It’s Monday, and your weekend warrior dreams have been dashed. Back to work, automatons! <cracks whip>
Oh, and the city of Sterling Heights would like the public to help rename name the sculpture it calls the Golden Corridor Icon in the median of Hall Road. There are a ton of prizes on offer for first-, second- and third-place entries, so find more information here.
In other news of the absurd, Little Caesars is unveiling a bacon-wrapped deep-dish pizza, ringed with three and a half feet of bacon.
Yes, we discuss some real/serious news as well:
- A former UAW vice president has been charged as part of a wide-ranging federal corruption investigation
- President Trump wants General Motors and CEO Mary Barra to re-open its Lordstown, Ohio plant, which made the Chevy Cruze until earlier this month
- Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber says the league still can’t get behind Detroit’s bid for a new franchise because of Ford Field
- Detroit’s Islandview neighborhood is getting some apartments that cost as much as $850,000 at the Saint Charles Residences
- Today is Transit Driver Appreciation Day, so hug your local bus driver
- And in a new segment, Jer, Shianne and I each take turns sharing a cool place, new or otherwise, that we’ve recently visited. We covered Petite Cabane in Birmingham, the Lexus Velodrome, Taqueria El Rey and the Mutiny Tiki Bar
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