Staying in Contact with London Mitchell

Guest: Erin Mayer, Disability Employment Awareness

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. Observed each October, the Department of Labor encourages us to recognize the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy.  Guest is Erin Mayer, Assistant Director of the Service and Support Administration of the Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

Guest: Tedd Long, The Toledo Papers

My guest is local author Tedd Long. We discuss his new book, The Toledo Papers, a fascinating compendium of letters and ephemera stretching back 200 years offering a never-before-seen glimpse into the past.   

Guest: Kate Schwartz, Down Syndrome Association

When parents are told their children are on the autism spectrum they can turn to the Autism Society of Northwest Ohio for support and information. We chat with the executive director Kate Schwartz.

Guest: Lane Montz, Better Business Bureau

There has been a recent increase in the number of data breaches … enough to prompt the Better Busine 
To discuss this issue with us is BBB president Lane Montz. 

Guest: Randy Muth, Children Services

Unfunded mandates from the federal government are increasing costs to support children under the care of Children's Services. Guest Randy Muth, executive director of Lucas County Children Services explains the need for the levy on the November ballot.

Guest: Tim Berta, Fielder's Choice

Tim Berta, a graduate of Lourdes University, and his Bluffton baseball teammates were involved in a devastating bus crash in Atlanta. Seven were killed in that accident. In his new biography, Fielder’s Choice, Tim revisits that horrible moment… and the life-changing circumstances that followed. 

Guest: Adam Cassi, Keep Toledo-Lucas County Beautiful

Guest Adam Cassi discusses efforts by Keep Toledo-Lucas County Beautiful to fight litter and the upcoming Green Time in the 419 event.

Guest: Alpheca Muttardy, National Infrastructure Bank

Alpheca Muttardy, the lead macro economist and board member of the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank. The coalition is dedicated to enacting HR 4052 to create a $5 Trillion Bank to fund US infrastructure. Ms. Muttardy notes an immense backlog of infrastructure needs as well as new projects that would include: affordable housing, total broadband coverage, bridge and road repair or replacement, lead service line replacement, high-speed rail, and mass transit.