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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1027, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Finish The Terrible Rhyme 1: "Diplomacy in action", which really does sound great / Is on the website of the cabinet department that we call.... State. 2: Killing a dragon named python at Delphi, is that too much to swallow? / It wasn't odd for this Greek god, the one known as.... Apollo. 3: To gather, rouse or summon / You better believe it, buster / It's this word that will be heard / This is the word you'll.... muster. 4: "Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel" was not writ just to shame us / It is, however, right here now, from the Bible's book of.... Amos. 5: "The best is the enemy of the good"--no dolt, there / It must be the enlightened author, Monsieur.... Voltaire. Round 2. Category: Detroit: News Clues 1: (I'm Kimberly Gill.) Detroit was often the last stop before freedom on this network, and the Second Baptist Church, still a vibrant house of worship, was an important station. the Underground Railroad. 2: (I'm Rhonda Walker.) Speaking in Tiger Stadium in 1990, four months after his release from prison, this man quoted Marvin Gaye, "Brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying". Nelson Mandela. 3: (I'm Devin Scillian.) On October 3, 1997, the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers welcomed a new teammate playing in his sixth decade; this 69-year-old ex-Red Wing, Alex Trebek's hero, took a 46-second shift in his very last pro game. Gordie Howe. 4: (I'm Evrod Cassimy.) After GM's president told Detroit car executives, "We must outbuild Hitler", Ford's Willow Run plant churned out the B-24 Liberator, a 4-engine this type of warplane at an unbelievable rate of one per hour. a bomber. 5: (I'm Kimberly Gill.) December 10, 2014 was a bright day in a long saga as Detroit officially exited the largest municipal one of these in the history of the United States, and emergency manager Kevyn Orr's resignation took effect. a bankruptcy. Round 3. Category: You Can'T 1: ...buy more of the golden Kellogg's cereal named for this "Star Wars" droid; it was discontinued years ago. C-3PO. 2: ...move this kind of big rock if it's on public property in the Colorado city of the same name; the municipal code says no. a boulder. 3: ...change gears in a manual transmission auto without first disengaging and then re-engaging this. the clutch. 4: ...go boating in Owens Lake near the California-Nevada border; it dried up in the 1920s after its water was sent to this city. Los Angeles. 5: ...visit Swaziland any more; in 2018 it changed its name to this. Eswatini. Round 4. Category: Friend Like Me 1: Mary Lincoln said her "best living friend" was her dressmaker Lizzie Keckley, who'd bought her own way out of this. slavery. 2: This physicist wrote a foreword to the bio of his German pal Emanuel Lasker, world chess champ from 1896 to 1921. Einstein. 3: Marilyn Monroe adored this jazz great and helped her get a booking at a Hollywood hot spot. Ella Fitzgerald. 4: George Vancouver named the highest point in Washington state for his friend Pete, this British admiral. (Peter) Rainier. 5: Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote a celebratory poem for the 80th birthday of this "life-long friend" and fellow crusader. Susan B. Anthony. Round 5. Category: Flag 'Em Down 1: The Alamo is located in this city and is depicted on its flag. San Antonio. 2: This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key. the Star-Spangled Banner. 3: The
Kevyn Orr, who led Detroit's 2013 bankruptcy filing, weighs in on why the landmark event enabled a turnaround for the city and recounts some of the restructuring's peculiarities, including Renoir's involvement. At Moody's, the bankruptcy marked such an inflection point that it prompted changes in our credit analysis. Naomi Richman, a senior vice president in our Public Finance Group, joins the podcast at about the 22:30 mark to comment on those shifts and other reverberations from the Detroit case, while analyst David Strungis discusses the city's current credit trajectory.Guests: Kevyn Orr, Partner-in-Charge, U.S. Offices, Jones Day; Naomi Richman, Senior Vice President, Moody's Investors Service; David Strungis, Vice President-Senior Analyst, Moody's Investors Service Host: Nick Samuels – Senior Vice President, Moody's Investors ServiceRelated content on Moodys.com (may only be available to registered users or subscribers): City of Detroit, MI: Update to credit analysis following upgrade to Ba1 positiveDetroit (City of): Dedicated reserve will help Detroit ramp up contributions, but pension costs will spike if assets underperform
Is Detroit back? Or is it headed back to bankruptcy? We ask Detroit's former emergency manager Kevyn Orr, in his first interview since. The post No BS News Hour – December 15th, 2019 appeared first on No BS News Hour with Charlie LeDuff.
Your Daily Detroit podcast for September 5, 2018: - In order to have more influence on the final law, the Michigan Senate passed two ballot initiatives Wednesday to raise the minimum wage and mandate employers provide sick leave for employees. But they didn’t pass them to make them into law; they passed them to change them and control them. - The man brought in to help stabilize Detroit’s finances since shortly after the city declared bankruptcy is leaving his post. John Hill will leave his job as the city’s chief financial officer at the end of the year. He was hired back in 2013 by former emergency manager Kevyn Orr during the city’s bankruptcy. Mayor Mike Duggan later persuaded him to stay on longer. - A couple of gubernatorial endorsements among groups representing police officers have been announced. - Fiat Chrysler says it has invested more than $30 million in a new facility to develop and test autonomous vehicles and advanced safety technology at its Chelsea Proving Grounds west of Ann Arbor. - Meanwhile, General Motors is investing $28 million in a new project at its advanced-battery lab at its Tech Center in Warren. In a LinkedIn post, GM chief Mary Barra says the automaker plans to add new test chambers and advanced equipment to accelerate the development of next-generation batteries. - If you have late fees and warrant costs with tickets in 36th District Court downtown, you’re in luck. - It’s a sign — or pair of signs, if you will — of the glory days of the Pontiac Silverdome, and you could own them. The Michigan Department of Transportation is auctioning two 7 foot by 14 foot aluminum road signs that have the words “Pontiac Silverdome” on them. And, Sven and Jer share their favorite Silverdome memories. That's it for today's show. Thanks so much, and if you like the show, find the Daily Detroit podcast in Apple Podcasts or wherever fine shows are found.
Guest: Kevyn D. Orr, Partner-in-Charge, Jones Day / Former Emergency Manager, City of Detroit, MI “The ability in this country to have progress is infinite, but we have challenges to get there.” That’s according to Kevyn Orr, who rose to prominence during his tenure as emergency manager for the City of Detroit, MI and advisor to Chrysler through its bankruptcy and the subsequent renewal of its “reputation as a bold and innovative automaker.” These and other experiences shaped his view of strategic planning, innovation, cultural transition and developing a new generation of leadership in government. He has also witnessed social progress during his own lifetime. Now a partner-in-charge of the Washington, DC office of Jones Day, Kevyn challenges civil servants to use candor, logic and courage in confronting racism and other social inequities.
In a keynote address to Governing’s Government Performance and Innovation Summit, Kevyn Orr - the onetime emergency manager in Detroit, MI - cautioned that the covenant that we have made to provide services is being challenged. Cities must look at the issues coming over the hill. Orr also praised a recent speech by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on race, segregation and the removal of confederate monuments.
On October 15, the Price community welcomes Kevyn Orr to campus as part of the Leading from the West speaker series, in partnership with the USC Price Athenian Society’s Dean’s Speaker Series. A litigator with over three decades of experience, Orr served as the Emergency Manager of the City of Detroit, appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, which held over $18 billion in debt, and oversaw the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Speaker: Kevyn Orr Former Emergency Manager, Detroit, Michigan Discussant: Raphael Bostic Bedrosian Chair Professor Director, Bedrosian Center on Governance, USC Price Introduction by: Deborah Castro Chair, USC Price Leadership Council Orr has extensive experience in the realms of bankruptcy, organizational restructuring, and crisis management in both the public and private sectors. A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he practiced litigation at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and joined the Resolution Trust Corporation as assistant general counsel, where he managed bankruptcy matters and high-profile cases such as Whitewater, an investigation into the real estate investments of President Bill and Hillary Clinton in the Whitewater Development Corporation.
Clearing the FOG with co-hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese
In March, 2013, Detroit was placed under the control of an appointed emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, despite protests from local residents. Facing a severe financial crisis, the city later filed Chapter 9 Bankruptcy. Several years prior to the emergency manager for the city, the Governor replaced the school board with an appointed manager, Robert Bob, who made cuts to the budget and closed schools. The Detroit public school board members continue to meet ‘in exile’ and protest these school cuts. We’ll speak with Lamar Lemmons, a past president and current member of the school board in exile. We’ll also speak with Miss Beulah Walker, an amazing volunteer who works with the Detroit Water Brigade bringing water to those who have had their water turned off and helping to pay their bills. Miss Beulah also volunteers helping homeless people in Detroit. For more information, visit www.ClearingtheFOGRadio.org.