This week's roundup lassoes local and national comments about Tuesday's mayoral primary and Topic No. 1 – the B-word .
"Detroit is being spoken of, in some circles, as 'the new Portland' or 'the new Brooklyn.' "
-- John Cassidy, writing in The New Yorker
"I live in Southwest [Detroit], and efforts to rename the neighborhood or change it to make it more palatable for hipsters are more than annoying."
-- George Hunter, Detroit News reporter, commenting on column there
"It stretches credulity to assume Mike Dugeon the barber cooked up this scheme by himself."
-- Detroit News editorial urging mayoral mischief-maker to quit
"Tom [Barrow] could shock the world and emerge from the primary to face Napoleon in the general election."
-- Sam Riddle, Michigan Citizen columnist
"We have a city to rebuild and no time or patience for silliness or disingenuous entries into our upcoming mayoral election."
-- Arvie A. Green of Detroit, Free Press reader commenting on its Facebook page
"Voters and candidates ought to have some legal recourse against this sort of malicious mischief."
-- Brian Dickerson, Free Press columnist
"Some of Michigan's own pop stars — looking at you, Madonna — have been silent about Detroit's recent troubles."
-- Aaron Foley, Jalopnik Detroit blogger, praising Beyonce
"In the twilight of his political career, it is time to say to Brooks [Patterson], either step back and pipe down or let someone else take up the reins."
-- Jessica Cooper, Oakland County prosecutor, in letter to Downtown Birmingham/Bloomfield magazine
"They [lenders] really don’t care what’s happening in Detroit as long as they can break its heart and squeeze its last drop of blood."
-- Ray Reynolds Graves, retired federal bankruptcy judge, quoted in Metro Times
"A financially solvent Detroit bought at the expense of retirees’ welfare and safety is an equation that doesn’t balance."
-- Free Press editorial
"Holding folks accountable. That's what journalists do."
-- Jim Schaefer, Free Press reporter, linking on Facebook to Deadline Detroit story on Benny Napoleon
"Reuters has decided the Tigers will give us the will to continue in the face of bankruptcy."
-- Jeff Wattrick of Deadline Detroit, in commentary on lift-our-weary-spirits meme
Graphics by Lauren Ann Davies.
