Why are vulnerable women and children being housed in a firetrap?
We’ve sent a billion dollars to Detroit for homelessness.
But it’s not getting to the streets.
Our investigation exposes a putrid web of middlemen, bureaucrats, silk suited socialites, a pedophile, whispers of a grand jury, and children eating off floors & sleeping in vans.
All controlled by City Hall.
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Transcript:
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Good morning,
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it’s Charlie LaDuff,
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It’s been two weeks since two babies froze to death
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in the back of a van.
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Everybody’s moved on.
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Because I found out back in November when the mother
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called the city for help and got turned away because
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she had too many children.
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Now, they trained her,
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the city trained her not to call.
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So here’s the next deal.
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This is a shelter for women and vulnerable children.
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And what have I found out?
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That it hasn’t passed its inspections.
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It doesn’t have a certificate of occupancy.
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That’s dangerous.
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That’s illegal.
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You’re not allowed to house dogs in that thing.
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And yet we got women and children.
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So this city spends $200 million a year on the homeless.
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Where’d it go?
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Where’s the certificate of occupancy?
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What do the vulnerable kids get besides a van and a
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Let’s go in and take a look.
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Where would the news,
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this place doesn’t have a certificate of occupancy?
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Occupancy?
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Well, it ain’t displayed.
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Oh, look, the baby in the window here.
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Good morning.
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They don’t have no more blanket for you.
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On the floor.
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Well, at least it’s warm.
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There’s a baby on the floor.
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So we got no certificate of occupancy.
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A woman and her baby laying on the floor.
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We’re sending billions overseas to murky organizations.
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We have no idea what they’re doing with the money.
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Billions for illegals to stay in nice hotels and a
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woman and a baby on the floor.
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Mike Duggan,
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the mayor of Detroit,
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wants to be your governor.
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The guy’s more equipped to cut ribbon than to solve
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problems.
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Charlie LaDuff,
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Oh, but there’s more.
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That joint flunked its fire and buildings inspections.
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It’s plagued with faulty wiring,
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faulty plumbing,
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a broken elevator,
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and exposed electrical outlets.
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There’s A 50-gallon drum of hydraulic oil near the
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boiler downstairs.
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Uninspected sprinklers,
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faulty fire doors,
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and emergency lighting that doesn’t work.
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It’s never been issued a certificate of occupancy where
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we send vulnerable women and their children.
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It’s illegal,
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like I said,
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to kennel dogs in such conditions.
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But the city’s allowed it to operate in this condition
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for more than a year because of some great need.
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And there is great need.
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There’s a great need to fix the fucking place.
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I saw that baby that morning having his breakfast on
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the vestibule floor.
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Like a fucking dog.
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Through a window.
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Where’s the money gone?
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In its great wisdom,
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the city voted that day.
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I went there and there was a,
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just by chance,
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a red placard in the window that there was going to
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be a zoning board hearing that day at 930.
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It was about 7:00 in the morning.
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I’m like, well,
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I’ll be goddamn and get some action.
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No, there was no action.
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The action was the owner wanted to double the occupancy,
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wanted to double the occupancy,
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but he doesn’t have a certificate of occupancy.
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So I went to the board and I showed him this that you
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cannot get.
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The city will not give you these reports.
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They don’t want you to know this.
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And I told them,
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and one of the guys on the board said,
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well, if the good doctor says he passed his fire inspections,
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we should take him at his word.
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It would be disrespectful otherwise.
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And I’m waving these,
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this whole,
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all of this that I’m holding in my hand are failed
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inspection reports.
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Okay, so I talked to the head of that shelter after
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he got his variance and he promises fixes are on the
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way and I’m going to hold him to his word.
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And as I said before,
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I’ll say it again,
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billions overseas,
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billions for illegals and for our children,
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Gruel on a floor and a bed in the cemetery.
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Fucking outrageous.
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Live from downtown Detroit,
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it’s the No Bullshit News Hour with my main man,
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Charlie Lazar.
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And Karen Dumas.
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Still still breaking up.
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Dull more bullshit.
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Dull more bullshit.
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Oh, good old Drew.
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How’s Drew doing?
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He’s doing good.
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He’s doing good.
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Yeah, he’s still he’s still living in his basement
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I might have to move in.
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You’re welcome.
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That’s funny.
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Hey, say that.
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Oh, that’s right,
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I’m sorry.
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The lower level.
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Lower level.
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That’s where you’re at today in the lower level.
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No, I’m on the mezzanine today.
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The mezzanine.
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That’s true.
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Yeah, just got a call before he went on air.
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Kid Rock’s brother Billy’s like,
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my girlfriend’s kind of having an episode.
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Can you do me a favor and go move in there for a couple
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I’m like, with your girlfriend having an episode?
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Can you drop by?
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Thanks for thinking of me.
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Okay, Karen.
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You’ll meet her after this.
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Karen’s downstairs in the Coney.
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I have the flu.
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I’m up here.
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And we have Tara Brown with us.
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Hi, Charlie.
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Tara knew,
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Tara got a hold of me.
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I like Tara.
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I never met her.
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And we talked a shitload.
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Like we’re besties now,
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aren’t we?
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Absolutely.
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Because she is on the board of directors of this BLOB,
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this homeless BLOB called the Detroit Continuum of
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And HUD requires this board.
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So this board,
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it’s just a serpentine pile of shit.
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It’s the board which has got like the VA and it’s got
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HUD and it’s got-
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It’s in the middle of that circle of shit that you
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had posted when you and Karen were talking about it.
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Like a couple weeks ago?
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Yeah, so I’m looking at that like,
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what is this?
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You got to have people that used to be homeless.
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What’s that called?
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People with living experience.
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And then all the service providers and then an agency
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where it passes through.
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And so you call me,
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we’re talking and you got balls,
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You really got balls because you’re the one saying
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It’s just.
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And I’ve been saying it.
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Just like this inspection.
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I brought that up two years ago on another shelter.
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And it’s like.
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So you’re on the board and you know something’s going
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on with this money.
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It’s 200 million a year.
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And I always say it.
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And I got on the board and I guess they didn’t listen.
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When I gave my speech to get on the board,
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I said, transparency and accountability.
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That’s what I want to see,
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transparency and accountability.
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And when you see how much money these shelters get,
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there is no excuse.
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There’s no excuse for that list.
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And there’s no excuse for Ms.
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Tatiana Williams’
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kids to have died in a van,
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whether they froze
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froze or it was carbon monoxide.
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They should not have been living in a van with as much
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money comes to Detroit.
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So Karen, let me tell you the findings.
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You know, we talked,
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you actually called me and said,
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we should take a look at this system.
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I said, okay,
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so we did.
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Here’s what I found just by,
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hey, everybody,
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this is your money.
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We spend more per capita on homeless than they do in
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LA, the capital of American squalor.
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That should just tell you something and kids are eating
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on the floors.
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The emergency shelter hotline does not operate after
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business hours,
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doesn’t operate on weekends or federal holidays.
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So there must not be any homeless,
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you know,
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in the dark.
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The bureaucrat who oversees the operations of that
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is a convicted pedophile who sexually assaulted his
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13-year-old stepdaughter.
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12 at the time.
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It’s in the court documents.
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We’ll talk a little bit more about him a little bit
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later in the show.
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Now, the administrative agency in this BLOB that disperses
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hundreds of millions of federal dollars for the city’s
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homeless and housing program was red flagged in a
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recent audit for material weakness and significant
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deficiency.
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They’re funneling $110 million through them,
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Now, further down the web of agencies are executives
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of a non-profit charged with running the day-to-day
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operations of the hotline who receive fat,
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fat six-figure salaries.
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The bookkeeping of that non-profit was also red flagged
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in a recent audit.
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Now, here’s Mike Duggan,
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This guy wants to be governor,
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like just bullshit and candy canes.
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He says, I want a full report in two weeks.
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I will need a full report so I can just bullshit my
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way through this.
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Mike is the unseen hand behind all this,
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isn’t he?
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He’s the guy that makes it go.
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In my opinion,
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absolutely.
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You pipe it down through Tara Lensner and she brings
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it back to the COC.
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And instead of us or hand giving pushback,
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They just take it.
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COC’s this BLOB,
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Continuum of Care.
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HAND is the Polish Action Network of Detroit,
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HAND, which is the lead agency.
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Now, a study was commissioned by the city to eradicate
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homelessness in Detroit within five years.
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We’re not doing that.
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There’s too much fucking money.
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We’re not eradicating nothing,
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Gotta pretend we’re doing it.
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That study
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detailed the deplorable conditions,
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like we just showed you,
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in the city’s shelter network,
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including vermin,
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violence,
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and human beings being housed in basements.
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The city is now in year two of that plan,
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and we got dead kids,
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and that study exceeded $400,000.
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Karen, you worked in City Hall.
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Did you know about this COC,
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Continuum of Care?
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You know, Charlie,
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I can’t say that I did.
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I don’t think it was around when she was there.
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Oh, it’s a new thing.
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Yeah, I think it started in 2016?
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Go ahead, Kara.
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Tara said something that when she was,
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you know,
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giving her speech,
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she asked for transfer.
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I apologize,
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Why are you crying?
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That’s another conversation about accountability and
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transparency.
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I can only assume that they thought she was buying
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into the narrative that everybody promises and asks
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for transparency and accountability.
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So they said,
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hey, she may be one of us.
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She’s asking for stuff that we never get because that’s
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all that everybody does and it never happens.
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This is unacceptable.
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And I’m sorry that there’s no outrage for this.
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There’s none.
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None, absolutely.
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You know what?
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When I bring it up at the meetings,
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it’s like everybody’s in step but me.
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And again,
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like I told your daughter,
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I’m no math genius.
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I avoid it at all costs.
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But if I can look at this shit and say,
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now that doesn’t look right,
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somebody else should be able to look at it and say,
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it makes no sense.
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I FOIA documents and bring them to their attention.
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And the first time I brought them up,
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instead of people actually listening to what I’m saying,
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how did you get that?
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So then the executive committee comes together and
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decides after the Allen incident,
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now, anything that people don’t want displayed in
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public, you can’t do it.
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Well, guess what?
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If it’s public information,
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instead of going into these executive committee meetings,
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figuring out how to end homelessness,
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they go in there and figure out how to shut us the
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fuck up, how to have meetings in public to keep people
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from coming,
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meetings in person to keep people from coming,
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figure out how to get Tara Brown’s black ass off the
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Everything is chaos.
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Let me, is there enough money,
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Is there enough money to
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supply a humane helping hand.
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And where is it?
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Who knows?
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But when you talk about taking it away.
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You know what they do here when,
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like in the shelter,
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they put everybody on the bus and they come downtown
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right and then they’re walking around blubbering all
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after because you have to be out of the shelter at
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7 and they’re just walking around like ghouls doing
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crazy shit no medication and then back on the bus
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And that’s how some of the shelters,
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some of them just open the door and you’re just out
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the door to figure it out all day long.
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Like in the summertime,
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you’ll be near a shelter.
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If there’s a park near it,
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you’ll see the people there playing with their kids.
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Some of them have blankets on the ground,
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sleeping on the ground.
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Like you are just homeless.
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And the bigger problem too is there’s money in homelessness.
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So there’s no reason to try to get you out of homelessness.
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If I’m an executive director,
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yeah, it would be great if I saw you get off homelessness,
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but if you don’t,
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I’m still getting paid.
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Who cares?
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But that’s the whole,
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that’s how the system is set up.
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And here’s the other part.
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When we run low on homeless people,
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if we’re an agency that has a bus,
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we go find them.
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And maybe some of them will say,
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I’m an urban camper.
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Well, here,
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let me get you in here and we’ll get you a free breakfast
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and a hot shower and you can figure it out from then.
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Home and Social Security number.
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Yeah, and now,
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you know,
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I got your number in the system,
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so if you go back out to your urban camping,
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what do I care?
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You mean they’re just going to charge even if he’s
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not there?
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And here’s the thing.
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Is that what you’re saying?
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I suspect that’s what’s happening,
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but every time I ask,
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nobody can give me a straight answer.
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When I ask,
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what is the penalty for a shelter continuing to use
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an HMIS number without the person being there,
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It always goes to a different conversation.
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So that’s where the money’s going.
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What about this?
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I didn’t know this,
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ladies and gentlemen.
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And I just hope you listen because it’s your money.
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There’s so much money just being wasted.
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I didn’t know this.
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There’s at the bottom,
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homeless,
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Homelessness at the bottom.
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And then up top,
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we’ve all heard of it,
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Section 8.
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government paying for your,
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you know,
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apartment,
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whatever,
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and children.
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Difficult to get.
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Very difficult to get.
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But it’s a lifetime.
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In between is the BLOB of your,
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when they say low-income housing,
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it’s like you’re almost homeless.
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You can’t afford it.
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So they got vouchers.
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What are those called?
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HCV, Housing Choice Vouchers.
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And that is sort of a…
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Get around the Section 8 stuff,
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It’s another program.
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Oh, you’re talking about permanent supportive housing.
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So they give you like what,
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$1,019 a month or something?
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I don’t know.
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I think it varies based on where you are,
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what your income level is.
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Do you have kids?
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So once you get on that,
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that’s basically Section 8.
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Except you’re going to find your own place.
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Well, with permanent supportive housing,
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sometimes,
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but then a lot of times your permanent supportive
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housing might be right through that organization if
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they own the property.
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So the organization is giving you the money,
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not the government,
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It’s going through one of these BLOB organizations.
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Okay, so I smell a skim going on here.
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Well, I mean,
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some of it comes from HUD,
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but again,
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nobody’s really clear.
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And when you ask for a straightforward explanation,
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you get an explanation,
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but it’s never really detailed.
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Why is the federal government sending money to the
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We got a BLOB and all of a sudden it’s going to some
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LLC to distribute the money.
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LLC who may turn it over to somebody else that doesn’t
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have a real estate broker’s license.
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There we go.
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So it’s $1,100 you get.
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This is a $500 apartment and I take the whole $1,100.
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I hope that’s not happening.
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Well, we got dead people in a van.
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Tell me why Tatiana Williams died.
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What do you know about it?
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What happened to her?
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I know what,
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you probably know more than I know about it.
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I probably do.
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My issue is why were they living in a van?
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Here’s the thing.
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Tatiana Williams,
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I’m sure Kim Worthy at some point will get her a piece
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of flesh or maybe she won’t,
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but obviously there’s accountability there.
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And if the kids had to died in the house because
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mom didn’t have the heat on her,
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that would be a discussion.
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But again,
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kids don’t belong living in vans.
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And there was no reason for her to be living in a van.
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She called a bunch of times.
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Because she did what she was supposed to do.
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She called that.
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And there’s an ugly rumor.
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Hold on, she called that number during business hours.
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Now what’s the ugly rumor?
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That she was turned away because she had too many kids.
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I heard that too.
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I heard that.
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I heard that from.
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more than three people.
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You know, and they’re not going to tell you that,
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but that’s what I heard.
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And here’s the bad part of that.
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The person who probably turned her away was probably
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an entry-level worker that was just there at the shelter
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when she came.
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She probably didn’t even get a chance to speak to a
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social worker.
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Well, probably because,
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you know,
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if you have a certificate of occupancy,
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you can only have so many people in there.
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And then when she called the number and got a number
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and she went there,
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like, I’m sorry,
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We’ve only got by law 2 spaces left and you’ve got
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So you really can’t blame the worker.
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It’s just a distressing mess.
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And again,
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again, leaking pipes and flammables near the boiler
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and fire doors that don’t work and rats and we’re
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going to double the occupancy that you’re not allowed
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Let me read this.
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Let me read this.
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Number 3, illegal use.
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The building currently has a legal use of warming center
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and is operating illegally as a shelter.
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I don’t know.
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Once I get into this,
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this is how it really happens.
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You know, like we look to Washington and this is this
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is this is the waste of fraud and the abuse of the
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most vulnerable,
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no matter no matter how you.
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It is abusive.
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Let me let you call every day.
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Has anybody heard?
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Has anybody heard?
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Because the rumor that I hear is that despite all the
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fanfare, that she’s still unhoused.
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And so I can only assume maybe that’s true because
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if she were housed,
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there’d be some type of,
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you know,
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exploitation by the city to say,
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hey, look,
527
00:19:22,600 –> 00:19:23,520
we put her in a house.
528
00:19:23,760 –> 00:19:27,000
So after all of this and that grandiose funeral that
529
00:19:27,000 –> 00:19:27,560
they held,
530
00:19:28,320 –> 00:19:29,960
I understand she’s still not housed.
531
00:19:30,000 –> 00:19:31,200
She was at a shelter,
532
00:19:31,200 –> 00:19:33,120
but apparently she’s going to be unhoused because
533
00:19:33,120 –> 00:19:34,800
I don’t know if you caught the news last night,
534
00:19:35,040 –> 00:19:37,520
but the shelter has a zoning issue.
535
00:19:37,760 –> 00:19:39,800
So they’re going to make people homeless because of
536
00:19:39,800 –> 00:19:40,640
a zoning issue.
537
00:19:40,880 –> 00:19:41,520
Meanwhile,
538
00:19:41,520 –> 00:19:44,240
Charlie has this list of violations over here longer
539
00:19:44,240 –> 00:19:45,040
than Seven Mile.
540
00:19:45,200 –> 00:19:46,880
And I bet you that shelter is still open.
541
00:19:47,120 –> 00:19:49,840
Yeah, they just they just got the zoning issue.
542
00:19:50,600 –> 00:19:52,440
And then I’m standing there going,
543
00:19:52,440 –> 00:19:54,880
hey, they don’t have a fire permit.
544
00:19:55,280 –> 00:19:56,640
Well, I believe we should take
545
00:19:57,320 –> 00:19:58,440
the director’s word for it,
546
00:19:58,440 –> 00:20:01,320
it would be rude and unkind not to take his word.
547
00:20:01,320 –> 00:20:02,000
What the fuck?
548
00:20:02,000 –> 00:20:03,200
And I bring that up too.
549
00:20:03,440 –> 00:20:04,480
The little shelters,
550
00:20:04,480 –> 00:20:07,000
the grassroots shelters that need a piece of the action
551
00:20:07,000 –> 00:20:07,680
to survive,
552
00:20:07,920 –> 00:20:10,960
probably like this one that has the zoning issue.
553
00:20:12,480 –> 00:20:13,680
They never get any money.
554
00:20:13,680 –> 00:20:14,480
I’ll tell you what,
555
00:20:14,640 –> 00:20:14,880
you know,
556
00:20:14,880 –> 00:20:17,640
like the woman on the floor with her boy,
557
00:20:17,640 –> 00:20:20,080
they were really lovely people.
558
00:20:20,560 –> 00:20:21,280
Good morning,
559
00:20:21,280 –> 00:20:22,240
the kid’s smiling,
560
00:20:22,320 –> 00:20:23,040
he’s cute.
561
00:20:23,560 –> 00:20:25,120
And to some credit here,
562
00:20:25,440 –> 00:20:27,280
there was a bowl of mush and some ham.
563
00:20:27,600 –> 00:20:29,920
So I’m glad about that.
564
00:20:30,000 –> 00:20:32,240
I’m wondering why that window didn’t have a curtain
565
00:20:33,440 –> 00:20:34,400
In the vestibule,
566
00:20:34,400 –> 00:20:35,080
for God’s sake.
567
00:20:35,080 –> 00:20:35,760
You know what I mean?
568
00:20:36,480 –> 00:20:40,680
So Ken and I went around because we just want,
569
00:20:42,720 –> 00:20:45,760
Michigan, what the hell is the name of it?
570
00:20:45,840 –> 00:20:46,720
I always, sorry,
571
00:20:47,600 –> 00:20:50,880
Motor City Mission.
572
00:20:51,200 –> 00:20:51,600
What is it,
573
00:20:51,600 –> 00:20:52,240
Michigan Motor?
574
00:20:52,240 –> 00:20:53,640
Oh, the Motor City Mittens.
575
00:20:54,040 –> 00:20:55,280
Is that what it is?
576
00:20:55,360 –> 00:20:55,880
God damn it.
577
00:20:56,160 –> 00:20:59,120
Motor City Mitten Mission.
578
00:21:00,000 –> 00:21:02,400
And she doesn’t get a piece of the pie,
579
00:21:02,400 –> 00:21:03,840
raises her own money,
580
00:21:04,240 –> 00:21:05,520
raises her own money,
581
00:21:05,560 –> 00:21:07,840
and is out seven days a week because
582
00:21:08,680 –> 00:21:11,040
There was no van available for this woman.
583
00:21:11,120 –> 00:21:14,400
Like, you call after business hours,
584
00:21:14,640 –> 00:21:15,760
nobody’s answering it.
585
00:21:15,800 –> 00:21:18,240
And then there’s no outreach van that they’re supposed
586
00:21:18,240 –> 00:21:18,800
to be, right?
587
00:21:19,800 –> 00:21:20,600
I’ve been told.
588
00:21:20,680 –> 00:21:22,800
Well, you sit on that board and they say they got them,
589
00:21:22,800 –> 00:21:24,080
but no one ever sees them.
590
00:21:24,720 –> 00:21:26,000
Now, I will say this.
591
00:21:26,440 –> 00:21:28,920
There are some shelters that have outreach vans and
592
00:21:28,920 –> 00:21:30,240
they actually send them out.
593
00:21:30,320 –> 00:21:30,880
But again,
594
00:21:31,200 –> 00:21:33,760
I got to get my outreach van out there so I can reach
595
00:21:33,760 –> 00:21:36,120
out, grab these people and get them in here to register.
596
00:21:36,600 –> 00:21:37,720
See, if you call at night,
597
00:21:37,720 –> 00:21:39,080
that’s when the outreach vans post.
598
00:21:39,080 –> 00:21:39,600
That’s right.
599
00:21:40,320 –> 00:21:41,840
Okay, so Gail,
600
00:21:42,240 –> 00:21:43,040
she got an hour,
601
00:21:43,360 –> 00:21:44,160
not a contract,
602
00:21:44,160 –> 00:21:45,280
but they’re paying her hourly,
603
00:21:45,360 –> 00:21:46,560
probably till today,
604
00:21:47,680 –> 00:21:49,600
to answer the phones after six,
605
00:21:50,160 –> 00:21:51,720
right, when it was butt-ass cold.
606
00:21:53,640 –> 00:21:54,880
She did that and it’s gone again.
607
00:21:54,880 –> 00:21:56,200
I mean, this is so easy to fix.
608
00:21:56,320 –> 00:21:57,600
24 hours outreach,
609
00:21:57,600 –> 00:21:58,240
man, thank you.
610
00:21:58,480 –> 00:22:00,000
Especially since she’s willing to go.
611
00:22:00,320 –> 00:22:01,120
Yeah, yeah,
612
00:22:01,760 –> 00:22:06,160
Okay, so we just went out for a day when it was last
613
00:22:06,160 –> 00:22:07,680
week, it was super cold,
614
00:22:07,680 –> 00:22:12,160
but this is the people we met and the good woman and
615
00:22:12,160 –> 00:22:14,400
her brigade of helpful people.
616
00:22:15,360 –> 00:22:16,120
It’s going to snow soon,
617
00:22:17,520 –> 00:22:20,040
I’m into here.
618
00:22:20,080 –> 00:22:21,680
So instead of being in a tent,
619
00:22:21,680 –> 00:22:23,360
they want me out in the elements.
620
00:22:23,680 –> 00:22:24,400
I’m from Florida.
621
00:22:27,840 –> 00:22:28,960
I came up being gas stuck.
622
00:22:30,160 –> 00:22:32,320
You can’t make up the stuff that we deal with on a
623
00:22:32,320 –> 00:22:33,280
regular basis.
624
00:22:33,280 –> 00:22:34,400
The stories that we see,
625
00:22:34,400 –> 00:22:35,440
the people that we see,
626
00:22:37,760 –> 00:22:39,040
I mean, it’s just,
627
00:22:39,040 –> 00:22:40,400
it’s something new every day.
628
00:22:40,400 –> 00:22:41,680
You got cable in there?
629
00:22:42,360 –> 00:22:43,560
They gonna hook me up.
630
00:22:43,560 –> 00:22:44,520
Cappuccino maker?
631
00:22:44,720 –> 00:22:46,000
She don’t like girl cooking,
632
00:22:46,320 –> 00:22:47,040
You like girls?
633
00:22:47,040 –> 00:22:48,760
Yeah, girl give us some variety,
634
00:22:48,760 –> 00:22:49,440
you know what I mean?
635
00:22:49,800 –> 00:22:50,800
A lot of people will come,
636
00:22:50,800 –> 00:22:52,560
they recognize us and they’ll come right up to our
637
00:22:53,440 –> 00:22:54,480
I can’t find my food.
638
00:22:55,200 –> 00:22:56,880
Do you need menthol or regular?
639
00:22:57,120 –> 00:22:58,120
Yeah, just menthol.
640
00:22:58,120 –> 00:22:59,080
It’s full service.
641
00:22:59,080 –> 00:23:01,200
So we have socks,
642
00:23:01,240 –> 00:23:01,760
underwear,
643
00:23:01,760 –> 00:23:02,360
blankets,
644
00:23:02,360 –> 00:23:03,000
snack pack,
645
00:23:03,000 –> 00:23:03,840
hygiene kits,
646
00:23:04,000 –> 00:23:05,520
boots, shoes,
647
00:23:05,520 –> 00:23:06,080
hand warmers,
648
00:23:06,080 –> 00:23:06,640
toe warmers.
649
00:23:06,680 –> 00:23:08,640
You’re too pretty to be out in the cold.
650
00:23:08,800 –> 00:23:09,120
Everybody.
651
00:23:10,880 –> 00:23:13,360
I’m a preaching doctor in the community.
652
00:23:13,680 –> 00:23:14,920
Can I feel your hands?
653
00:23:14,960 –> 00:23:16,160
Make sure you’re not close.
654
00:23:17,680 –> 00:23:18,880
It’s going to snow soon,
655
00:23:19,520 –> 00:23:20,080
I have a…
656
00:23:20,160 –> 00:23:20,680
I have a…
657
00:23:21,040 –> 00:23:22,720
Don’t make no excuse.
658
00:23:23,520 –> 00:23:26,320
Don’t make no excuse.
659
00:23:27,440 –> 00:23:33,600
I’ll see you again.
660
00:23:36,280 –> 00:23:38,560
I’m going to call the Lord.
661
00:23:38,560 –> 00:23:40,480
Probably a better chance of getting a hold of him than
662
00:23:40,480 –> 00:23:41,640
a shelter.
663
00:23:41,640 –> 00:23:44,560
Do you guys want to go and see if Doug is there?
664
00:23:45,120 –> 00:23:47,920
He was supposed to go to the shelter,
665
00:23:47,920 –> 00:23:48,840
but I don’t know if he did.
666
00:23:54,000 –> 00:23:54,320
Hey, Doug.
667
00:23:54,320 –> 00:23:55,680
Is the car covered in snow?
668
00:23:56,320 –> 00:23:56,760
No, you’re good.
669
00:23:56,760 –> 00:23:57,200
What’s going on,
670
00:24:00,640 –> 00:24:01,200
Not a whole lot,
671
00:24:01,480 –> 00:24:01,920
How you doing?
672
00:24:01,920 –> 00:24:02,320
Which one?
673
00:24:03,560 –> 00:24:03,920
Hey, Doug.
674
00:24:04,320 –> 00:24:06,280
So you say you were living in a house with your fiance?
675
00:24:06,400 –> 00:24:08,160
Yeah, there was a house right there on the corner.
676
00:24:08,320 –> 00:24:08,720
Abandoned?
677
00:24:09,320 –> 00:24:09,840
Uh-huh, abandoned.
678
00:24:09,840 –> 00:24:11,680
What happened to your fiance?
679
00:24:12,320 –> 00:24:13,600
She went to Clearview,
680
00:24:13,680 –> 00:24:14,320
got out of here,
681
00:24:14,320 –> 00:24:14,960
so that’s good.
682
00:24:15,040 –> 00:24:17,040
She wound up getting pregnant after six years of us
683
00:24:17,040 –> 00:24:17,760
being together.
684
00:24:17,840 –> 00:24:18,720
Our first baby,
685
00:24:19,000 –> 00:24:20,080
born on Christmas Day.
686
00:24:20,080 –> 00:24:22,640
How does a homeless guy get evicted?
687
00:24:23,040 –> 00:24:26,720
Because cities don’t like homeless people.
688
00:24:29,200 –> 00:24:30,640
My health and safety.
689
00:24:31,560 –> 00:24:33,040
So instead of being in a tent,
690
00:24:33,040 –> 00:24:34,720
they want me out in the elements.
691
00:24:36,160 –> 00:24:38,800
Yeah, it doesn’t say anything about shelter for you.
692
00:24:38,960 –> 00:24:41,040
So why don’t you stay in the shelter?
693
00:24:42,320 –> 00:24:43,840
Because I’m just so used to this.
694
00:24:43,840 –> 00:24:45,920
I’ve been thinking about going,
695
00:24:46,000 –> 00:24:46,800
actually,
696
00:24:47,720 –> 00:24:49,040
after all this time,
697
00:24:49,040 –> 00:24:51,160
just because of how cold it’s about to be.
698
00:24:51,160 –> 00:24:52,320
It’s supposed to be,
699
00:24:52,320 –> 00:24:54,720
what, below 0 a couple times this week.
700
00:24:55,800 –> 00:24:57,680
And I’ve been out here in that weather before,
701
00:24:58,680 –> 00:25:00,880
That was with my partner and we could,
702
00:25:01,040 –> 00:25:01,360
you know,
703
00:25:01,360 –> 00:25:02,320
cuddle together.
704
00:25:02,480 –> 00:25:03,280
You got a phone?
705
00:25:04,080 –> 00:25:05,600
So how are you gonna call the homeless hotline?
706
00:25:05,600 –> 00:25:07,760
I thought you said the homeless hotline guy was a bullshit
707
00:25:09,600 –> 00:25:10,160
And print,
708
00:25:10,480 –> 00:25:10,960
print that one.
709
00:25:10,960 –> 00:25:20,160
How you doing?
710
00:25:20,160 –> 00:25:20,640
All right.
711
00:25:20,640 –> 00:25:20,960
How you doing,
712
00:25:22,680 –> 00:25:24,160
It’s gonna snow real heavy tonight.
713
00:25:24,560 –> 00:25:25,160
Oh, I love the snow.
714
00:25:26,760 –> 00:25:27,600
Yeah, I’m from Florida.
715
00:25:30,960 –> 00:25:32,280
I can’t even figure that stuff.
716
00:25:33,200 –> 00:25:34,200
You don’t use the shelters?
717
00:25:39,760 –> 00:25:42,200
You can’t put 1 foot in the right direction in the
718
00:25:43,360 –> 00:25:44,440
Nuts, they’re nuts in there.
719
00:25:45,600 –> 00:25:48,520
Yeah, a freaking crowbar.
720
00:25:48,520 –> 00:25:53,600
You hear about the woman with the babies and she was
721
00:25:53,600 –> 00:25:54,640
slipping in the van?
722
00:25:55,040 –> 00:25:55,680
That was horrible.
723
00:25:56,760 –> 00:25:57,840
What do you think of these guys?
724
00:26:00,235 –> 00:26:01,235
Beautiful sight to see.
725
00:26:02,115 –> 00:26:03,555
That’s what she needed.
726
00:26:03,915 –> 00:26:05,155
Trucks to stop by,
727
00:26:05,395 –> 00:26:06,515
hand us some of this,
728
00:26:06,755 –> 00:26:07,795
hand us some of that,
729
00:26:07,955 –> 00:26:09,235
they’ll grow along the way.
730
00:26:09,475 –> 00:26:10,915
Well, we spend a lot of money for that,
731
00:26:10,915 –> 00:26:12,515
but I don’t see a lot of trucks out here.
732
00:26:13,475 –> 00:26:14,835
The only one I ever see is this one.
733
00:26:14,995 –> 00:26:17,075
Somebody’s taking the money and not doing the work.
734
00:26:18,115 –> 00:26:19,115
Well, you’re going to have that truck.
735
00:26:20,515 –> 00:26:21,235
That’s a given.
736
00:26:22,195 –> 00:26:23,275
That’s a given.
737
00:26:23,275 –> 00:26:24,355
That’s a middleman.
738
00:26:25,595 –> 00:26:26,675
A lot of middle manning going on.
739
00:26:26,915 –> 00:26:28,675
There’s a whole lot of it going on.
740
00:26:28,675 –> 00:26:30,755
You know, because you’ve seen it.
741
00:26:31,155 –> 00:26:32,315
How do you think I got here?
742
00:26:32,315 –> 00:26:38,115
And you all drive safely.
743
00:26:38,115 –> 00:26:38,355
Thank you,
744
00:26:38,355 –> 00:26:38,595
Jermaine.
745
00:26:43,955 –> 00:26:45,955
You can see all these at the Michigan Enjoy yourself.
746
00:26:45,955 –> 00:26:46,755
What were you asking me,
747
00:26:48,115 –> 00:26:49,235
Just to be clear,
748
00:26:49,315 –> 00:26:51,475
it looked like he was getting evicted from a tarp.
749
00:26:52,035 –> 00:26:52,915
Yeah, Doug was,
750
00:26:52,915 –> 00:26:53,475
yeah, he.
751
00:26:54,035 –> 00:26:57,555
The police came and the health department put a notice
752
00:26:57,555 –> 00:26:57,875
up there,
753
00:26:57,875 –> 00:27:00,675
like, you got seven days to get out of here.
754
00:27:01,475 –> 00:27:04,915
And they went and took it and went back.
755
00:27:04,915 –> 00:27:05,835
They went and mowed it down.
756
00:27:05,835 –> 00:27:06,435
He’s gone.
757
00:27:07,475 –> 00:27:08,515
So, I mean,
758
00:27:09,155 –> 00:27:10,675
you get some city services.
759
00:27:11,915 –> 00:27:12,755
And let’s be honest,
760
00:27:12,755 –> 00:27:13,315
though, I mean,
761
00:27:15,075 –> 00:27:16,835
You can’t be living in a culvert,
762
00:27:17,155 –> 00:27:17,475
you know,
763
00:27:17,715 –> 00:27:18,915
near somebody’s neighborhood.
764
00:27:18,915 –> 00:27:19,475
I’m sorry.
765
00:27:19,475 –> 00:27:23,155
I’m, no, I’m not having a guy out there living in,
766
00:27:23,195 –> 00:27:24,515
I’m going to call police too,
767
00:27:24,595 –> 00:27:26,275
but you got to be able to do something with this guy.
768
00:27:26,595 –> 00:27:26,995
Well, I mean,
769
00:27:26,995 –> 00:27:29,035
do you remember Tinseltown back in what was that,
770
00:27:29,035 –> 00:27:30,675
2015, 16,
771
00:27:30,795 –> 00:27:32,995
when all those people were at the Meyer Marketplace,
772
00:27:33,235 –> 00:27:35,075
had the little fire pit,
773
00:27:35,075 –> 00:27:36,075
the porta potty,
774
00:27:36,075 –> 00:27:37,395
and they were living right there.
775
00:27:37,555 –> 00:27:39,795
You drive down Jefferson and you could smell waste,
776
00:27:40,035 –> 00:27:42,275
and something was coming or some sort of tour was
777
00:27:42,275 –> 00:27:44,835
coming, but they hurried up and ushered them to that
778
00:27:45,035 –> 00:27:47,715
motel across the street and then they gave them section
779
00:27:47,715 –> 00:27:48,595
8 and moved them along.
780
00:27:48,595 –> 00:27:51,635
But it’s like people should not have to embarrass the
781
00:27:51,635 –> 00:27:55,075
city or embarrass the COC to get the services they
782
00:27:55,715 –> 00:27:58,235
There was a woman just last month in January that showed
783
00:27:58,235 –> 00:28:00,755
up to the COC meeting and refused to be put in the
784
00:28:00,755 –> 00:28:03,075
breakout room because her name was Paula Sands,
785
00:28:03,075 –> 00:28:04,275
Outlier Media wrote about her.
786
00:28:04,435 –> 00:28:04,915
She’s like,
787
00:28:04,915 –> 00:28:06,715
look, I keep coming to y’all and y’all keep putting
788
00:28:06,715 –> 00:28:07,715
me in these break rooms.
789
00:28:08,035 –> 00:28:08,835
I need some help.
790
00:28:09,475 –> 00:28:12,075
And yeah, she was met with kind of like,
791
00:28:12,875 –> 00:28:15,195
What can we do to stop these people from coming?
792
00:28:15,195 –> 00:28:16,355
Because that’s the ultimate goal.
793
00:28:16,475 –> 00:28:18,595
When we’re held accountable and these people show up
794
00:28:18,595 –> 00:28:18,995
like, look,
795
00:28:18,995 –> 00:28:20,355
I’ve been calling this number.
796
00:28:21,075 –> 00:28:22,075
We don’t want to hear it.
797
00:28:22,755 –> 00:28:23,555
And after that,
798
00:28:23,555 –> 00:28:25,955
now the board can’t speak at public comment because
799
00:28:25,955 –> 00:28:28,395
me and Alan and some of the other people on the board
800
00:28:28,395 –> 00:28:29,395
started talking like,
801
00:28:29,795 –> 00:28:30,235
And I’m like,
802
00:28:30,235 –> 00:28:31,515
these people should be coming in here.
803
00:28:31,515 –> 00:28:32,435
They’re going to hate you.
804
00:28:32,915 –> 00:28:33,795
They already hate me.
805
00:28:33,795 –> 00:28:34,915
When’s the next board meeting?
806
00:28:34,915 –> 00:28:35,675
I got to go to it.
807
00:28:35,675 –> 00:28:37,715
Monday, and it’s in person.
808
00:28:37,715 –> 00:28:38,195
Why do you think?
809
00:28:38,195 –> 00:28:38,995
In person.
810
00:28:39,235 –> 00:28:40,195
Why do you think it’s in person?
811
00:28:40,195 –> 00:28:40,555
I got to go.
812
00:28:40,595 –> 00:28:41,395
You know I’m going.
813
00:28:41,475 –> 00:28:41,955
I’m up in there.
814
00:28:42,915 –> 00:28:44,075
I’m gonna walk in like this.
815
00:28:44,555 –> 00:28:45,755
And you know it’s in person.
816
00:28:47,555 –> 00:28:51,435
You know it’s in person to stop worldwide media from
817
00:28:51,435 –> 00:28:53,915
coming to hear the bullshit about what happened with
818
00:28:53,915 –> 00:28:55,035
Tatiana Williams.
819
00:28:55,395 –> 00:28:56,435
No recording,
820
00:28:56,595 –> 00:28:58,115
no foreign people coming.
821
00:28:58,675 –> 00:28:59,795
Hopefully it doesn’t snow,
822
00:28:59,795 –> 00:29:00,835
because if you can’t make it,
823
00:29:00,835 –> 00:29:01,555
you can’t make it.
824
00:29:01,715 –> 00:29:03,395
And the fucked up part about it is,
825
00:29:03,635 –> 00:29:04,595
besides Alan,
826
00:29:04,675 –> 00:29:07,835
there are three other people with mobility issues
827
00:29:07,835 –> 00:29:09,235
that have to try to get to this meeting.
828
00:29:09,235 –> 00:29:11,475
Okay, so Alan’s the pedophile,
829
00:29:12,995 –> 00:29:16,755
Well, as soon as we hear from our sponsors,
830
00:29:17,515 –> 00:29:18,755
I’ll tell you all about Alan.
831
00:29:18,755 –> 00:29:20,035
And that was a shitty mess,
832
00:29:20,355 –> 00:29:21,715
Okay, we’ll get right to that.
833
00:29:21,715 –> 00:29:23,395
Let’s roll.
834
00:29:24,915 –> 00:29:27,675
This message of Uplift is brought to you by business
835
00:29:27,675 –> 00:29:30,035
and personal wealth advisor Luke Nowacki,
836
00:29:30,355 –> 00:29:33,275
who reminds you that what does it profit a man to
837
00:29:33,315 –> 00:29:34,435
gain the whole world,
838
00:29:34,595 –> 00:29:36,515
but never enter the kingdom of God?
839
00:29:37,355 –> 00:29:38,195
But while you’re waiting,
840
00:29:38,195 –> 00:29:40,915
Nowacki wants you to remember that overreaction is
841
00:29:40,915 –> 00:29:42,675
not a sound financial strategy.
842
00:29:42,995 –> 00:29:48,915
So call Luke Nowacki at 248-663-4748 for sound financial
843
00:29:50,435 –> 00:29:50,915
Well, you know,
844
00:29:50,915 –> 00:29:51,555
when it rains,
845
00:29:51,555 –> 00:29:52,395
the power goes out.
846
00:29:52,395 –> 00:29:53,715
And when the power goes out,
847
00:29:53,715 –> 00:29:54,635
the internet goes out.
848
00:29:54,635 –> 00:29:55,715
When the internet goes out,
849
00:29:55,715 –> 00:29:58,915
I call my friend Matt and Bernie at XG Service Group.
850
00:29:59,075 –> 00:30:00,915
Look at Bernie here on his hands and knees,
851
00:30:01,155 –> 00:30:02,435
giving it everything he’s got.
852
00:30:02,995 –> 00:30:04,195
Look at that man crack.
853
00:30:06,075 –> 00:30:07,035
He forgot to wear a belt.
854
00:30:07,075 –> 00:30:09,155
There’s Matt right there getting the board together.
855
00:30:09,155 –> 00:30:11,875
That’s 734-245-4100.
856
00:30:11,875 –> 00:30:14,675
If you need Matt and Bernie to come take care of your
857
00:30:14,675 –> 00:30:15,635
voice over internet,
858
00:30:15,875 –> 00:30:16,995
your security cameras,
859
00:30:17,235 –> 00:30:18,835
off-campus access control,
860
00:30:19,075 –> 00:30:21,475
Wi-Fi and cameras for homes and business,
861
00:30:21,475 –> 00:30:22,595
they’ll design it for you.
862
00:30:22,835 –> 00:30:23,635
You got restaurants,
863
00:30:23,635 –> 00:30:24,835
they do drive-thru systems,
864
00:30:24,835 –> 00:30:26,595
railroad cameras for public safety.
865
00:30:26,835 –> 00:30:30,075
Total wireless camera systems for your home and business.
866
00:30:30,275 –> 00:30:30,835
Yeah, that’s right.
867
00:30:30,835 –> 00:30:34,515
Call XG Services at 734-245-4100.
868
00:30:35,995 –> 00:30:37,395
Just to let you know real quick,
869
00:30:38,275 –> 00:30:40,995
Bernie and Matt came in today and yesterday and Monday
870
00:30:41,155 –> 00:30:42,835
and we got fiber optic.
871
00:30:42,835 –> 00:30:44,115
That’s fantastic.
872
00:30:44,275 –> 00:30:45,795
Boom, these guys are the best,
873
00:30:46,355 –> 00:30:47,555
They’re really good to work with.
874
00:30:47,875 –> 00:30:50,595
They’re awesome people and they work hard and they
875
00:30:50,595 –> 00:30:51,235
get it done.
876
00:30:51,955 –> 00:30:52,635
Much respect.
877
00:30:52,635 –> 00:30:53,795
Thank you boys for doing that.
878
00:30:55,315 –> 00:30:56,035
Luke Nowacki,
879
00:30:56,035 –> 00:30:59,435
look at how gold is moving around the world.
880
00:30:59,435 –> 00:31:00,835
Look how it’s moving around.
881
00:31:01,235 –> 00:31:02,675
I told you about gold.
882
00:31:03,475 –> 00:31:05,355
You don’t quite understand what’s going on with gold,
883
00:31:05,475 –> 00:31:06,355
but it affects you,
884
00:31:07,155 –> 00:31:10,435
And if you’ve got some savings and you’re looking to
885
00:31:11,475 –> 00:31:12,915
retire in a proper way,
886
00:31:13,235 –> 00:31:14,275
call Luke Nowacki.
887
00:31:14,595 –> 00:31:16,355
I’m glad I took the advice from Luke.
888
00:31:17,235 –> 00:31:19,315
What is in Fort Knox?
889
00:31:21,235 –> 00:31:22,915
And then let me remind you,
890
00:31:23,315 –> 00:31:26,475
Archangel Senior Management is asking you if you’re
891
00:31:26,475 –> 00:31:28,835
an entrepreneur looking for a safe and socially responsible
892
00:31:28,835 –> 00:31:29,875
real estate investment,
893
00:31:30,035 –> 00:31:32,675
then you can invest in senior living,
894
00:31:33,395 –> 00:31:34,435
real nice,
895
00:31:34,755 –> 00:31:35,875
real small,
896
00:31:37,395 –> 00:31:38,635
4 old ladies in a neighborhood,
897
00:31:38,635 –> 00:31:39,555
like my neighborhood.
898
00:31:39,715 –> 00:31:41,355
Everybody’s getting worried.
899
00:31:41,355 –> 00:31:44,195
They lived there their whole life and now the house
900
00:31:44,195 –> 00:31:46,435
is too big and there’s no senior housing there.
901
00:31:46,435 –> 00:31:47,075
What do you do?
902
00:31:47,635 –> 00:31:48,595
You can simply
903
00:31:49,675 –> 00:31:50,675
Buy a house together.
904
00:31:52,435 –> 00:31:54,115
Have a management system.
905
00:31:54,275 –> 00:31:56,715
Have somebody that’s able to get your groceries,
906
00:31:56,715 –> 00:31:57,435
to cook for you,
907
00:31:57,635 –> 00:31:59,555
to get your medications,
908
00:31:59,795 –> 00:32:00,995
to have the place clean,
909
00:32:01,075 –> 00:32:02,195
to have caregivers.
910
00:32:02,595 –> 00:32:03,635
All really,
911
00:32:03,955 –> 00:32:09,115
it’s really interesting and it’s the future of senior
912
00:32:09,115 –> 00:32:11,755
living because we learned how bad it is during COVID.
913
00:32:11,875 –> 00:32:12,915
The care is genuine,
914
00:32:13,155 –> 00:32:14,275
the owners are local,
915
00:32:14,755 –> 00:32:17,235
and Archangel has overwatch if interested.
916
00:32:18,715 –> 00:32:20,835
and investing in the real estate that the old ladies
917
00:32:20,835 –> 00:32:21,795
live in, et cetera.
918
00:32:22,355 –> 00:32:23,235
Well, I’ll tell you what,
919
00:32:23,235 –> 00:32:25,475
you let Joe LeBlanc tell you about it.
920
00:32:25,475 –> 00:32:26,275
If interested,
921
00:32:26,595 –> 00:32:31,555
contact Joe at 989-614-0416.
922
00:32:31,955 –> 00:32:32,755
And finally,
923
00:32:32,915 –> 00:32:34,035
Fat Tuesday’s coming.
924
00:32:34,035 –> 00:32:35,075
Lent is Wednesday.
925
00:32:35,395 –> 00:32:36,515
Fat Tuesday’s coming.
926
00:32:36,675 –> 00:32:39,315
That means it’s Coney Punchky time.
927
00:32:40,355 –> 00:32:41,075
There it is.
928
00:32:41,235 –> 00:32:43,315
Okay, so this is the Coney dog,
929
00:32:43,315 –> 00:32:47,475
the famous American Coney Island dog in a Punchky
930
00:32:47,835 –> 00:32:48,715
from Hamtramck.
931
00:32:48,715 –> 00:32:51,635
This is a legitimate Polish ponchki.
932
00:32:51,715 –> 00:32:52,835
So you got the sweet,
933
00:32:53,635 –> 00:32:54,835
you’ve got the savory,
934
00:32:55,235 –> 00:32:59,235
you’ve got the proprietary dog with the Vidalia onions,
935
00:32:59,475 –> 00:33:00,435
the mustard,
936
00:33:00,595 –> 00:33:01,475
the chili,
937
00:33:02,035 –> 00:33:03,395
and the glazed ponchki.
938
00:33:03,475 –> 00:33:04,755
It’s going to be Tuesday,
939
00:33:06,035 –> 00:33:07,635
store opens at 9 A.m.,
940
00:33:08,115 –> 00:33:08,835
first come,
941
00:33:08,995 –> 00:33:09,875
first serve,
942
00:33:09,955 –> 00:33:11,155
and it’s a madhouse.
943
00:33:11,675 –> 00:33:12,755
American Coney Island,
944
00:33:12,915 –> 00:33:13,955
downtown Detroit,
945
00:33:14,195 –> 00:33:16,955
at the corner of Lafayette and Michigan Avenue.
946
00:33:17,155 –> 00:33:18,275
Here’s how good they are.
947
00:33:18,275 –> 00:33:20,475
I was really debating eating one of those that’s been
948
00:33:20,475 –> 00:33:22,195
sitting by you that you’ve been coughing on while
949
00:33:22,315 –> 00:33:22,675
you’re sick.
950
00:33:22,675 –> 00:33:23,555
No, I don’t want them now.
951
00:33:24,115 –> 00:33:25,395
I’m going to get a fresh one later.
952
00:33:28,995 –> 00:33:30,195
But I seriously gave thought.
953
00:33:30,195 –> 00:33:32,595
I’m like, he hasn’t been coughing that much.
954
00:33:32,595 –> 00:33:33,115
They’re really good.
955
00:33:33,115 –> 00:33:33,435
I don’t know.
956
00:33:35,715 –> 00:33:36,355
Really not bad,
957
00:33:37,875 –> 00:33:38,435
That onion.
958
00:33:39,155 –> 00:33:40,755
That onion is unbelievable.
959
00:33:40,755 –> 00:33:41,955
I love it.
960
00:33:42,835 –> 00:33:43,155
All right.
961
00:33:44,275 –> 00:33:45,795
Tuesday, this Tuesday,
962
00:33:45,795 –> 00:33:46,755
fat Tuesday.
963
00:33:50,355 –> 00:33:50,715
All right.
964
00:33:50,715 –> 00:33:54,915
I’m going to tell you about an interesting character
965
00:33:54,915 –> 00:33:56,515
I met in this whole BLOB,
966
00:33:56,995 –> 00:33:59,235
this whole continuum of care,
967
00:33:59,315 –> 00:34:00,115
homeless.
968
00:34:01,075 –> 00:34:03,075
This is my column at the Michigan Enjoyer.
969
00:34:03,315 –> 00:34:04,675
It’ll be posted today.
970
00:34:04,915 –> 00:34:06,515
But I want to read it to you because,
971
00:34:06,755 –> 00:34:07,155
you know,
972
00:34:08,195 –> 00:34:09,235
you get the dramatic reading,
973
00:34:09,235 –> 00:34:09,955
Tara and Karen.
974
00:34:11,875 –> 00:34:14,035
Now, I’ve never had lunch with a pedophile.
975
00:34:14,355 –> 00:34:15,395
Not that I know of.
976
00:34:15,795 –> 00:34:18,675
But when two children freeze to death in the back of
977
00:34:18,675 –> 00:34:20,115
a van for no good reason,
978
00:34:20,355 –> 00:34:24,275
I’d even pay for the molester’s meal if it meant getting
979
00:34:24,275 –> 00:34:25,395
to the bottom of things.
980
00:34:25,915 –> 00:34:29,595
And so there I sat in an unremarkable diner on Detroit’s
981
00:34:29,595 –> 00:34:32,675
east side as Alan Rosetto rolled up in a wheelchair.
982
00:34:33,235 –> 00:34:34,915
He had come dressed for the occasion.
983
00:34:35,395 –> 00:34:36,435
Dark ball cap,
984
00:34:36,915 –> 00:34:38,835
a double-pointed devil’s goatee,
985
00:34:39,075 –> 00:34:40,355
and a t-shirt that read,
986
00:34:40,755 –> 00:34:41,875
Your Feelings,
987
00:34:42,435 –> 00:34:45,155
with the stick figure copulating on top of the letter
988
00:34:45,635 –> 00:34:46,595
You have to be kidding.
989
00:34:46,835 –> 00:34:47,395
I tell you,
990
00:34:47,395 –> 00:34:48,995
straight out of central casting.
991
00:34:49,675 –> 00:34:52,995
Rossetto is the chairman of a committee within the
992
00:34:52,995 –> 00:34:56,355
sprawling bureaucratic BLOB that dispenses hundreds
993
00:34:56,355 –> 00:34:59,915
of millions of federal dollars to Detroit for housing
994
00:34:59,915 –> 00:35:00,675
and homelessness.
995
00:35:00,835 –> 00:35:01,795
Among other things,
996
00:35:01,955 –> 00:35:05,075
Rossetto’s committee is supposed to oversee the emergency
997
00:35:05,075 –> 00:35:08,195
hotline that the mother of four had called multiple
998
00:35:08,195 –> 00:35:10,195
times, only be turned away.
999
00:35:10,755 –> 00:35:13,875
The rusting van became the family’s mobile home until
1000
00:35:13,875 –> 00:35:15,875
the van became the children’s death scene.
1001
00:35:16,595 –> 00:35:18,115
After news of the children broke,
1002
00:35:18,355 –> 00:35:20,035
I outed Rosetto in a column.
1003
00:35:20,595 –> 00:35:22,435
Now, inexplicably,
1004
00:35:22,915 –> 00:35:24,115
he wanted to break bread.
1005
00:35:25,075 –> 00:35:25,795
You gonna eat?
1006
00:35:25,795 –> 00:35:26,435
I asked him.
1007
00:35:27,075 –> 00:35:28,995
My budget’s a little low right now,
1008
00:35:28,995 –> 00:35:30,435
Rosetto said in a pinched,
1009
00:35:30,515 –> 00:35:31,555
nasally tone.
1010
00:35:31,795 –> 00:35:34,115
I got about $6 for the next week.
1011
00:35:34,675 –> 00:35:36,915
I noticed he was already perusing the menu.
1012
00:35:37,475 –> 00:35:38,435
I’ll get you some lunch,
1013
00:35:39,395 –> 00:35:40,515
He ordered the eggs.
1014
00:35:40,995 –> 00:35:41,795
I did the same.
1015
00:35:42,275 –> 00:35:43,635
So why would a guy
1016
00:35:44,475 –> 00:35:47,155
who did three years in the state penitentiary for raping
1017
00:35:47,155 –> 00:35:48,595
his 13-year-old stepdaughter.
1018
00:35:48,635 –> 00:35:49,275
12 at the time.
1019
00:35:49,555 –> 00:35:53,595
Be placed in charge of a committee that monitors vulnerable
1020
00:35:53,595 –> 00:35:54,035
children.
1021
00:35:54,835 –> 00:35:57,195
Rosetto must be some kind of genius or something,
1022
00:35:57,195 –> 00:35:57,795
I figured.
1023
00:35:58,715 –> 00:35:59,435
I figured wrong.
1024
00:36:00,555 –> 00:36:01,555
A high school dropout,
1025
00:36:01,555 –> 00:36:04,195
Rosetto described his working life as a little of
1026
00:36:04,195 –> 00:36:05,795
this, a little of that.
1027
00:36:06,195 –> 00:36:07,795
I did some unsavory things,
1028
00:36:08,515 –> 00:36:10,275
I was a drug dealer and a gambler.
1029
00:36:10,835 –> 00:36:11,955
High school dropout?
1030
00:36:13,115 –> 00:36:13,795
Drug dealer?
1031
00:36:16,515 –> 00:36:17,555
Unsavory thing.
1032
00:36:17,555 –> 00:36:19,555
Maybe the guy’s A mathematical savant.
1033
00:36:19,555 –> 00:36:20,115
I don’t know.
1034
00:36:20,875 –> 00:36:21,645
What’s 6 *
1035
00:36:23,075 –> 00:36:24,115
He could not say.
1036
00:36:24,595 –> 00:36:28,755
Now, there’s no shame in not knowing basic multiplication.
1037
00:36:29,075 –> 00:36:30,275
No shame at all.
1038
00:36:30,835 –> 00:36:31,635
Unless, of course,
1039
00:36:31,795 –> 00:36:33,555
you’re handling other people’s money.
1040
00:36:34,115 –> 00:36:35,155
With all due respect,
1041
00:36:35,155 –> 00:36:38,275
I said, you’re not an accountant or a business exec.
1042
00:36:38,515 –> 00:36:40,115
You got no high school degree.
1043
00:36:40,595 –> 00:36:43,155
It seemed to me they put him in charge.
1044
00:36:43,515 –> 00:36:47,435
to be the dupe who wouldn’t be able to figure and compute
1045
00:36:47,555 –> 00:36:49,395
what they were doing under his nose.
1046
00:36:50,115 –> 00:36:52,115
Rosetta said he doesn’t handle money.
1047
00:36:52,435 –> 00:36:54,355
He said he’s an idea man.
1048
00:36:55,115 –> 00:36:57,955
An idea man who knows things about the inner workings
1049
00:36:58,115 –> 00:37:00,595
of Detroit’s homeless industrial complex.
1050
00:37:01,155 –> 00:37:02,395
I heard about a grand jury,
1051
00:37:03,235 –> 00:37:04,915
The feds are looking at these dollars.
1052
00:37:04,915 –> 00:37:05,955
Did you hear that?
1053
00:37:06,475 –> 00:37:08,115
And when I brought it up,
1054
00:37:08,235 –> 00:37:08,755
crickets.
1055
00:37:10,115 –> 00:37:11,075
The eggs arrived.
1056
00:37:11,555 –> 00:37:12,675
Three of them each.
1057
00:37:13,115 –> 00:37:16,675
Management had not passed the eggflation on the customers,
1058
00:37:16,835 –> 00:37:18,035
the waitress informed me.
1059
00:37:18,515 –> 00:37:20,915
It was an even deal because the eggs were cold.
1060
00:37:21,475 –> 00:37:25,235
Rosetto put ketchup near his eggs like children do.
1061
00:37:26,355 –> 00:37:29,075
Rosetto came to be chairman by simple endurance.
1062
00:37:29,315 –> 00:37:32,355
He attended general board meetings of the Detroit Continuum
1063
00:37:32,355 –> 00:37:34,755
of Care, that BLOB of federal,
1064
00:37:34,755 –> 00:37:35,395
state, local,
1065
00:37:35,395 –> 00:37:38,275
and nonprofit bureaucracies that distributes all these
1066
00:37:38,275 –> 00:37:39,155
homeless dollars.
1067
00:37:39,635 –> 00:37:41,075
Once Rosetto got noticed,
1068
00:37:41,235 –> 00:37:44,115
he nominated himself for election to the board and
1069
00:37:45,115 –> 00:37:47,155
And no one asked about his criminal history.
1070
00:37:49,955 –> 00:37:50,675
Nobody asked.
1071
00:37:50,755 –> 00:37:51,875
Yeah, nobody asked.
1072
00:37:52,155 –> 00:37:55,515
Until he was elevated to chairman of the oversight
1073
00:37:55,515 –> 00:37:56,035
committee,
1074
00:37:56,155 –> 00:37:57,075
and by that time,
1075
00:37:57,395 –> 00:37:59,635
everybody knew he was a convicted pedo.
1076
00:37:59,955 –> 00:38:02,035
Yeah, when he got to be the chairperson of CAM,
1077
00:38:02,275 –> 00:38:02,875
everybody knew it.
1078
00:38:03,115 –> 00:38:04,195
And they made him chairman.
1079
00:38:05,435 –> 00:38:09,155
Now, Rosetto survives by dining from the fruit bowl
1080
00:38:09,155 –> 00:38:10,275
of government handouts,
1081
00:38:10,355 –> 00:38:11,315
food stamps,
1082
00:38:11,635 –> 00:38:14,035
monthly Social Security disability checks,
1083
00:38:14,275 –> 00:38:16,555
and housing vouchers intended for the chronically
1084
00:38:16,555 –> 00:38:19,795
homeless that are distributed by the BLOB Rosetto
1085
00:38:19,955 –> 00:38:21,235
is supposed to oversee.
1086
00:38:21,715 –> 00:38:25,155
He says he rents A tidy two-bedroom duplex on the east
1087
00:38:25,155 –> 00:38:26,995
side of Detroit with those vouchers.
1088
00:38:27,555 –> 00:38:31,795
And it is indeed a nice place if it’s the same house
1089
00:38:32,035 –> 00:38:34,355
listed on his sex offender registry.
1090
00:38:34,955 –> 00:38:35,755
A perfect place,
1091
00:38:35,755 –> 00:38:38,515
in fact, for a mother and four children.
1092
00:38:39,555 –> 00:38:41,475
Those vouchers are where the majority of the money’s
1093
00:38:41,475 –> 00:38:42,515
going, Rosetto said.
1094
00:38:42,675 –> 00:38:44,035
Follow that money trail.
1095
00:38:44,995 –> 00:38:46,675
As for the emergency hotline,
1096
00:38:46,835 –> 00:38:48,355
it’s woefully underfunded,
1097
00:38:48,595 –> 00:38:50,035
closed after business hours,
1098
00:38:50,035 –> 00:38:50,675
on weekends,
1099
00:38:50,755 –> 00:38:52,195
and on federal holidays.
1100
00:38:52,515 –> 00:38:55,515
The long wait lines and lack of follow-up is due to
1101
00:38:55,515 –> 00:38:58,995
Mayor Mike Duggan’s new prioritization program,
1102
00:39:01,555 –> 00:39:03,195
The city is the puppet master,
1103
00:39:03,195 –> 00:39:04,035
really, he told me.
1104
00:39:04,835 –> 00:39:06,035
It’s so bureaucratic,
1105
00:39:06,035 –> 00:39:07,475
it’s a prescription for death.
1106
00:39:07,795 –> 00:39:10,355
I mean, whatever happened to need shelter,
1107
00:39:10,355 –> 00:39:11,155
get shelter,
1108
00:39:11,315 –> 00:39:12,915
not shelter three days from now.
1109
00:39:13,475 –> 00:39:15,795
Shit, they’re not even getting it three days from now.
1110
00:39:15,875 –> 00:39:17,555
Now, after his third cup of coffee,
1111
00:39:17,555 –> 00:39:20,915
the wise little man in the pornographic t-shirt licked
1112
00:39:20,915 –> 00:39:23,555
his fingertips and asked a favor of me.
1113
00:39:24,275 –> 00:39:26,395
I just need you to treat me fairly in these stories
1114
00:39:27,315 –> 00:39:28,995
I’m really trying to do something good here,
1115
00:39:30,195 –> 00:39:31,155
If you help me,
1116
00:39:31,475 –> 00:39:32,355
I’ll help you.
1117
00:39:32,915 –> 00:39:34,675
I thought for a moment and then said,
1118
00:39:35,475 –> 00:39:36,955
yeah, I’ll get back to you.
1119
00:39:36,955 –> 00:39:38,435
And with that,
1120
00:39:38,995 –> 00:39:39,875
lunch was over.
1121
00:39:42,275 –> 00:39:44,475
You got a hell of an organization over there.
1122
00:39:44,475 –> 00:39:44,875
And again,
1123
00:39:44,875 –> 00:39:45,915
when I point that out,
1124
00:39:46,195 –> 00:39:49,955
I am the fucking villain and I’m so tired of it because
1125
00:39:51,155 –> 00:39:52,595
it sounds stupid to you.
1126
00:39:53,315 –> 00:39:55,315
I’m hearing the feedback in the room.
1127
00:39:55,395 –> 00:39:57,315
It sounds stupid to the people in here,
1128
00:39:57,475 –> 00:39:59,635
especially when they heard that their money is going
1129
00:39:59,635 –> 00:40:00,275
towards this book.
1130
00:40:00,515 –> 00:40:04,595
The stipends that he is being paid with come from you
1131
00:40:04,835 –> 00:40:08,275
by way of HUD to the COC.
1132
00:40:08,595 –> 00:40:10,915
I got a little e-mail on those stipends and it was
1133
00:40:10,915 –> 00:40:14,595
the city talking to the BLOB agency saying,
1134
00:40:14,595 –> 00:40:17,235
look, I can’t legally pay these stipends.
1135
00:40:17,235 –> 00:40:19,075
Tell me I can get around it.
1136
00:40:19,755 –> 00:40:20,555
Did you see those emails?
1137
00:40:20,915 –> 00:40:21,395
I did not.
1138
00:40:21,395 –> 00:40:23,915
I can get those to you.
1139
00:40:24,035 –> 00:40:25,835
Yeah, because I have some that you should probably
1140
00:40:26,955 –> 00:40:27,435
Yes, please.
1141
00:40:27,515 –> 00:40:27,955
But again,
1142
00:40:28,675 –> 00:40:31,795
I accidentally found out he was a sex offender.
1143
00:40:31,955 –> 00:40:34,675
But the weird part is he had been telling us the whole
1144
00:40:34,675 –> 00:40:36,275
time he had been coming to the meetings.
1145
00:40:36,595 –> 00:40:39,675
He mentioned one time being where he lived,
1146
00:40:39,955 –> 00:40:42,435
he was being bullied and assaulted.
1147
00:40:42,995 –> 00:40:44,195
And when he described it,
1148
00:40:44,355 –> 00:40:46,755
it sounded like the place that I knew of where they
1149
00:40:46,755 –> 00:40:47,795
housed sex offenders.
1150
00:40:47,795 –> 00:40:48,235
And I thought,
1151
00:40:48,595 –> 00:40:51,075
why would they put a man in a wheelchair there?
1152
00:40:52,195 –> 00:40:55,955
Then when we were in the strategic plan meeting,
1153
00:40:56,275 –> 00:40:58,115
public meeting for the entire city,
1154
00:40:58,435 –> 00:40:59,955
he pipes up and says,
1155
00:41:00,115 –> 00:41:01,475
housing should be for all.
1156
00:41:01,635 –> 00:41:04,475
Section 8 vouchers and public housing should be for
1157
00:41:04,475 –> 00:41:07,075
all because I have friends that can’t get public housing.
1158
00:41:07,235 –> 00:41:07,955
No bullshit.
1159
00:41:07,995 –> 00:41:09,875
I’m watching my computer and you know how you’re giving
1160
00:41:10,275 –> 00:41:10,875
I’m like, yeah,
1161
00:41:10,875 –> 00:41:12,435
because they’re probably pedophiles.
1162
00:41:12,995 –> 00:41:14,435
never occurred to me to look.
1163
00:41:15,235 –> 00:41:17,995
Then we have the meeting at the COC and he just used
1164
00:41:17,995 –> 00:41:18,795
to get on my nerves.
1165
00:41:18,795 –> 00:41:20,555
He was always whining and I’m like,
1166
00:41:20,555 –> 00:41:22,515
he is the whiniest white man I’ve ever seen.
1167
00:41:22,995 –> 00:41:24,115
I did not like him.
1168
00:41:24,515 –> 00:41:27,155
But he was giving his speech and I thought,
1169
00:41:27,475 –> 00:41:29,795
bitch, you’re being really unfair because you really
1170
00:41:29,795 –> 00:41:31,155
don’t like him because he whines.
1171
00:41:31,315 –> 00:41:33,075
At least look at his shit and give him a chance.
1172
00:41:33,635 –> 00:41:35,155
So I go to the Hand website.
1173
00:41:35,275 –> 00:41:37,235
I’m in another meeting and I’m on the phone.
1174
00:41:37,395 –> 00:41:38,355
For whatever reason,
1175
00:41:38,355 –> 00:41:41,395
I can’t get his application to register on the Hand
1176
00:41:42,195 –> 00:41:44,355
So I go to Google and I say,
1177
00:41:44,515 –> 00:41:45,635
Alan Roseto,
1178
00:41:45,875 –> 00:41:51,795
COC, which should immediately take me to his COC application.
1179
00:41:52,355 –> 00:41:54,835
Instead, good old Google corrected it.
1180
00:41:55,155 –> 00:41:57,155
Alan, did you mean Alan Roseto,
1181
00:41:57,155 –> 00:41:59,995
CSC, and put up his mug shots?
1182
00:42:00,035 –> 00:42:01,635
Criminal sexual conduct.
1183
00:42:02,755 –> 00:42:03,715
the information about it.
1184
00:42:03,835 –> 00:42:05,875
And he is giving this speech while I’m seeing it.
1185
00:42:06,435 –> 00:42:08,195
And I want to stop him and ask him,
1186
00:42:08,195 –> 00:42:09,875
is he on the sex offender registry?
1187
00:42:10,035 –> 00:42:11,875
But it’s a lot of people in this meeting.
1188
00:42:12,275 –> 00:42:14,395
And I actually knew somebody who’s pictured.
1189
00:42:14,395 –> 00:42:15,315
Why didn’t you tell anybody?
1190
00:42:15,315 –> 00:42:16,235
Let’s just cut it short.
1191
00:42:16,235 –> 00:42:17,395
Why didn’t you tell somebody?
1192
00:42:17,635 –> 00:42:20,115
Because I thought maybe if it’s a mistake,
1193
00:42:20,275 –> 00:42:22,475
I don’t want to howl if you’re a sex offender registry.
1194
00:42:22,475 –> 00:42:22,755
That’s good.
1195
00:42:22,755 –> 00:42:23,635
That’s generous.
1196
00:42:23,795 –> 00:42:24,755
It’s appropriate.
1197
00:42:25,635 –> 00:42:26,435
No, we’re done.
1198
00:42:26,435 –> 00:42:26,755
We’re done.
1199
00:42:26,835 –> 00:42:27,555
We’re done with him.
1200
00:42:28,675 –> 00:42:30,355
We did everything we’re doing with this guy.
1201
00:42:30,595 –> 00:42:32,115
And he’s just a small symptom.
1202
00:42:32,275 –> 00:42:34,155
He’s the duped they’re putting in the front.
1203
00:42:34,355 –> 00:42:34,715
It’s the…
1204
00:42:34,715 –> 00:42:36,195
Oh, because they fought that.
1205
00:42:36,195 –> 00:42:37,795
They getting a committee fought to get him on the road.
1206
00:42:37,795 –> 00:42:40,075
All these motherfuckers at these big agencies driving
1207
00:42:40,075 –> 00:42:41,555
around the Lincoln Navigators.
1208
00:42:41,635 –> 00:42:44,195
That’s my real problem.
1209
00:42:44,355 –> 00:42:46,835
The fuckers that don’t need shelters and that are getting
1210
00:42:46,835 –> 00:42:48,115
double occupancy,
1211
00:42:48,275 –> 00:42:49,395
siphoning the money,
1212
00:42:49,555 –> 00:42:52,275
and you can’t even get hydraulic fluid away from the
1213
00:42:52,275 –> 00:42:53,475
fucking boiler.
1214
00:42:55,395 –> 00:42:56,115
He is what he is.
1215
00:42:56,115 –> 00:42:57,235
He’s an interesting thing.
1216
00:42:57,395 –> 00:43:00,355
But I would think the head of that intake,
1217
00:43:00,795 –> 00:43:03,795
IT, oversight of money,
1218
00:43:03,795 –> 00:43:05,635
we’d want to get somebody sophisticated.
1219
00:43:05,635 –> 00:43:08,835
Take a look at the 990s and see who the executive directors
1220
00:43:09,475 –> 00:43:12,115
Look at the places where they used to live and where
1221
00:43:12,115 –> 00:43:12,835
they live now.
1222
00:43:13,715 –> 00:43:15,715
And they’re going to know about me.
1223
00:43:16,155 –> 00:43:16,835
They’re going to know about,
1224
00:43:17,155 –> 00:43:17,435
you know,
1225
00:43:17,515 –> 00:43:18,515
I’m into a lot of,
1226
00:43:18,675 –> 00:43:19,155
hey, Michael,
1227
00:43:19,235 –> 00:43:20,755
get what’s bullshit in the news.
1228
00:43:21,075 –> 00:43:23,715
It’ll get that one pulled up because I’m into a lot
1229
00:43:23,715 –> 00:43:24,115
of stuff,
1230
00:43:25,155 –> 00:43:25,795
Right, Karen,
1231
00:43:25,875 –> 00:43:28,275
we’re into a lot of stuff got to keep track of.
1232
00:43:29,075 –> 00:43:31,315
So what I’m going to do with that shelter is,
1233
00:43:32,275 –> 00:43:32,675
you know,
1234
00:43:33,315 –> 00:43:34,515
the chairman,
1235
00:43:34,515 –> 00:43:36,315
the president of that nonprofit,
1236
00:43:36,755 –> 00:43:37,795
we’re going to have coffee.
1237
00:43:38,915 –> 00:43:43,955
I’m going to make sure these upgrades get done and
1238
00:43:44,355 –> 00:43:46,395
then I’m going to be back when it gets cold and it
1239
00:43:46,395 –> 00:43:47,155
better be done.
1240
00:43:48,035 –> 00:43:48,675
You know what I mean?
1241
00:43:48,835 –> 00:43:50,515
But we got a lot of stuff to do.
1242
00:43:51,235 –> 00:43:52,035
Go ahead, hit me with it,
1243
00:43:52,515 –> 00:43:53,075
Did you find it?
1244
00:43:53,475 –> 00:43:53,955
It’s all right.
1245
00:43:57,235 –> 00:44:01,795
The No BS News Hour presents What’s Bullshit in the
1246
00:44:09,155 –> 00:44:10,115
Okay, you know,
1247
00:44:11,635 –> 00:44:14,995
I still haven’t heard from the police on those 300
1248
00:44:14,995 –> 00:44:16,355
missing homicide victims.
1249
00:44:16,995 –> 00:44:18,515
And I know a report’s coming out.
1250
00:44:18,755 –> 00:44:19,875
Karen told me about it.
1251
00:44:20,355 –> 00:44:21,395
That violence,
1252
00:44:21,555 –> 00:44:22,195
shootings,
1253
00:44:22,355 –> 00:44:23,155
here’s the report.
1254
00:44:23,475 –> 00:44:27,115
Shootings in Detroit are down 82%.
1255
00:44:27,595 –> 00:44:30,035
82% means like almost there are no shootings.
1256
00:44:30,835 –> 00:44:32,635
There were just three people shot the other day.
1257
00:44:32,635 –> 00:44:34,115
Yeah, that’s about it.
1258
00:44:34,115 –> 00:44:37,555
And those are the ones that made the news.
1259
00:44:38,555 –> 00:44:40,515
And if you’re not looking,
1260
00:44:41,075 –> 00:44:43,955
okay, so the chief texted me and he said he’s going
1261
00:44:43,955 –> 00:44:45,075
to hand me down this week.
1262
00:44:45,515 –> 00:44:46,995
And then we’re going to go through that data.
1263
00:44:47,795 –> 00:44:49,955
And then we’re going to get a hold of Chris Fraser,
1264
00:44:50,035 –> 00:44:52,995
whose son was shot dead at a family BBQ.
1265
00:44:53,635 –> 00:44:54,275
And at least,
1266
00:44:54,515 –> 00:44:56,315
please, somebody call him from homicide.
1267
00:44:57,035 –> 00:44:57,875
That’s bullshit.
1268
00:44:58,195 –> 00:45:01,075
And the mayor wants something.
1269
00:45:01,075 –> 00:45:02,755
Okay, here’s the next thing he wants.
1270
00:45:05,475 –> 00:45:10,035
The No BS News Hour presents What’s Bullshit in the
1271
00:45:16,355 –> 00:45:18,275
Okay, so Detroit’s frozen solid.
1272
00:45:18,915 –> 00:45:19,955
Water main break,
1273
00:45:20,195 –> 00:45:21,235
southwest side.
1274
00:45:21,555 –> 00:45:23,395
They’re blaming it on climate change,
1275
00:45:24,035 –> 00:45:24,275
you know,
1276
00:45:24,275 –> 00:45:25,955
but it’s really infrastructure,
1277
00:45:26,515 –> 00:45:26,755
you know,
1278
00:45:26,755 –> 00:45:29,835
because this place is run by boobs and bureaucrats
1279
00:45:29,835 –> 00:45:30,515
and bandits.
1280
00:45:33,075 –> 00:45:34,195
Here’s what’s going to happen.
1281
00:45:35,795 –> 00:45:37,315
Michigan gets
1282
00:45:38,515 –> 00:45:40,195
More FEMA money than California.
1283
00:45:40,435 –> 00:45:42,515
We just, our infrastructure is rotting.
1284
00:45:42,675 –> 00:45:43,875
It’s a whole game.
1285
00:45:44,275 –> 00:45:47,875
You call your Democratic pals in Washington.
1286
00:45:47,875 –> 00:45:51,555
They send you relief money and off we go.
1287
00:45:53,635 –> 00:45:54,835
But nothing gets fixed.
1288
00:45:54,915 –> 00:45:56,675
We pay some of the highest water rate.
1289
00:45:56,675 –> 00:45:58,915
That water main break on the southwest side.
1290
00:45:59,315 –> 00:46:02,035
That water main belongs to Detroit.
1291
00:46:02,995 –> 00:46:04,755
Okay, they’re trying to say it belongs.
1292
00:46:05,315 –> 00:46:06,275
to all of us,
1293
00:46:06,595 –> 00:46:06,835
you know,
1294
00:46:06,835 –> 00:46:08,275
Glewa, right?
1295
00:46:08,755 –> 00:46:09,675
But it’s Detroit’s.
1296
00:46:09,675 –> 00:46:10,755
Detroit’s supposed to pay for that,
1297
00:46:10,755 –> 00:46:11,795
but Glewa was,
1298
00:46:11,955 –> 00:46:14,355
Great Lakes Water Authority was leasing it.
1299
00:46:15,075 –> 00:46:16,435
And so we’re going to pay for half.
1300
00:46:16,675 –> 00:46:19,075
When I rent a car and it breaks,
1301
00:46:19,075 –> 00:46:19,875
I lease a car,
1302
00:46:20,115 –> 00:46:20,995
it breaks down,
1303
00:46:20,995 –> 00:46:22,035
I don’t pay for it.
1304
00:46:22,915 –> 00:46:24,115
The owner pays for it,
1305
00:46:24,915 –> 00:46:26,035
Hertz pays for it.
1306
00:46:26,035 –> 00:46:27,635
Why are we paying for it?
1307
00:46:27,675 –> 00:46:29,715
I don’t know if we have that picture mark of the gigantic
1308
00:46:30,435 –> 00:46:33,835
Okay, so everybody gets to be in a hotel for six weeks
1309
00:46:33,835 –> 00:46:36,955
and get Uber and your meals and Detroit’s going to
1310
00:46:36,955 –> 00:46:37,275
pay half.
1311
00:46:37,275 –> 00:46:40,155
And look at these smiles.
1312
00:46:40,155 –> 00:46:41,075
Okay, so look at that.
1313
00:46:41,075 –> 00:46:41,875
That check,
1314
00:46:42,595 –> 00:46:44,955
that’s a Biden out the door check last month.
1315
00:46:45,115 –> 00:46:46,355
Remember they throwing money,
1316
00:46:46,995 –> 00:46:48,195
all the climate change money.
1317
00:46:48,835 –> 00:46:51,635
That’s A slush fund for $346.8 million.
1318
00:46:52,355 –> 00:46:53,795
That’s how Detroit’s going to pay for it,
1319
00:46:53,795 –> 00:46:54,915
shit, right?
1320
00:46:55,235 –> 00:46:57,475
Now the rest of us in the region,
1321
00:46:58,035 –> 00:47:01,475
our water and sewer rates are about ready to go up
1322
00:47:01,675 –> 00:47:05,315
13% and we already have the priciest water bills in
1323
00:47:05,315 –> 00:47:08,195
the country and we’re surrounded by the Great Lakes.
1324
00:47:09,075 –> 00:47:09,795
It’s bullshit.
1325
00:47:11,475 –> 00:47:12,995
It’s thievery.
1326
00:47:13,155 –> 00:47:17,195
So I don’t want to hear we accomplished all this crap
1327
00:47:17,195 –> 00:47:18,995
because we didn’t accomplish anything.
1328
00:47:19,875 –> 00:47:21,555
We didn’t accomplish anything.
1329
00:47:21,675 –> 00:47:22,595
And finally,
1330
00:47:22,915 –> 00:47:24,195
can Dana Nestle,
1331
00:47:25,235 –> 00:47:29,555
please just shut the fuck up.
1332
00:47:29,755 –> 00:47:30,795
What was this one?
1333
00:47:30,795 –> 00:47:31,315
Let me see.
1334
00:47:31,955 –> 00:47:32,915
Yeah, Nestle says,
1335
00:47:33,155 –> 00:47:36,035
Trump’s plan for a second term is the shock,
1336
00:47:36,275 –> 00:47:39,395
awe, and exhaust with the quick pace of his actions
1337
00:47:39,395 –> 00:47:39,955
and orders.
1338
00:47:40,115 –> 00:47:42,995
We must stay in the fight and do all that we can to
1339
00:47:42,995 –> 00:47:44,115
protect democracy.
1340
00:47:45,635 –> 00:47:46,195
Meanwhile,
1341
00:47:46,195 –> 00:47:48,995
people are reporting serious complaints to the attorney
1342
00:47:48,995 –> 00:47:51,395
general, and this is what she’s focused on.
1343
00:47:51,835 –> 00:47:54,195
And the attorney general is surrounded by allegations
1344
00:47:54,195 –> 00:47:56,915
of campaign finance fraud with her wife,
1345
00:47:57,155 –> 00:47:58,355
doing nothing about it,
1346
00:47:58,675 –> 00:48:00,195
obstruction of justice,
1347
00:48:00,435 –> 00:48:01,475
with her pal,
1348
00:48:01,715 –> 00:48:04,835
the treasurer of the Democratic Party,
1349
00:48:05,235 –> 00:48:06,595
made that case disappear,
1350
00:48:06,595 –> 00:48:07,795
but it’s not disappearing.
1351
00:48:08,355 –> 00:48:10,035
Selective prosecution,
1352
00:48:10,275 –> 00:48:12,995
you went after a conservative ballot initiative,
1353
00:48:13,155 –> 00:48:14,835
but you didn’t go after your wife’s.
1354
00:48:16,195 –> 00:48:17,555
and conflicts of interest.
1355
00:48:18,515 –> 00:48:19,395
What a ding dong.
1356
00:48:20,195 –> 00:48:21,395
What a ding dong.
1357
00:48:22,195 –> 00:48:23,555
Dana, okay,
1358
00:48:23,555 –> 00:48:25,075
I know you don’t like to work.
1359
00:48:25,915 –> 00:48:27,475
And I know you don’t like to work.
1360
00:48:27,715 –> 00:48:31,635
So we got a couple of dipshits in the state legislature
1361
00:48:31,795 –> 00:48:35,075
are going to send a letter to the Supreme Court asking
1362
00:48:35,075 –> 00:48:37,235
them to overturn gay marriage.
1363
00:48:37,915 –> 00:48:38,395
Yeah, yeah,
1364
00:48:38,395 –> 00:48:39,075
like the Supreme,
1365
00:48:39,315 –> 00:48:39,515
you know,
1366
00:48:39,515 –> 00:48:41,355
we’re getting a FedEx it to the Supreme Court.
1367
00:48:41,675 –> 00:48:42,395
This is dumb.
1368
00:48:55,075 –> 00:48:56,355
Get to work.
1369
00:48:57,315 –> 00:48:57,795
Okay, well,
1370
00:48:57,795 –> 00:48:58,035
you know,
1371
00:48:58,075 –> 00:49:01,915
Charlie, the bigger question for all of this before
1372
00:49:02,995 –> 00:49:05,315
is not just why do people do this,
1373
00:49:05,475 –> 00:49:08,595
but why do we allow it to discontinue?
1374
00:49:08,835 –> 00:49:09,955
I mean, at some point,
1375
00:49:09,955 –> 00:49:10,995
I mean, everything,
1376
00:49:10,995 –> 00:49:11,555
everybody,
1377
00:49:11,675 –> 00:49:13,395
I mean, this has just been normalized.
1378
00:49:13,555 –> 00:49:16,195
So we’ve got all these people doing all this crap,
1379
00:49:16,755 –> 00:49:19,875
but we’re allowing it and that we have to ask ourselves
1380
00:49:21,355 –> 00:49:22,275
This is unacceptable.
1381
00:49:22,355 –> 00:49:23,315
In that piece you did,
1382
00:49:23,315 –> 00:49:26,115
even the homeless guy from Florida knows that,
1383
00:49:26,995 –> 00:49:27,795
So he’s no dummy.
1384
00:49:27,875 –> 00:49:28,755
These people aren’t dumb.
1385
00:49:29,115 –> 00:49:29,795
We’re not dumb.
1386
00:49:29,875 –> 00:49:31,595
But people don’t care about homeless people.
1387
00:49:31,595 –> 00:49:33,315
Homelessness is not sexy.
1388
00:49:33,555 –> 00:49:36,595
And the only time people care is when something like
1389
00:49:36,595 –> 00:49:37,235
this happens.
1390
00:49:37,555 –> 00:49:38,115
Keep in mind,
1391
00:49:38,115 –> 00:49:39,155
Tatiana Williams’
1392
00:49:39,155 –> 00:49:41,235
kids were the second set.
1393
00:49:41,395 –> 00:49:45,875
Remember, Camaya Davis drowned in sewage because
1394
00:49:46,435 –> 00:49:50,035
Her mom was living in an A-band and her mom was prosecuted
1395
00:49:50,035 –> 00:49:52,915
and went into jail or prison homeless and came out
1396
00:49:52,915 –> 00:49:55,635
just as homeless as she was before she went in because
1397
00:49:55,875 –> 00:49:58,035
supposedly nobody had resources for her.
1398
00:49:58,275 –> 00:50:01,155
Again, how many don’t forget like in Pontiac when the
1399
00:50:01,155 –> 00:50:02,955
mother and her children were wandering around.
1400
00:50:05,075 –> 00:50:07,075
Don’t forget the front look,
1401
00:50:08,915 –> 00:50:10,195
I had forgotten.
1402
00:50:10,275 –> 00:50:14,195
Yeah, we forget in 2009 and and.
1403
00:50:17,155 –> 00:50:19,275
I did a story of a frozen homeless man,
1404
00:50:19,275 –> 00:50:20,915
his feet sticking out in an elevator shaft.
1405
00:50:21,155 –> 00:50:22,475
16 years later,
1406
00:50:22,595 –> 00:50:26,155
2025, I’m doing stories about babies freezing in a
1407
00:50:26,835 –> 00:50:32,035
In 2009, I did stories about the police faking the
1408
00:50:32,035 –> 00:50:32,915
homicide numbers.
1409
00:50:33,235 –> 00:50:34,595
16 years later,
1410
00:50:35,715 –> 00:50:36,515
same month,
1411
00:50:36,835 –> 00:50:37,795
they’re doing the same thing.
1412
00:50:37,835 –> 00:50:38,835
What’s really changed?
1413
00:50:40,915 –> 00:50:41,955
Remember that when you vote.
1414
00:50:42,755 –> 00:50:43,315
Come on, Dana,
1415
00:50:43,315 –> 00:50:46,275
get your ass down here and just get something done.
1416
00:50:46,995 –> 00:50:47,555
Never mind.
1417
00:50:47,555 –> 00:50:47,915
Don’t worry.
1418
00:50:47,915 –> 00:50:49,195
I’m working on the story.
1419
00:50:49,195 –> 00:50:50,435
I found new stuff.
1420
00:50:51,235 –> 00:50:53,795
Oh, God, this is going to be the funnest election season
1421
00:50:55,715 –> 00:50:56,995
Well, that’s the program.
1422
00:50:58,915 –> 00:50:59,315
Feel better,
1423
00:51:00,515 –> 00:51:01,155
Yeah, I will.
1424
00:51:01,235 –> 00:51:02,755
And don’t forget Tuesday.
1425
00:51:04,315 –> 00:51:05,315
Punchky dogs.
1426
00:51:05,555 –> 00:51:06,515
American Coney Island.
1427
00:51:06,675 –> 00:51:06,955
All right,
1428
00:51:06,955 –> 00:51:07,955
we’ll see you next week.
1429
00:51:08,515 –> 00:51:08,835
Thank you,
1430
00:51:08,835 –> 00:51:09,555
Tara Brown.
1431
00:51:09,795 –> 00:51:10,115
Thank you.
1432
00:51:10,275 –> 00:51:10,915
Board member.
1433
00:51:10,915 –> 00:51:11,795
Continuum of Care.
1434
00:51:11,955 –> 00:51:12,515
Stay on it.
1435
00:51:12,595 –> 00:51:13,075
Give him Hill.
