Tammy Trehello.

Speaker 1 (02:00:04):

Speaker 2 (02:00:19):
I'm producer and creative director Tony Cuthberts.

Speaker 1 (02:00:23):
Now in the shadow of the Capitol Dome and Lansing.
Patrick Shields.

Speaker 3 (02:00:35):

Speaker 6 (02:00:38):
Good morning world, Good morning.

Speaker 4 (02:00:40):

Speaker 6 (02:00:43):
And my name is.

Speaker 4 (02:00:43):
Scott ellis the executive director of the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association,
sitting in for MPs today where he gets to travel
the world and have great stories for us when we
get back. This next guest I have is a longtime
friend and you know he's a hero here to many.
The guy is an absolute amazing former. He retired from
law enforcement from Ready In Township and is now still
giving back to the community.

Speaker 6 (02:01:04):
Good morning, Gaylor Mankowski, How.

Speaker 3 (02:01:05):
Are you, Scott? How are you? My friend?

Speaker 5 (02:01:09):
Good Gaylored.

Speaker 4 (02:01:10):
You know, I could go on for hours about the
things you do and for kids around the real country.
Can you tell me a little bit about your Santa's
First Responders and how you started, because I remember when
we were working the streets you were as a community
police officer. We're doing it for your neighborhoods. What are
you doing now taking this nationwide with Santa's First Responders.

Speaker 41 (02:01:29):
First of all, thanks Scott. Let me be a part
of this, and I will say that Michael Patrick Shield's
wife is a big supporter of us, and that does
not go without being mentioned. We started in nineteen ninety
my dad and I when I first moved down here
from Gaylard, we had a group of kids that didn't
have Christmas, and I reached out to my dad, who

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was very much a philanthropist upon Gaylord and we just
started doing the right thing because it was the right
thing to do. And it has expanded over the last
thirty plus years and we are saying it's First Responders.
We're a nonprofit five oh one C three uh. And
then I had a cancer diagnosis, which was a gift
in a sense that opened my eyes that we could

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do a lot more and now we do a lot
of things for kids going through cancer and chemo and
all the things that go on with that.

Speaker 4 (02:02:20):
You know, Gaylor Dot, You know, I'm gonna pivot here
a little bit because you know, you said I could mention,
and you brought it up about your battling cancer and
you're winning.

Speaker 6 (02:02:26):
You're winning right now.

Speaker 4 (02:02:26):
And give me a little bit about your diagnosis and
then you know the whole chemo cowboy. I see the
post all the time and you're an absolute inspiration. And
I have you know, other friends that are are fighting
this as well and could be listening. So tell me
a little bit about what you're going through and how
it's changed you.

Speaker 41 (02:02:43):
Well, it's made me a better person. To me, I've
looked at it. Cancer has been a gift. Sometimes it's
a difficult gift. But in twenty twenty two, I had
some stomach issues. I was not good about getting colonospies.
I would stress to everybody that is the least of
your issues having a colonosopy. That's enoughhing compare to what

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the other option is. So I get diagnosed three years ago,
you've got six months this case scenario, two years to live.
And you know, it's a sit back, you kind of
take a look in the mirror, and I'm like, let's
get after it. And you know, there's a stigma the chemo,
and I think some people fall into the rut and
let it control them. I choose to try to let it.

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I control the narrative. It's not easy, I'll tell you that,
but it's doable. So I sat there and I had
my first treatment, and I'll say this, make healthcare workers
part of your family. I don't have thirty healthcare workers.
I have thirty family members. And that's the way I
look at it. And they're actually involved in the charity.
And I just sat there and I collaborated making up

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these different designs that you may see on our fire
truck and now we have a police staho where we
take kids out and about. But you just got to
have a fine fissy resilience and look at I look
at cancer as a gift. It made me a better person.
I was a pretty decent person before. But now I'm
trying to find tune it. And I've had sixty two

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rounds of chemo and I'll get it again a week
next monday.

Speaker 4 (02:04:15):
You know, Okay, I've I've watched every one of your
your videos and and you know, you make your inspirational
and you know, and I think of Santa's first responders.
I know you just had a big event at mont
ice Arina just recently to help raise money. But one
that I really love is around Christmas when you surround
now you know, Sparrow University of Michigan Hospital, kind of
tell the audience what you do and and how that

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affects the children.

Speaker 41 (02:04:40):
Well, I sat there and getting chemo at the Herman Center,
which is the u of N Sparrow, great place, love it,
and I thought, where are the kids at? And the
kids are at a different part of the hospital, and
I just thought, why are why you know, I've seen
what they do at the University Iowa where they rate
wait to the kids at the football games at the
beginning of the four quarter. I was like, why aren't

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we doing this? And so I just said through it.
So that was times we have a Christmas party for
about four to five hundred people's that was our main
bread and butter to start out with. And now I
just started making calls and you know what, Scott, Nobody
told me no. And you know, my dad always taught me.
If you ever go to Gaylor and see the Elk Park.
It's named after my dad because he thought it was
a good idea.

Speaker 3 (02:05:21):
And it was a good idea.

Speaker 41 (02:05:23):
But the worst somebody can say is no. And if
they tell you no, you think of another way to
ask him, and then they tell you no again, you
just do it. It's the right thing to do. So
we just nobody told me no. So I we probably
had one hundred police of fire vehicles we surrounded the
hospital and then do the generous donations. We go up
and I say Santa CEC responders and the chief of

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police and other dignitaries, and we visit every kid in
the hospital and I just cancer kids, every kid from
the nick you down to the er and and that's
pretty pretty cool. Now we've added a component where we
do like a healthcare festival at the same time with

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massages and right personally massage every nurse and we get
HELPC students, interns to give back rubs or whatever they do,
donuts and give a photo booth and Santa and comic
book heroes. And I am proud to announce on your
show we will now be including McLaren. They want us

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to come over and do the parade for their kids.
Now they don't have as many kids and they don't
have a pediatric cancer ward.

Speaker 3 (02:06:36):
But we don't care.

Speaker 41 (02:06:36):
They've got kids that are going to be in during
the holidays. We're going to come visit them. And yeah,
I'm excited to announce that.

Speaker 6 (02:06:43):
Well, what do you have the dates for those yet?

Speaker 3 (02:06:46):
I sure do.

Speaker 41 (02:06:48):
December eighteenth. We call it the Ken Roberts Memorial Parade
because it's named after a gentleman that used to volunteer
for us and is married to one of our board
members who passed suddenly. And he was always first to
come to last leave for any event. So he worked
at mclarend. So it's December eighteenth at noon, will start
out at U of M. Sparrow, and it's it's pretty impressive.

(02:07:10):
I mean the amount of first responders and people. We
have choirs, we have kids to get busted in that
sing outside the hospital, and I'm proud to announce. So
we'll be leading the parade with Reindeer one and Reindeer two.

Speaker 4 (02:07:24):
Yes, I have seen Reindeer one and Reindeer two. Great
job getting those, and you know, clearly the community and
all of public safety around the Ingham County area has
been extremely supportive. You know, I see the pictures and
you know, but I think one of the things too
that people want to know that hopefully listen to this
how do they get involved with Standard's first responders and
what can they do to help?

Speaker 41 (02:07:43):
Well, there's a lot of things as we get into
this season. This is our season of giving. You know,
one thing I didn't mention Scott. It takes funds. We
just sent a young lady going through cancer to Tennessee.
So I have found that horses offer a lot of
tossy resilience, quiet inspiration for me, and so I hope

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to share that with others. And kids really seem to
to lock on the thought of horses. So we're sending
kids for horse therapy down in Nashville. We're also going
to send a kid to prank a move in a
couple of weeks, and so that takes resources, it takes money.
And we also do something called Santus Wish List where

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we send kids on Michigan based adventures, kind of like
making wish without a lot of the.

Speaker 5 (02:08:33):
Red teet Gaylor.

Speaker 4 (02:08:35):
And we're running out of time here, so I want
to make sure real quick. How can they get a
hold of you? Because I want to make sure we
support this and continue your work in your mission.

Speaker 41 (02:08:44):
Sure we're you can reach me at pickle four or
five th at Yahoo.

Speaker 4 (02:08:51):
All right, Thank you very much, Gaylor Mankowski, A champion
for the children and everybody. This is Scott Ellis on
Michigan's Big Show, filling in for Michael Patrick Shields.

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and at the Michigan Lottery, we're proud to be known
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one hundred percent of our profits go to support the
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Knowing your limits is always the best back.

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Soltimes you pick.

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weeks after her Farewell.

Speaker 9 (02:11:38):
Tour ended in August.

Speaker 12 (02:11:40):
The singer will return to the stage for Cindy Lauper
Live in Las Vegas, starting on April fourteenth at the
Coliseum at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. She'll perform on
April twenty fifth, and twenty ninth, and May first, before
wrapping things up on the second. The news shows mark
Lauper's first ever Vegas residency. Tickets for Cindy Lauper Live

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in Las Vegas will be available to the public on Friday.

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Baby Baby, Ba Ba Ba Baby, I'm a fire Ball.

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Temple is set to headline the BTS Hyde Park Festival
next year. Mister Worldwide will perform on the Great Oak
Stage in Hyde Park, London on July tenth, with support
from Kesha.

Speaker 9 (02:12:22):
More performers will be announced at a later date. That's entertainment.
I'm Jack Wilind Carl.

Speaker 6 (02:12:38):
Good morning.

Speaker 4 (02:12:38):
You're listening listening to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shields,
and I'm Scott Ellis sitting in this morning filling in
to uh bring you some great guests to My next
guest is Ed Noyla. He's from the Michigan County Road Association.
He's the chief deputy and legislative director. Good morning, at.

Speaker 5 (02:12:53):
How are you?

Speaker 41 (02:12:54):
Good morning, Scott, I'm great.

Speaker 4 (02:12:56):
Well, I know you're out traveling the roads this morning
and you were hoping to join me in the studio
and unfortunately because of the backups and construction that is
a good thing that we're getting done and you couldn't
make it.

Speaker 6 (02:13:06):
But you know, I think a lot of times.

Speaker 4 (02:13:07):
Where people get confused, are you know, kind of tell
us the difference? What are the difference between a county
road versus the other roads. And I don't think the
general public really always understands that.

Speaker 47 (02:13:17):
Well, ninety five percent of what you drive on is
either a county road or a local city street that's
based on the jurisdiction or the boundaries of the cities.
Anything outside the city limits is generally a county road.
Even those county subdivisions or those rural subdivisions that are
off of county roads, those generally belong and are being

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maintained by the county road departments as part of their system.

Speaker 4 (02:13:45):
And so that means it's a different pot of funding
for you, right, I know you and Lan spin Onimi
from MIDA Michigan Infrastructure. You guys have been working together
and battling and trying to find a permanent road funding.
I've learned so much from you over the years of
different concepts. How does the funding flow go to the
county roads.

Speaker 47 (02:14:02):
Well, it goes into the Michigan Transportation Fund, and then
there are some d ducks or right are offshoots that
are taken like the Recreation Improvement Fund that's two percent
of just a gasoline tax. And then we've got a
mirage of different types of carveouts for bridges, for transit,

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for TEDF to Transportation Economic Development Fund, and then it
comes down to the three road groups m DOT, cities
and counties. M DOG gets thirty nine percent, we get
thirty nine percent, and then the cities get twenty two
percent of the balance after those carveouts are taken off
the top.

Speaker 5 (02:14:45):
So with carveouts, it's a pretty simple process.

Speaker 4 (02:14:48):
It sounds like, uh, yeah, you've tried to explain it
too many times and I still don't understand it. And
you know, with the gas tax, so as you know,
you know, the budget obviously has been you know, a
long battle and and you're always the heat of it.
But like I think this year, of all years, this
was the number one priority by everybody, by the governor,
by you know, Speaker Hall, by Senate Majority leader when

(02:15:08):
he brings tell me your thoughts on how how it
ended up and where we're at and what we can
see going forward for our roads, especially the county roads.

Speaker 47 (02:15:17):
Well that's what was the unusual part about this year's
tax or transportation funding package is that all three bodies
pretty much agreed on a number concept, which was start
giving more money to local roads and local streets. Those
are the ones that are in dire straits right now,
and we've proven that from the county road level. And

(02:15:40):
you know, it turned out pretty gosh darn good. I'm happy,
and I want to thank the Governor, the Speaker of
the House, and the majority leader in the Senate.

Speaker 3 (02:15:49):
They did their job.

Speaker 47 (02:15:50):
They finally got this bad boy across the finish line.
We couldn't be any happier if we tried. But you know,
there are always those, you know, that feel like they
were kind of less. But you got to remember that
even though we've got a substantial amount of money coming in,
we lost six hundred million we had under the twenty
fifteen Transportation Package. There was income text revenue that was

(02:16:14):
supposed to go to the Michigan Transportation Fund and the
tune of six hundred million. We lost all that, and
I'm pretty sure that's being used to backfill places here
and there where everybody took a haircut. So when everybody
says that we made out, well, we took a little
bit of a haircut too, So just remember that.

Speaker 4 (02:16:31):
Sure, and I think you threw me off when you
said all three agreed, But yeah, I'm coming back from
that now. But you know, I think people don't understand.
You know, we've heard people talk about toll roads and
other fun I mean the future. You know, we're so
far behind and keeping up with our roads because of
not being able to come to agreements like the bodies
disc did this year.

Speaker 6 (02:16:50):
What is the long term look?

Speaker 4 (02:16:52):
How do we What are some ideas that we could
fund roads permanently actually maintain them.

Speaker 6 (02:16:56):
What do you guys look at for options?

Speaker 47 (02:16:58):
Well, right right now, we're going to get about one
point eighty five billion more in the near future. The
reason I say that is because twenty six actually starts January,
so that's when the actual new revenue and the collections
begin for the new package that will just passed, but
not next jet. We're still waiting for the governor to
sign that. But that's only three quarters of a year,

(02:17:19):
and twenty twenty seven will have a full year and
we'll see the full allotment of revenue. Hopefully that that's
going to be generated. And the reason I say hopefully
is because the marijuana tax is not a given, but
it's it's pretty good. I think the fiscal people can
estimate really well, and they estimate that's going to be
four hundred and twenty million dollars and hopefully that's how

(02:17:40):
much will be generated and collected. So we're looking at
a gradual increase up to twenty thirty, when that new
revenue will jump up to about two point one maybe
two point two billion dollars. So we're we're excited about that.
I'm sorry, Scott, I didn't for the end of year.

Speaker 4 (02:17:57):
No, I mean, that's that's what I wanted to kind
of get and you know, and I know that's a
tough tax for the canvas world, and we're hoping, you know,
obviously that's an industry that is you know, still hanging
in there. And you're right, we talked about that, I
think late nights at the Capitol the other night about
what will it what will it really generate? I mean
you will continue, obviously, will you continue to look for
other ways to long term fund roads? Are you guys

(02:18:18):
still having those discussions and research like other states maybe do?

Speaker 47 (02:18:22):
Actually we are. I think if you look at what
the Senate proposed and what was agreed to was seven
point five million dollars for a road usage charge structure
or method to collecting transportation revenue. What that means is
you're going to pay by the mile, and that is
a long, long process. First of all, we've got to

(02:18:43):
get the parameters set up, who's going to collect the money,
who's going to collect the information, the data, and the
data being only miles, we only contract. We're only tracking
or receiving your miles driven, not where you went, how
fast you went, how many times you stop, just miles
and based on those my driven you will pay a
per penny rate. And that way everybody's paying the same amount,

(02:19:05):
whether you're a combustible engine vehicle or whether you're some
sort of an alternative fuel energy vehicle of any kind hydrogen, electric, etc.
Whatever's out there in the future. That way we won't
have to worry about this in the future, and that
will generate a consistent long term revenue source. But we
have to start doing something now, because this is a

(02:19:26):
transition that's going to take anywhere is from eight to
ten years. Other states have already said that have already
started this, recognize that, and they generally have been starting
with the alternative energy vehicles, starting with them, and then
they move on the combustible engines by here or by model.
I'm not sure how they're doing it well.

Speaker 7 (02:19:43):
Ed.

Speaker 6 (02:19:43):
I want to say thanks.

Speaker 4 (02:19:44):
I know you and Lance have worked on this for
years and years and you are making our roads better
and we appreciate it and we look forward to see
them in spring hitting those county roads. This is Scott
Ellis filling in on the Michigan Big Show for Michael
Patrick Shields.

Speaker 18 (02:20:00):
Apple insiders say John Turnus is being groomed to eventually
lead the company after CEO Tim Cook retires. Here's Matt Mattinson,
the fifty year old vice president of hardware Engineering, is
any time soon, but Bloomberg says the sixty four year
old could call it a day before he turned seventy.

(02:20:21):
OpenAI and former Apple designer Johnny Ive are reportedly struggling
to design a new device without a screen the Financial
Times since the proposed palm sized AI advice would take
audio and visual cues. Ivy's company joined open ai earlier
this year, and their team is trying to figure out
if the device should always be on or if it
should shut down when it's not being prompted by a user.

(02:20:42):
And Google and Open ai Or reportedly among the companies
holding off on some investments into Indian data centers while
diplomatic relations remain rocky. Sources tell CNBC that growing trade
disputes between Washington and New Delhi have contributed to jitters
in Silicon Valley check report. I'm mark me.

Speaker 2 (02:21:02):
in today for MPs. It is Scott Ellis of the
Michigan Licensed Beverage Association. My name is Tony Cuthbert. The
opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed mixed to
start the week. On Wall Street, both the s and
P five hundred and the tech heavy Nasdaq posted new

(02:21:22):
records as AMD shares jump more than twenty percent, the
Kleins at Home Depot and verise In wade on the
Dow Jones Industrial Average as investors remained largely unfazed by
the government shutdown. At the closing bell, the Dow laws
sixty three points to forty six six ninety four, the
SMP five hundred rows twenty four points to sixty seven

(02:21:43):
forty and the NASDAK gained one hundred and sixty one
points to twenty two to nine forty one dueling government
funding bills have both failed as the government remains shut
down as we know. One was a Republican bill that
had already passed through the House, with the other back
by Democrats. The two pieces of legislation have now both

(02:22:06):
failed the pass several times. House Minority Leader Hakim Jefferies
posted a letter on his website over the weekend that
said people will die if the Affordable Hope Care Act
credits are not renewed and the government funding stopgap bill.
into democrats demands for healthcare funding. American Airlines is announcing

(02:22:29):
a change to its carry on baggage rules. The major
airline carrier confirmed the change and a statement sent to
multiple outlets and starting on Monday, bag sizors will be
removed from its gate areas across the country. American Airlines
rule change comes in an effort to simplify the boarding process,
but it does not mean travelers can bring larger sized

(02:22:51):
carry ons. The airline is building on previous boarding enhancements,
including the expansion of pre boarding for families with young children.
Five x minutes added to boarding time and Newgate Technology.
Apple insiders say John turn Us is being basically elevated
to eventually lead the company after CEO Tim Cook retires.

(02:23:15):
The fifty year old vice president of hardware Engineering is
seen as an experienced employee who can lead Apple for
anytime soon, though, but Bloomberg says the sixty four year
old can call it a day before he turned seventy
years old. And Amazon Prime Day returns for a two
day event, and that begins today. This is Michigan's Big

(02:23:40):
Show starring Michael Patrick Shields always available on our website
Amibigshow dot com.

Speaker 18 (02:24:47):
The two pieces of legislation have now both failed to
pass several times. House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffrey's posted a
will die if the Affordable Care Act tax credits are
not renewed in the government funding stopcap bill. Top Republicans
on Capitol Hill have vowed not to cave into democrats
demands for healthcare funding. The truck driver who police say

(02:25:08):
was attacked by Mark Sanchez is now suing the former
NFL quarterback, Jim Roop.

Speaker 21 (02:25:13):

(02:25:34):
motor vehicle and public intoxication, both misdemeanors. I'm Jim Roop.

Speaker 18 (02:25:39):
And President Trump welcomes freed hostage edon Alexander to the

Speaker 17 (02:25:58):
Croker is recalling multiple Deli products over possible asteria contamination.
According to a recent company announcement, The recall effects basil pasto,
botie salas, and smoked mozzarella penny salads sold in nearly

(02:26:21):

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