Our weekly roundup includes John Dingell, Wendell Anthony, Rev. Jim Holley, James Hetfield, Charlie LeDuff and others.

"First impression. You're going to need about 1,000 more buses. This line is stupid."
-- Neil Duffey of New Baltimore, tweeting at 1:07 p.m. Saturday from shuttle pickup area at Cobo Center

"I gave Dad about a week to get comfortable and then I went and ran.”
-- Rep. John Dingell, telling New York Times about following late dad into House in 1955

"We are trying to find a home for Orion. We love it here."
-- James Hetfield of Metallica at Friday media conference, tweeted by @FreepEnt  

"I guess it was kind of important when Henry Ford perfected his assembly line process at the Piquette Plant. But Whole Foods moving in, THAT'S HUGE!"
-- James Melton, Detroit writer, in Facebook discussion of new store

"Detroit gave the Whole Foods opening the sort of treatment other cities reserve for a pro sports team returning home after winning a Super Bowl or Word Series. All that's missing is a parade."
-- Bill Shea, Crain's journalist, in same thread as above

"Local media were live-blogging the mundane as breaking news."
-- Nathan Skid, Crain's blogger, posting about Whole Foods on opening day

"For the people complaining about the 'media circus,' shouldn't you be happy that they are reporting on good news in the city?"
-- "Alexandria86," on Reddit discussion about Whole Foods

"It's like Venice, but in a thoroughly Detroit way."
-- Amy Haimerl, Crain's writer, on kayaking Belle Isle canals 

"Good luck Chief Craig. Bring rubber gloves, a nose pin, a bottle of bleach, a rosary and an iron fist. We're counting on you."
-- Charlie LeDuff in Fox 2 essay welcoming Detroit Police Chief James Craig 

"If America is ready for a black president, then surely Detroit is ready for a white mayor."
-- Rev. Jim Holley, pastor of Historic Little Rock Baptist Church, in Detroit News guest column

"I'm not buying the contrived malarkey behind the outrageous spike in gas prices in Michigan."
-- Andy Herman of Madison Heights, in letter to The Detroit News

"Conservatives forgot to pass the Leave-the-State Tax, a penalty on businesses that uproot."
-- Steven P. Schonfeld, Detroit News reader, commenting on Pulte Group move

"Republicans have been trying to strip and sell Detroit's core assets like crackhead scrappers descending on a vacant house."
-- Darrell Dawsey, Deadline Detroit column

"This split in the GOP may be the most important political struggle in Michigan today. And the pragmatists are losing."
-- Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio commentator

"While this scandal cries out for full-court press reporting to find out who knew what when, the Freep and [New York] Times are looking the other way."
-- Henry Payne, Detroit News editorial writer, blogging on what he calls "IRSgate"

Graphics by Lauren Ann Davies.