He was just such a funny guy.

The city is huge. Humongous buildings. I was really surprised.

We must maintain our competitive advantage on commerce traffic.

Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how a merchant can think there's too much traffic.

They continue to say the city is teetering on the brink of financial disaster. Quite frankly it?s inappropriate, because we are not.

[Detroit Deputy Mayor Anthony Adams largely concurs.] I think they actually have a pretty good relationship, ... I think as with any strong leaders, you're going to have points of contention where they are going to express their strengths. That doesn't mean they don't respect one another.