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So what's next after the Detroit municipal election?

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan won 3 out of every 4 votes for office. Does the bar go higher on him?

What about the brand-new council, with mostly new faces and a more progressive viewpoint?

What are the things the city needs to tackle in the next four years?

Chase Cantrell of Building Community Value joins me to unpack it all. You can follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/detroitspirit

Thanks to our members on Patreon who make this podcast possible: http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

Andre Ash from the Michigan Chronicle is my featured conversation today. Andre is an important part of the black-owned Chronicle's expansion into online content, and he - along with his colleagues at the Chronicle - provides an important voice in Detroit.

We had a wide-ranging conversation on the future of media, what's ahead, what the Chronicle is up to, and more.

Plus, there are stories around town.

- Detroit's Devil's Night isn't a thing anymore after a streak of under 10 fires per night for a number of years

- Oakwood Bakery is shuttering after 109 years

- A report of a Jollibee, a Filipino fast food joint, coming to the region: https://www.crainsdetroit.com/restaurants/michigans-first-jollibee-planned-sterling-heights

We have an announcement for something on Saturday going out to our members later tonight. Be sure to join us at http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit for more.

Happy Halloween! It's a fun Friday episode.

Devon and Jer talk about themed cocktails for the weekend; Day of the Dead Ofrendas in Southwest Detroit; a couple of fun things from our listener survey; and our favorite Halloween costumes and candies.

Be sure to get to the game on Saturday for Le Rouge if you're interested. DCFC could clinch the title with a win! Look for the Daily jacket.

p.s. - Thanks to listener James for setting us straight on some NISA stuff. It is much appreciated.

There are three ballot proposals - E, R, and S. One deals with Entheogenic plants; another, to create a reparations task force, and finally, allow for voters to have initiatives that include a financial appropriation (money) to make them happen.

To unpack what they actually do, Eric Lupher from the non-partisan Citizens Research Council joins us.

Also, they have a report on the three initiatives here: https://crcmich.org/publications/detroit-ballot-proposals-entheogenic-plants-reparations-task-force-and-expanded-initiative-powers

There's a lot on today's show:

Operation Northern Hook snares two Detroit Police officers accusing them of accepting bribes. One of them that's the focus of the corruption investigation was in charge of investigating corruption in the department and city employees. Oof.

James Oliver Coffee opens in Corktown. David Shock joins us for a few minutes.

The Black Star Initiative is connected soccer with the Detroit community. Detroit City FC's TJ Winfrey joins us to talk about the innovative program starting right here.

For more information: https://www.blackstarsoccer.com/

And finally, by listener request (and we weren't going to do this but the inbox has spoken), Fletcher Sharpe tries the Honolulu Blue by Coppercraft and shares his thoughts.

Will the brand show better than when we did our canned cocktail taste-off?

On today's show:

Detroit City FC is on the brink of winning the regular season. We recap the Stumptown AC match and preview the California United Strikers match. Look for us at Keyworth!

Also, Jer went to hist first in-person MLS game, the Columbus Crew v NY Red Bulls. What was it like?

Plus... Fletcher calls Red Wings' Bertuzzi goofy for not getting his vaccination and being the last NHL player not to get it.

The Detroit Lions don't need to fire Campbell but someone needs to lose a job if we do in fact go 0-17.

And the Detroit Pistons have some promise.

Follow Fletcher @saintfdw on Twitter - and thanks for listening!