This week's collection has comments from Mike Duggan (the real one), other Detroiters, Kevyn Orr and a Macomb native in a widely seen photo.
" 'Low Winter Sun' was dope. Very 'Wire'-like. Sweet shots of real Detroit and solidly cast."
-- Mekeisha Madden Toby, critic/blogger at MSN.com, after previewing two episodes
"Why would people promote the candidacy of a bogus write-in with a similar name to Mike Duggan? Because they think people are stupid enough to be duped."
-- Brandon Hynes, aide to Mike Duggan, on his Facebook page
"You can write a mini-series about this campaign and the primary isn’t even here yet.”
-- Mike Duggan, quoted by Nolan Finley in Detroit News
"The city will survive the haircutter's doomed run, whatever troubles it stirs for other write-in candidates."
-- Darrell Dawsey, Deadline Detroit columnist
"Some national commentators recently suggested that Mitt Romney be brought in to turn around the city, which is a bit like suggesting that Benjamin Netanyahu would make a great prime minister for the Palestinians — hey, he’s from around there!"
-- Jonathan Chait, New York magazine writer
"We love your wacky ideas. Keep them coming."
-- Laura Berman, Detroit News columnist, on city-fixing proposals
"If you want to sit around and call me names, we don't have time for that. You're wasting time."
-- Kevyn Orr, Detroit emergency manager, speaking about critics on WDET's "Craig Fahle Show"
"The museum may need all the help it can get."
-- Daniel Howes, Detroit News business columnist, on possible moves to sell DIA works
"Why should the DIA suffer for the sins of those who mismanaged the city where it resides? Why should the DIA be punished for having valuable assets? . . . It should not be the responsibility of the DIA to come to the city’s rescue."
-- Amy Lynn Smith, Metro Detroit writer, at eclectablog
"My mother raised us to be color-blind. You treat people the way you want to be treated. "
-- Kathy Macool of Texarkana, Texas, speaking to Macomb Daily about viral 1973 photo she's in at age 8 with three African-American kids
"Welcome to Detroit and the rise of the corporatocracy."
-- Greg Bowens, political consultant, in Deadline Detroit guest column about donated cop cars
