Today's voices come from Rod Meloni, Stephen Henderson, Jack Lessenberry, charter academy CEO Maurice Morton, downtown design studio founder Tim Smith and the Oval Office basketball fan.
"The ruling is . . . a humiliating defeat for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who squandered hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars to mount a pathetic legal defense that demeaned his office and disserved his constituents."
-- Free Press editorial today on Michigan same-sex marriage decision
“Our city is far from the national joke it's sometimes made out to be. We're still proud of what we've got, so show some respect when you're here.”
-- Jeff Waraniak, Thrillist blogger, listing 16 truths about Detroit
“I'm trying so hard to hang on to my beloved city, but I'm not going to continue to be a sitting duck. I'm such an urban girl and the idea of living in the suburbs doesn't appeal to me at all, but . . . I'm pretty sure our time left in the D is short.”
-- Kim Trent, WSU Board of Governors member, in Facebook post after two car thefts in two days
"I'd love to say I'll never leave [Detroit], but every day I'm reminded of the reasons people do it."
-- Stephen Henderson, Freep opinion editor, in Facebook post on above situation and others
“Michigan State, bring it home for me. It's been a while since I've won my pool."
-- President Obama, sharing NCAA Tournament picks on ESPN
“Spent a whole two minutes watching a panel about the value of arson culture in Detroit before realizing they were talking about arts and culture.”
-- Mark Maynard, Ypsilanti blogger, who saw a “Michigan Matters” segment on CBS Detroit
We FORSURE got the top 5 worst support in the NCAA, it's almost 30,000 students go to this school smh, y'all at ALL the parties tho
— FLIGHT2⃣3⃣ (@GlennSanity23) March 19, 2014
“GM is in the position of trying to get out in front of a story that has long since left the barn. It is on its own and creating more controversy than it’s solving.”
-- Rod Meloni, WDIV business editor
“Sooner rather than later, [Mary] Barra is going to have to publicly address both the problem and the culture that kept it hidden. For her career may be at stake.”
-- Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio commentator, on GM recall
“Baseball is a link between my dad and my kids, from the first game I attended Tiger Stadium as a seven-year-old in 1970 to the first time I took my sons there in 1996.”
-- Tim Smith, Skidmore Studio founder, in blog post
“It’s powerful.”
-- Maurice Morton, CEO of Detroit Arts & Science Academy, in Deadline interview about “Happy” song viral video
-- Compiled by Alan Stamm
