You Shut Your Mouth When You’re Talking to Renters - with guest Randy Watkins

During the May 12, 2025 Lansing city council meeting concerns from “the rent is too damn high” advocacy group were voiced and heard, firefighter and city teamsters union reps want to see long term strategic plans for filling vacancies and increasing staff, also the Mayor gets his comments cut short by the buzzer. Our guest is Lansing Community College’s professor Randy Watkins. Prof. Watkins was the chairman of Mayor Schor’s Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Council then the Lansing Committee on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, and he now serves on the city’s Police Board of Commissioners. Learn more about city council here: https://www.lansingmi.gov/186/City-Council Learn more about the event: a salute to cowgirls and cowboys of color at the MSU pavilion here: https://michiganheritagerodeo.ticketspice.com/michigan-heritage-rodeo