Here's what people were saying in the news this past week
“Twenty years of neglect and deterioration cannot be fabricated on the witness stand. It would be absurd to suggest that there are no public nuisance issues going on at the Square. Virtually every individual with whom I have spoken, including current and past owners as well as current and past residents, realize that the degradation of the exterior is extreme, leading to the uninhabitability of the interior.” - Ypsilanti Township building inspector Ron Fulton, on the Liberty Square housing project after it was ordered razed by a judge.
"They take that job at a very low rate of pay because they know they can get benefits for their families. Those folks are going to get hit with a huge bill that's going to be a giant percentage of their income and then what choice are they going to have to make?" - State Rep. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, arguing the cap on public employee health care costs unfairly targets low-income school and government workers.