"I can't imagine any good retailer or restaurant owner who would be in favor of that. I understand why they're doing it. But as somebody who really values the viability of the downtown and recognizes how fragile it really can be, I'm very opposed to it." - downtown Ann Arbor ...
“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 ...
“That must be part of the pro-business reinvention of Michigan -- we now allow sale of alcohol to minors, and when someone’s hand gets caught in cookie jar, we’ll reinterpret our rules." - Ypsilanti Township Attorney Doug Winters, on a state Liquor Control Commission decision to reverse an earlier ruling ...
"I know of teachers who have been fired for what they post. There are special laws that apply to teachers that don’t apply to other people." — Brit Satchwell, Ann Arbor teachers union president, on teachers using Facebook
Brit Satchwell"It's been a bumpy road and it's created a lot of bad blood amongst a lot of us on both sides, and unnecessarily. We're on the same side and we have the same mission to serve the people of Washtenaw County and I think we lost sight of that ...
Dillon Pearce“I didn’t drive over them. I swear to God ... I swear on the Holy Bible I didn't drive over them." - Ann Arbor resident Dillon Pearce, denying to a police officer that he ran over four ducklings in a McDonald’s restaurant parking lot. “What we have is a ...
Carsten Hohnke"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. "Obviously, I'm disappointed because I ...
Stephen Kunselman"I have no confidence in the DDA board. Their obstinate demands for authority over setting rates and hours illustrates to me they've just become addicted and dependent upon parking revenues for their own purposes, and they're not necessarily interested in the public health, safety and welfare of our community." ...
Matt Schroeder"It has been stated that the city is 'pretty comfortable' with making more cuts. How comfortable is the city with people jumping off rooftops while they wait for numbers of firefighters needed to safely exact a rescue?" - Ann Arbor firefighters union President Matt Schroeder, arguing against the proposed ...
Paul Saginaw"I said, 'Are you serious?” But I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great if the orientation of public servants was, My job is to be your resource. You are paying my salary. How do I help you get your business open?'" Zingerman’s co-founder Paul Saginaw, quoted in Inc. magazine about ...
Brian Robb“The governor isn’t going to make it easy on us. He has proposed a cowardly budget. He said he doesn’t want to break unions so he’s going to make us break them. That’s a horrible way to run a state.” - Ypsilanti City Council Member Brian Robb, on an ...
Gwyddion Storm"If you want to have any kind of spending money for tobacco, coffee, extra food, whatever, then you've got two choices. You can either collect cans, which is really time consuming and doesn't pay off that well … so panhandling is kind of the way I make my money. ...
Stephen Kunselman“"No, I don't want to own a conference center. I don't want to own a hotel. I don't think this has anything to do with public health, safety or welfare. We've been through these experiences with the Y lot. We've been through this experience with 415 W. Washington. We ...
Patrica Green"The process is disgraceful. There's a lot of rubber-stamping without any transparency, specifically on the issue of the city being off the hook financially. And I think it's ridiculous to have a body come in, hear a one-sided presentation, and then act without having anybody else look at it." ...
Yousef Rabhi"It seems like there's a tendency to think, 'let's not kick the can down the road.’ But I feel like what's being done here is we're picking up the can and we're throwing it at the homeless, and we're throwing it at the poor, and we're throwing it at ...
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