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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome back to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shields.
I'm Kyle Malin, editor of the MRS Newsletter, filling in
for Michael Patrick today with Tony Cuthbert on the other
side of the glass. You may not realize it, but
we have an election coming up in less than a month.
The city that is most impacted by that is the
city of Detroit, where it's going to have a new
(00:27):
mayor after Mike Duggan as I decided not to seek
another term. So we've got some candidates on the ballot.
And joining us to talk about this and breaking this
down is Mariomorrow. He is a political analyst, but he
also does work for Mariomorrow and Associates, which is a
strategic communications firm that is based in Southfield but has
(00:49):
business all over Southeast Michigan. Good morning, Mario. How are
you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Good morning, Good morning, How are you.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I'm doing fine.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
You know.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
One of the things before we get into the Detroit race,
as I had to put in the newsletter last night,
sadly that former US Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kill Patrick died
at the age of eighty. She is the mother of
the former Detroit mayor Kwame Killpatrick. But she had a
fairly long career herself in politics. What's do you have
(01:19):
any stories, any memories anything on the former congress one.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, only positive because you know, chilling Carolyn Cheeks Killpatrick.
When she went to Washington, d C. And represented the
Detroit District, one of the Detroit districts, she was known
for bringing home the money. She brought home the bacon.
She was very successful in getting bills and packages that
(01:44):
funded several programs for her district. And you know sometimes
that gets overshadowed, you know, over you know, overlooked because
her son became mayor and he had his problems. But
you know, she was a terrific lawmaker, even in land
thing she did wonderful things, worked very cooperatively and partnering
(02:06):
with the Republicans of course with the Democrats, but with
the Cross the Aisle. And she was just a successful politician,
well liked, well appreciated, and a wonderful.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Leader and very loyal to her kids.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
And maybe to a fault because when her son got
into trouble there in the city of Detroit and he
had to get broomed from office, she stuck with him.
The whole way, and in the end that was probably
her downfall after she got beat in the primary by
Hanson Clark in twenty ten.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
You know, that's that's right, But you would not expect
anything less from a mom. Yeah, you staying with your
kids one hundred percent. She had a famous quote. You know,
I'm paraphrasing a little bit, but she says something along
the lines is how y'all gonna let this happen to
your boy? Or something? Yeah, that effect, and that was
(03:00):
played over and over again. But you know what, I cannot,
you know, blame her for sticking with her son, and
she was very loyal to them. You know. Uh Kwamie
had a very successful career up until his issues at
the end, and she raised, you know, her son and
(03:21):
the other kids to be successful leaders. And as we know,
he was the youngest mayor in the history of Detroit
and was, as I indicated, successful until he had his downfall.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah, y'all's boy, I remember that, And.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
That's the boy.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
That's what it was.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
That's that's what I can't help. But that's the first
quote that I think of Patrick.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
That was the emotion coming out, and she just not
could not believe that people were turning on him, and
you know, she's a mother, you know that, you know,
all of us stick behind our kids.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah, that's right. Mario Omorrow joined us this segment of
the program. So we've got elections in Detroit, speaking about mayor.
We're gonna have a new mayor in Detroit, and we
have a couple of candidates. What do you think is
gonna happen here?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
How it's been very quiet, you know after the primary,
you know, there was some some peak, some peaks, but
things have just gotten really kind of like quiet, and
that's kind of scary. You know, odds on favorite right
now is Mary Sheffield council president and she's running against
a novice politician but you know, big time pastor in Detroit,
(04:35):
Solomon Keilot. And you see some ads out there right now.
But it's it's just amazing how this is probably one
of the quietest elections for mayor that I've ever seen
in the city of Detroit at this point, just close
to election day.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Is it just because everybody just suspects mary Y Sheffield's
gonna win because she blew out everybody in the primary.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
I think that's part of it. I think that. The
other part is people are not as in tuned to,
you know, the election cycle this year as they have
in the past. This is you know, the primary was
kind of exciting, but the general election has just got boring,
(05:20):
and I think people are just like, okay, you know what,
I'm just I'm not even really gonna make a lot
of noise. You see some stuff on social media, but
you don't see supporters for either candidate coming out and
either supporting their candidate or bashing the other. I mean,
it is so scary and frightening to some extent how
(05:42):
quiet it is.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
It's almost like that football game where the game it's
thirty five to nothing at halftime and the fans are
already hitting the bar because it's like, eh, this game's over,
and not even bothering with the second half.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
It almost feels like that, yeah, you're right, and the
stands are empty. But maybe you know, it's it's really
incumbent upon the candidates to to motivate their their base.
I think that they have done that, but I think
they're maxed out. As I indicated odds on Favorite. You
know Mary Sheffield, she's got a lot of money. Uh,
(06:17):
she's spending a lot of money. She's got a great organization.
I'm not going to take anything away from Solomon Kenlock
because he built himself up to become the person in
the second place beat a couple in you know, uh
sitting elected officials. So but I just you know, these
endorsements are all over the place. I think, you know,
(06:39):
any if it may come out to be an exciting
election day, but I haven't seen it to this point.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Mary Sheffield would be the first female mayor of the
City of Detroit. Correct and the youngest and the youngest.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
How old is she?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Yeah? I think I don't get me wrong, and you
know how to talk about women in age, but I
believe she is in her thirties.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Oh wow, Okay, yeah, well there you go. We only
got like ten seconds left. Coleman. Young Mary Waters, I
gotta get elected again to our city council.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I think Mary Waters coming young, will be re elected.
There are going to be a couple of new council
individuals because you know, Mary Sheffield is leaving her.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
But overall, not a ton of news there, Thank you
very much. Mario Morrow.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
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Speaker 4 (08:00):
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(08:21):
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Welcome back to Michigan's Big Show starring Michael Patrick Shields.
I'm Kyle Malin, editor of the MRS Newsletter, filling in
for Michael Patrick today with Tony Cuthbert on the other
side of the glass. You may not realize it, but
we have an election coming up in less than a month.
The city that is most impacted by that is the
city of Detroit, where it's going to have a new
(00:27):
mayor after Mike Duggan as I decided not to seek
another term. So we've got some candidates on the ballot.
And joining us to talk about this and breaking this
down is Mariomorrow. He is a political analyst, but he
also does work for Mariomorrow and Associates, which is a
strategic communications firm that is based in Southfield but has
(00:49):
business all over Southeast Michigan. Good morning, Mario. How are
you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Good morning, Good morning, How are you.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I'm doing fine.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
You know.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
One of the things before we get into the Detroit race,
as I had to put in the newsletter last night,
sadly that former US Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kill Patrick died
at the age of eighty. She is the mother of
the former Detroit mayor Kwame Killpatrick. But she had a
fairly long career herself in politics. What's do you have
(01:19):
any stories, any memories anything on the former congress one.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, only positive because you know, chilling Carolyn Cheeks Killpatrick.
When she went to Washington, d C. And represented the
Detroit District, one of the Detroit districts, she was known
for bringing home the money. She brought home the bacon.
She was very successful in getting bills and packages that
(01:44):
funded several programs for her district. And you know sometimes
that gets overshadowed, you know, over you know, overlooked because
her son became mayor and he had his problems. But
you know, she was a terrific lawmaker, even in land
thing she did wonderful things, worked very cooperatively and partnering
(02:06):
with the Republicans of course with the Democrats, but with
the Cross the Aisle. And she was just a successful politician,
well liked, well appreciated, and a wonderful.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Leader and very loyal to her kids.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
And maybe to a fault because when her son got
into trouble there in the city of Detroit and he
had to get broomed from office, she stuck with him.
The whole way, and in the end that was probably
her downfall after she got beat in the primary by
Hanson Clark in twenty ten.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
You know, that's that's right, But you would not expect
anything less from a mom. Yeah, you staying with your
kids one hundred percent. She had a famous quote. You know,
I'm paraphrasing a little bit, but she says something along
the lines is how y'all gonna let this happen to
your boy? Or something? Yeah, that effect, and that was
(03:00):
played over and over again. But you know what, I cannot,
you know, blame her for sticking with her son, and
she was very loyal to them. You know. Uh Kwamie
had a very successful career up until his issues at
the end, and she raised, you know, her son and
(03:21):
the other kids to be successful leaders. And as we know,
he was the youngest mayor in the history of Detroit
and was, as I indicated, successful until he had his downfall.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah, y'all's boy, I remember that, And.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
That's the boy.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
That's what it was.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
That's that's what I can't help. But that's the first
quote that I think of Patrick.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
That was the emotion coming out, and she just not
could not believe that people were turning on him, and
you know, she's a mother, you know that, you know,
all of us stick behind our kids.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah, that's right. Mario Omorrow joined us this segment of
the program. So we've got elections in Detroit, speaking about mayor.
We're gonna have a new mayor in Detroit, and we
have a couple of candidates. What do you think is
gonna happen here?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
How it's been very quiet, you know after the primary,
you know, there was some some peak, some peaks, but
things have just gotten really kind of like quiet, and
that's kind of scary. You know, odds on favorite right
now is Mary Sheffield council president and she's running against
a novice politician but you know, big time pastor in Detroit,
(04:35):
Solomon Keilot. And you see some ads out there right now.
But it's it's just amazing how this is probably one
of the quietest elections for mayor that I've ever seen
in the city of Detroit at this point, just close
to election day.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Is it just because everybody just suspects mary Y Sheffield's
gonna win because she blew out everybody in the primary.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
I think that's part of it. I think that. The
other part is people are not as in tuned to,
you know, the election cycle this year as they have
in the past. This is you know, the primary was
kind of exciting, but the general election has just got boring,
(05:20):
and I think people are just like, okay, you know what,
I'm just I'm not even really gonna make a lot
of noise. You see some stuff on social media, but
you don't see supporters for either candidate coming out and
either supporting their candidate or bashing the other. I mean,
it is so scary and frightening to some extent how
(05:42):
quiet it is.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
It's almost like that football game where the game it's
thirty five to nothing at halftime and the fans are
already hitting the bar because it's like, eh, this game's over,
and not even bothering with the second half.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
It almost feels like that, yeah, you're right, and the
stands are empty. But maybe you know, it's it's really
incumbent upon the candidates to to motivate their their base.
I think that they have done that, but I think
they're maxed out. As I indicated odds on Favorite. You
know Mary Sheffield, she's got a lot of money. Uh,
(06:17):
she's spending a lot of money. She's got a great organization.
I'm not going to take anything away from Solomon Kenlock
because he built himself up to become the person in
the second place beat a couple in you know, uh
sitting elected officials. So but I just you know, these
endorsements are all over the place. I think, you know,
(06:39):
any if it may come out to be an exciting
election day, but I haven't seen it to this point.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Mary Sheffield would be the first female mayor of the
City of Detroit. Correct and the youngest and the youngest.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
How old is she?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Yeah? I think I don't get me wrong, and you
know how to talk about women in age, but I
believe she is in her thirties.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Oh wow, Okay, yeah, well there you go. We only
got like ten seconds left. Coleman. Young Mary Waters, I
gotta get elected again to our city council.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
I think Mary Waters coming young, will be re elected.
There are going to be a couple of new council
individuals because you know, Mary Sheffield is leaving her.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
But overall, not a ton of news there, Thank you
very much. Mario Morrow.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Looking for your next sunny getaway, whether it's to your
favorite theme park, relaxing beach time, a golf trip, or
just feeling the sun on your face. Breeze Airways as
you covered with convenient non stop flights from Lansing's Capital
Region International Airport to sunny Orlando and Fort Myers. Travel
with ease by visiting Flybreeze dot com or by downloading
(07:53):
the Breeze app Fly Lancing on Breeze Airways Seriously nice.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
Meyer has everything you need to enjoy the flavors of ball.
Locally grown tope bag apples are eighty nine cents a pound,
Buy one, get one for a dollar on fresh for Meyer.
Boneless pork tenderloin and assorted varieties of general meal cereal
are two for four dollars when you buy two or more.
Make your Halloween a ghoulishly good deal better with twenty
five percent off outdoor Halloween decors and select snack sized chocolate.
(08:21):
Halloween candy is four forty nine per bag. Make your
Halloween a good deal spookier at Meyer exclusions. Apply sale
deals in store in the Myyer app.
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