508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel is Jesse Pack, Cha-Cha Connor, and Brendan Melican.
City Councilor Kate Toomey sent Mike birthday greetings on Facebook!
Jesse is starting a "support fund" for area transsexuals facing homelessness and other difficulties. The homelessness rate among transsexuals is very high.
Cha-Cha talks about her performance in the US premiere of A Journey to Kreisau, a dramatic presentation about Nazi resister Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, written by Worcester theater icon Marc P. Smith. She connects the performance to both immigration issues and Worcester's "Canal District."
Brendan mentions a police harassment settlement involving "disturbingly graphic photographs showing severe facial swelling and bruising."
Dan Kelley calls in complaining about Mike's use of the word "complicit." (Anthony Hmura complains, at greater length, here.)
Brendan comments on this photo of Bruce:
Mike criticizes Worcester Magazine for publishing Kate Toomey's Facebook updates; he defends them against the InCity Times' claim that they got this story "wrong."
Jesse talks about a press event he held with Cha-Cha to ask the CDC to release some HIV stats.
Mike briefly dropped by the Worcester Local First kickoff event. Mike mentions a Boston Globe article about how the number of 25-34 year-old residents of Massachusetts is in decline.
The New York Timesreported on a former Worcester resident living in a box on the Lower East Side.
