Warren Mayor Jim Fouts mocked the disabled daughter of former presidential candidate Rick Santorum as a “mongoloid baby” who’s “got her tongue hanging out the side and all kinds of shit.”
Your Friday morning briefing: Mayor Fouts was asked under oath if he was the offensive voice behind recordings first published by Motor City Muckraker. The Heidelberg Project has new plans. Detroit police get into the towing business. And gubernatorial candidate Bill Schuette gets the cold shoulder from some fellow Republicans.
Your Wednesday morning briefing: Warren Mayor Fouts wants emergency declared over traffic snarls; a Michigan man charged with a misdemeanor is jailed on a whopping $2 million bond; and the founder of the Michigan Opera Theatre dies.
New you’re waking up to: How the stabbing death of a classmate in Warren could have been prevented; judge orders halts the closure of nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries across the state; and “White Boy Rick” debuts amid criticism.