We want the city back on its feet. We want to have jobs for the city.

I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.

We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.

For me to own land in Detroit, it was a badge of honor, and it was support for the city.

That case with my two sisters? That was a disaster. It was. They're really fine people. When my family and my two sisters' families - their children - grew up and so on, it just wasn't the same. But we took care of them very nicely.

I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.