Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield’s dad the Rev. Horace Sheffield III talks about what it’s like to be father of the first female mayor in Detroit’s 324-year history, and answers some burning questions — before asking plenty of his own.
STRAIGHT DOPE: ML and the Rev. Horace Sheffield III go w-a-a-a-y back. It’s a relationship with plenty of ups and downs. After ML went on Horace’s radio show during the mayoral campaign, Horace reciprocated with a visit to Red Shovel HQ.
The Sheffields are Detroit royalty going back three generations, which is why a 13-year-old Horace was asked to speak to a high school after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Horace has had plenty to say ever since.
ML and Marc, like Horace, are fathers of girls. But they are not fathers of mayors. So ML asks Horace how he handles the temptation to want to be “dad” to a grown woman who just became one of the most powerful people in Michigan. Erika, the only daughter in the room, weighs in, too.
Horace raves about his new son-in-law, Rickey Jackson Jr., prompting ML to ask why his identity was such a big secret for so long.
ML asks Horace why his daughter’s wedding was such a big secret — and why she thought she could keep it secret for so long. He also asks who paid for the wedding. Listen to learn what the father of the bride had to say about it all.
Horace asks ML why the media needed to know about the wedding — and whether ML thinks the media has been fair to Black politicians and elected officials.
Mayor Mike Duggan endorsed Mary Sheffield for mayor, but Horace says he doesn’t plan to return the favor in the governor’s race. Listen and learn why.
Horace asks ML if he wants Mary Sheffield to succeed as mayor — and pushes to find out who ML voted for.
ML asks Horace to help him persuade his daughter to help him achieve a major objective. Hear what it is — and let us know at [email protected] whether you care as much as ML.
GEEK OF THE WEEK: Before ML and Marc succumb to the temptation to discuss the scandal in Ann Arbor (see what we did there!), listener T Batts nominates Wolverine football coach Sherrone Moore for another award.
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