"A good negotiation should leave both sides feeling like they've been beaten up pretty well, and I think this one did that.” - Ann Arbor City Council Member Carsten Hohnke, commenting on a new agreement between the city and DDA on sharing parking revenues.

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"Obviously, I'm disappointed because I don't think they considered the safety of the citizens or the students of the University of Michigan. It doesn't look as though they tried to save any positions in fire or police." - Ann Arbor firefighters union President Matt Schroeder, on the budget passed by the City Council that eliminates a total of 20 positions in the police and fire departments.

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"I'm not anti-Ambassador Bridge, I’m pro-international trade. Our goal here is to have all our crossings thrive and flourish. There’s a lot of misinformation on this topic," - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, on his support for a second bridge spanning the Detroit River to Canada.

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“When it comes to potentially depriving people from speaking out at the state’s flagship university, we thought that an appeal should be to an independent body and not to the police.” - Michael Steinberg, legal director of the ACLU of Michigan, on changes to the University of Michigan’s trespass policy.