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Dave Bing Will Not Seek Another Term As Detroit Mayor
Forbes ^ | 05/14/2013 | Joann Muller

Posted on 05/14/2013 11:26:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, the 69-year-old former NBA star and Hall of Famer, says he will not seek another term in office. Instead, he will explore a bid for Wayne County executive.

His decision not to seek re-election is not a huge surprise, given that the struggling city is currently being run by a state-appointed emergency financial manager who is considering a municipal bankruptcy. The announcement leaves former Detroit Medical Center chief Mike Duggan and Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon as the two frontrunners for the four-year term. Five other candidates are in the running. The top two vote-getters on Aug. 5 advance to the Nov. 6 general election.

Bing was elected mayor in May 2009 to complete the remaining months of disgraced ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s second term. Voters re-elected him to a full term that November. Bing had bold ideas for fixing the city, but proved to be ineffective as mayor, often clashing with city unions and the City Council.

Bing was featured in a Forbes cover story, “City of Hope”, in June 2011, and talked candidly about the city’s troubles. “Right now it’s all about survival,” he said at the time. “I believe this city has a future—otherwise I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing, because it’s a thankless job.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: bluezones; davebing; detroit; mayor
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1 posted on 05/14/2013 11:26:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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DAVE BING

2 posted on 05/14/2013 11:26:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Moving to a nicer home in Somalia....


3 posted on 05/14/2013 11:26:46 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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At this point, what difference does it make?


4 posted on 05/14/2013 11:27:07 AM PDT by abb
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Makes no difference....Detroit is done..bankruptcy surely ahead...or a bailout.
5 posted on 05/14/2013 11:28:39 AM PDT by caww
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To: SeekAndFind

Last man out please turn out the lights and flush the toilet(Detroit) one more time. Thank You.


6 posted on 05/14/2013 11:30:04 AM PDT by LeonardFMason
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Dave Bing Will Not Seek Another Term As Detroit Mayor

Looted ehough from the taxpayers to last him the rest of his life?

7 posted on 05/14/2013 11:30:38 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Too bad really, he's the best mayor the city has seen in a while despite being a democrat. At least he isn't prison bound.

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8 posted on 05/14/2013 11:30:39 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Campaign slogan:

I CAN DO FOR WAYNE WHAT I DID TO DETROIT!

9 posted on 05/14/2013 11:30:53 AM PDT by ken5050 (Not every Muslim is a terrorist, but just about every terrorist is a Muslim..)
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Duggan is as corrupt as Kwame, only whiter.


10 posted on 05/14/2013 11:31:48 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: SeekAndFind

if he “served” another term, he could stand there and applaud when the rest of Detroit is bulldozed down to install a great big Islamicist jihad training center on the site


11 posted on 05/14/2013 11:32:06 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (()
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Time to push what left of Detroit into Lake Michigan and call it done because the city has been dead for years now.


12 posted on 05/14/2013 11:33:58 AM PDT by Trueblackman (As a Conservative, I am proud to be on the Obama's enemy list and on the right side of history..)
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To: SeekAndFind

You rang the bell and the mindless dogs just started drooling.


13 posted on 05/14/2013 11:34:25 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Before I’d want to be Mayor of Detroit I’d run for Mayor of OZ.Too many losers have screwed up Detroit to the point of NO Return.


14 posted on 05/14/2013 11:34:43 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: SeekAndFind

In other news, Captain Hazelwood says he won’t seek to helm the Exxon Valdez again.


15 posted on 05/14/2013 11:36:31 AM PDT by MeganC (You can take my gun when you can grab it with your cold, dead fingers.)
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Actually, Detroit stands the best chance of revival its seen in a very long time. Business is moving to Detroit thanks to republican control of the state.


16 posted on 05/14/2013 11:37:11 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Time to push what left of Detroit into Lake Michigan and call it done because the city has been dead for years now.


17 posted on 05/14/2013 11:37:23 AM PDT by Trueblackman (As a Conservative, I am proud to be on the Obama's enemy list and on the right side of history..)
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To: from occupied ga

Really? What leads you to say that?

I’m don’t live there, but my impression was that he was a well-meaning, honest guy in an impossible situation.


18 posted on 05/14/2013 11:38:30 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: SeekAndFind

Bulldoze the whole works and do something interesting with the rubble... such as building a mountain. I recommend naming it “Mt. Motown.”


19 posted on 05/14/2013 11:40:43 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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They should elect Les Gold of HardCore Pawn, he could sell off the whole liberal corrupt mess.


20 posted on 05/14/2013 11:42:02 AM PDT by Patrick1 (“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”)
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