Voices include Councilman Cushingberry, Nancy Kaffer, Scott Lewis, Nolan Finley and a retired Detroit cop.
“The incident puts a bow on what has been a wild week for Mr Cushingberry.”
-- Ryan Gorman, writing in The Daily Mail, a U.K. newspaper
"This kind of thing makes us look like buffoons in the eyes of the world."
-- Nancy Kaffer, Free Press editorial writer, referring to Cushingberry
“I still can't believe people voted for him!”
-- Tabitha Taylor-Vasser of Detroit, in Facebook comment on Cushingberry
“George Cushingberry, Jr. should resign from Detroit City Council. . . . The Detroit City Council needs to be a hard-working, exemplary group, working together to 'move Detroit forward.' Already Cushingberry is a bad distraction, and it’s only going to get worse.”
-- David Malhalab, retired Detroit police sergeant, posting on Cushingberry’s Facebook page
"The City Council’s decision to make [Brenda] Jones president is a huge step backward. . . . Jones, a third-term councilwoman, represents the worst of Detroit political culture.”
-- Detroit News editorial
Have to wonder how much of Brenda jones Kevyn Orr is gonna take.
— Nolan Finley (@NolanFinleyDN) January 6, 2014
“I don't allow that kind of language in my house, would never say that to another human being, and expect more dignity than you showed from my government. I am embarrassed yet again by my city's council.”
-- Kevin Lucey of Detroit, in same thread as above
"With all the serious issues facing the city, the last thing it can afford is another elected laughingstock."
-- Darrell Dawsey, Deadline Detroit columnist, on Cushingberry
"Jack Morris doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame, despite all of your soft-focus nostalgia. . . . He was just very good."
-- Bill Shea, Detroit journalist, in Facebook post
“If Morris can’t get in, it must be one heck of a Hall of Fame. And that’s the point, isn’t it?”
-- Tom Gage, Detroit News columnist
“The arrogant bias of Detroit mainstream media must be checked. Hell is what they give us; Hell is where they belong.”
-- Sam Riddle, Michigan Citizen columnist
"Detroit still lacks the necessary amount of tea rooms, sushi bars and vintage record stores that the media tells me that young, white people like but black people can't possibly enjoy or afford."
-- Aaron Foley, blogging wryly at Jalopnik Detroit
"These guys were a bunch of bungling idiots who left an easy trail of bread crumbs to follow.”
-- Scott Lewis, TV reporter, recalling 1994 attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan, quoted by Fox 2
“The Metro Times used to be a decent rag, but has long since jumped the shark. . . . Can you point out anything positive your rag has said about the GOP in the last year? . . Go fuck yourselves you liberal idiots.”
-- Peter Weise of Berkley, in letter to the weekly
Graphic by Lauren Ann Davies.
