Join co-hosts Kasey Helton and Ella Nikitin as they talk cannabis with Angie Roullier, a Howell resident and cannabis industry insider who has written a book entitled 'Pot for the People: The plant, The people, and the shop policies of cannabis' a resource guide for both medical and recreational cannabis use. Also headlines and Good Vibes!

Join hosts Kasey Helton, Jace Arledge and Ella Nikitin as they discuss local news including allegations from MI State House Rep. Bob Bezotte (MI-50) from his wife who is filing for divorce after 52 years that he was physically, mentally and emotionally abusive toward her throughout their marriage, and the disturbing story of a tenured Hartland Consolidated Schools teacher who she says was so harassed by a local group of rightwing activists that included a woman running for Harland school board next year, that she was essentially forced to take a 12 week medical leave for her own mental health reasons.

After missing a signature deadline back in 2022, The Let Michigan Kids Learn campaign, which started on Facebook during the pandemic, withdrew two petitions to create a ballot referendum that would have taken public dollars and siphoned them into private schools through a socialized welfare program for the economically advantaged known as school vouchers. The petitions from the group, heavily funded by DeVos family and other billionaire interests, withdrew the petitions in the wake of the Michigan Legislature flipping to Democrats.

The likely plan prior to that was to have the Republican-controlled Michigan legislature approve legislation to bring in vouchers and thereby bypass a historically unpopular ballot referendum altogether and avoid a veto from Gov. Whitmer. A similar voucher scheme that went to a referendum failed miserably in the early 2000s, another effort the DeVos's and their billionaire friends - with help from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy - poured millions into. Vouchers are a historically unpopular idea that has been rejected by voters here in the state, but that doesn't stop the billionaires from trying to figure out new ways to shoe-horn this issue on the public using deceptive tactics that hide what they're really all about.

But what does any of that have to do with Angela Yarber, the woman who is running for Hartland school board, and her husband Alex and their friends who helped harass this teacher off of her job? Tune to find out, and remember to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for all the local and statewide news and no BS commentary in Livingston County and beyond.

Kasey is recovering from a bout with COVID and Ella is also under the weather so we decided to do a remote sesh with Jace and his collection of crazy hats to talk local headlines, including the county commission and union gains recently made through the UAW contracts and what that means for the changing political landscape and workers across the country.

Kasey, Jace, and Ella sit down with award-winning local radio host and podcaster Jon King. King resigned from his position as News Director of WHMI radio in 2022 calling it "a forced departure" after which he and partner Mike Marino from WHIMI's "Mike and Jon In The Morning" show went on to start their own podcast and local news website, "Mike and Jon Got It Going On."

Tune in as we discuss news deserts, why local journalism is so important, and some of the developing stories around local government.

Mike & Jon GIGO: https://mikeandjonpodcast.com/

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Bob Ellis, incumbent mayor of the City of Howell, who is running for re-election Nov.7, plus a very special Good Vibes featuring Bottle Babies Rescue in Brighton.

For more information on how to adopt or foster through Bottle Babies Rescue, follow them on Facebook: https://facebook.com/BottleBabiesRescue

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Ella's County Commissioner Campaign Facebook: https://facebook.com/vote4ella.us

Join The Stir! for a conversation with guest host Julie Ohashi, president and founder of Stand Against Extremism Livingston County (SAGE), as she shares her experience being the target of a smear campaign by County Commissioner Wes Nakagiri, and upcoming events for the group.

After that we are excited to speak with Hartland High School Senior Christian Primm, who is openly gay and was crowned Homecoming King at Friday's game.

Finally, we'll wrap up with Livingston Diversity Council Executive Director Nicole Matthews-Creech who is with us to talk about her organization and the first annual Cultura event on 10/7 plus an eight-legged Good Vibes segment!

Livingston County, Michigan co-hosts Kasey Helton, Jace Arledge, and Ella Nikitin break down everything you need to know about policies that were adopted over the summer in both Hartland and Fowlerville school districts that banned Pride images and displays, including rainbow safe space stickers in classrooms.

Join co-hosts Kasey Helton, Jace Arledge and Ella Nikitin for the premiere episode of The Stir as they discuss the hate-fueled vandalism that took place there on the first day of school with staff members Katy Urban and Quentin Cotton, how students responded, and why DEI is so important to a well-rounded secondary education experience. On our 'Good Vibes' segment we talk turkey and fawn over some baby fawns.