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Welcome to Slash Detroit for Thursday February 5th, 2014. Today's episode is brought to you by Sexy Rick Snyder.
Rick Snyder’s Superbowl Sexiness (Youtube)
President Barack Obama will be in our state's capital on Friday to sign the 956 billion dollar farm bill, after receiving Senate approval on Tuesday. Under normal circumstances, the legislation is passed with Democrats supporting funding for nutrition assistance programs, and Republicans supporting the agricultural subsidies. With the poisoned political atmosphere in Washington, getting this bill signed is a return to adequacy. Now, if only President Obama would lend some support to legalizing our nation’s favorite agricultural product, we could all go celebrate by burning a little couch in East Lansing.
President Obama coming to Lansing (Detroit News)
Outgoing GM CEO and life-long male Dan Akerson made about 9 million dollars last year. Incoming GM CEO and lifelong female Mary Barra will make less than half of that this year, with about 4.4 million dollars in total compensation. In fact, Akerson is staying on as an outside advisor, and will still make more money than Barra this year. With Barra being the first woman to lead a major car company, is this two steps forward for women, and one step back? Or, could this be an appropriate recalibration of CEO pay in an era when the heads of S&P 500 companies make 354 times the pay of their average workers.
Akerson/Barra Pay Gap? (Think Progress)
Is Petroleum Coke coming Back to the Riverfront?! The Detroit Bulk Storage company is asking for a permit to legally store materials along the shoreline. Thats a problem for Southwest Detroit- Last year the community fought hard to get the pet coke removed. A company official told the Detroit News they won’t be storing Pet-Coke again, instead it'll be materials such as salt or limestone.
Environmental Organizers said- You better put that in writing.
Pet Coke Coming Back? (Detroit News)
The Batman vs Superman movie will begin filming in Detroit this year, and they are hiring. If you're a film professional in hair, makeup, grip and electrical, or set design, fire your resume over to crowncity.prod@gmail.com. The production is expected to spend 131 million dollars in Michigan, and will be released to theaters on July 17th, 2015.
Batman vs Superman Hiring (ProjectCasting.com)
After months of heated debates and contract negotiations - its official- The Detroit Red Wings will have a new hockey arena built for the 2016-2017 season. On Tuesday City Council approved a deal to transfer dozens of city-owned parcels to the Downtown Development Authority, which will own the land the project is built on. However, the 6-3 vote didn’t come easy. Council members Tate, Castenada-Lopez and Jones voted against the deal, while pushing for a stronger community benefits agreement.
Red Wings Arena Moving Forward (Detroit News)
The 2014 Meridian Winter Blast breezes into Campus Martius this weekend. The Winter Blast is the largest winter festival in the region, featuring snow shoeing, marshmallow roasting, an ice garden, dogsledding and of course, the 200 foot long snow slide. Admission to the Winter Blast is $2 or 3 canned goods, and supports the Matrix Human Services charity.
Winter Blast this Weekend! (After 5 Detroit)
Yesterday, the Detroit Free Press and their lifestyle reporter, Georgea Kovanis, got into some hot water over their coverage of cleavage. Stating that "No matter how you feel about it, cleavage is a bona fide fashion trend" the Freep asked, "Who wears it well and who doesn' t?". Readers were shown a collection of famous women and the space between their breasts, and were asked to vote on the goodness or badness of their mammary-voids. Although thousands of readers voted before the poll was pulled down, the poll was less popular on social media and with other news organizations, who felt the Freep had jumped the shark in the quest for precious, precious pageviews.
Well, we here at Slash Detroit could use some traffic too, so we're going to get in on the objectification. On Sunday, Russell Wilson led the Seattle Seahawks to a Superbowl victory over Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. But who won the battle of the bulge? Here, Russell flaunts what his mama gave him, but leaves little room for the imagination. Russell, sometimes, more is actually more. Payton, on the other hand, tastefully covered his MVP with a linen accessory, leaving us all wondering, just what is under that towel? Omaha.
Cleavage Poll (Poll has been replaced with an earlier article) (Freep)
Reaction to Freep Cleavage Poll (The Telegraph)
