We said we had to keep him under 50 percent. We've done that. This guy was unbeatable six months ago.

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If your house has got a gaping hole in the roof, and water's pouring in and it's undermining the whole house and the foundation, you don't say you're going to double up on the mortgage payments and just keep paying that off, and we're not going to care what happens to the house. You pay attention to fundamentals.

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It has only affected one scene, basically, because people follow the money. This is the number one tourist destination of the city.

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The only illegal activity here that I am aware of is the mayor using city money to print and distribute.

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This is just slapdash, last second, 'Well, we'll run to Detroit and see if they've got some people. It's not a plan. It's not a methodical way to diversify the department.

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I will help to get what they need to make that happen.

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[School Board member Colleen Moriarty, a former Youth Coordinating Board director and a McLaughlin supporter, said a mayoral School Board appointee might be helpful. She characterized Rybak's education approach as] staying around the perimeter ... hands on.

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A lot of the toughest kids.

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