Our Saturday quotes collection wraps up a particularly lively week of local news.
"I'm prepared to be the most hated man for a period of time."
Kevyn Orr, Detroit's emergency manager, in Detroit News interview
"This rape should be addressed by a real Department of Justice."
-- Sam Riddle, political director for the Michigan National Action Network, commenting on Orr's appointment in The Michigan Citizen
"If any city in America needs a fresh start, it's Detroit."
-- Chicago Tribune editorial
"Even the Bloods in the hood fight for their territory. You are going to have to drag me out of here for me to leave."
-- Kwame Kenyatta, Detroit councilman, quoted at MotorCityMuckraker.com
”You're not a real Detroiter until you've partied downtown and can't find a legitimate place to piss."
– Steve Kasak of Southgate, commenting at our Facebook page on Charlie LeDuff's St. Patrick's Day parade problems
“It’s worth noting Charlie’s struggles in the past. Do we make fun of the consequence of his struggles?”
-- Steve Neavling, Detroit blogger and ex-Freep reporter, quoted at local local media blog
"If white cigarette smoke comes out of Lakeland, does that mean Rondon is the new closer?"
-- Steve Evans of Royal Oak, in tweet
"You can't be in a job for four years and not accidentally get done more than we've gotten." – Krystal Crittendon, mayoral candidate, slamming Dave Bing in interview with Darrell Dawsey
"Kwame Kilpatrick . . . assumed that the city was his personal candy store, and all the girls at the counter and all the money in the till belonged to him." – Jack Lessenberry, in Michigan Radio commentary
"I saw a lot that really, really turned my stomach, and I couldn't believe this kind of thing was going on.”
-- City Hall racketeering case juror, quoted at Deadline Detroit
