Chicago, IL (1888PressRelease)
September 01, 2009 - Vocalo.org invites guests from the Lake Michigan Region to discuss topics of the day.
Full week’s playlist can be viewed here: http://www.vocalo.org/explore/content/47425. Some highlights:
August Editorial: “Lake Effect”
• Monday, August 31, 4 to 5 p.m. Would you sell the lakefront-- say, turn most of the best parts into an exclusive resort-- if you thought it was the last chance to save your town? Some people say that's what's happening in Benton Harbor, Michigan, about 50 miles up the Lake Michigan coast from Chesterton, Indiana. Mick Dumke is a writer for the Chicago Reader and a native of the next-door town, St. Joseph; he wrote a story about the controversy last year and posted an update to the Reader web site. Mick will sum up the story, and we invited representatives from both sides of the dispute to chime in by phone. After Mick intros the story, we'll call Carol Drake, from Friends of Jean Klock Park; she'll have with her Scott Elliot, who is the named plaintiff in the federal lawsuit. The developers-- the folks building the golf course-- have declined, citing the ongoing federal lawsuit. We invited a representative from Cornerstone Alliance, the Whirlpool-backed non-profit that's backing the resort development. But they're a no-show.
September Editorial: “Getting Schooled”
• Tuesday, September 1, 9 to 10 a.m. Mr. Tuten Goes to Washington: Obama's Department of Education, as seen by a CPS social studies teacher-- and rock club owner. Tim Tuten owns The Hideout, a rock club in Chicago (best in the city, according to the Chicago Reader poll in 2008), and in April, he moved to Washington DC, to work in the Obama administration's Department of Education. Tuten taught social studies in the Chicago Public Schools for almost 20 years, starting in 1986, then went to work in the CPS press office in 2005. When Chicago's Arne Duncan went to DC to become Secretary of Education, Tim was one of the people who went along. He's now in charge of events at the Education Department's Office of Community Outreach.
• Tuesday, September 1, 1:20 to 1:40 p.m. Alexander Russo is a journalist who runs a blog about the Chicago Public Schools -- District 299.com-- considered a must-read by people in town who follow education news/policy. He provides a roundup of local education news, and puts out topics for discussion-- often based on tips from readers.
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