Voices include Kevyn Orr, Dan Howes, Nancy Kaffer, Nolan Finley. Stephen Henderson, Kim Trent and a Free Press reader.
“Shinola is using my city as its shill.”
-- Jon Moy, Detroit writer, at Four Pins e-magazine
“This is why we can't have nice things. Even when someone tries to do good things in Detroit, people shit all over them. Would you be happier if they left and took their tax revenue with them?”
-- Jennifer Schwab of Detroit, in comment under Shinola article above
“Today’s GM remains haunted by the legacy of an insular, inwardly focused predecessor led by people desperate to maintain a delicate financial equilibrium. . . . GM in the middle of the last decade was a mess.“
-- Daniel Howes, Detroit News columnist
“We are paying our bills on time for the first time in a long time.”
-- Kevyn Orr, Detroit emergency manager, in Free Press interview
“The huge potholes I cannot help but hit everywhere in the metro area are a greater threat to my life than same-sex marriage. I want to see the bill for this outrage being pursued by Bill Schuette.”
-- Anca Vlasopolos of Grosse Pointe, in letter to Free Press
“[Bill] Schuette can’t choose which Michigan laws to defend. Such selective enforcement of the law is a hallmark of the legally challenged Obama administration.”
-- Nolan Finley, in Detroit News blog post on appeal of same-sex marriage decision
“At some point, you either stand for equality or the proposition that government can discriminate. It should be a pretty easy call.”
-- Stephen Henderson, Free Press columnist
“I don't want the guy who allegedly represents my interests as the state's attorney general to use my tax dollars to fight for discrimination.”
-- Kim Trent, WSU board member, in Facebook post
“Young people today may well live to see an openly gay president, or a time when few people will care whether the president is gay or not. . . . By the time that happens, I am sure we will have found something else equally silly to divide us.”
-- Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio commentator
“Snyder’s response to the same-sex marriage ruling is wholly inadequate.”
-- Nancy Kaffer, Freep columnist
-- Compiled by Alan Stamm
