“(Former Mayor) Coleman Young said in 1975 that the key to Detroit's future is jobs. In 2005 the key to Detroit's future is still jobs, ... The thing that keeps me up at night is, how do we partner today's kids with tomorrow's jobs?”
“I underestimated the dilapidated, horrific conditions our city was in. ... My biggest failure was not communicating. We have a long way to go, but we've come a mighty long way.”
“Mr. Hendrix looks good and beautiful, ... But he could not execute. He could not move a project. He could not shovel snow. He could not keep us safe. He could not fix the fire department. He destroyed the riverfront. We had 43 businesses gone. We couldn't build a stickman in the city of Detroit.”
“Comparing me to putting the water department at jeopardy is like going to Iraq because Saddam had something to do with 9/11. That was a hell of a puzzle to put together,”
“We have told the federal government that we here in the city of Detroit are willing to step up and accept evacuees from both Louisiana and Mississippi,”
“I've been stereotyped my whole life, ... ... It's actually not driven by Detroiters only. It's driven by the media. It's driven by the entire region. The 'us against them,' the 'black and white thing' is getting old.”
“We need the unions to step up, ... If we don't get to that deal in the next 14 to 20 days, we'll be back on the 21st day to address the issue, and it will be in further cuts.”
