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Dave Bing Will Not Seek Another Term As Detroit Mayor
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| 05/14/2013
| Joann Muller
Posted on 05/14/2013 11:26:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: cripplecreek
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. Which will piss off the dems so much so that the GOP will be bounced out of office in minimal time. Can't have any of that "growth" thing going on, it'll create too much independence. That's anathema to the dark side.
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:43:41 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
To: SeekAndFind
Bing never could rebound.
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:44:24 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: cripplecreek
At least he isn't prison bound. Well, someone had to break tradition.
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:44:59 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
To: GrootheWanderer
Really? What leads you to say that? Oh just maybe the fact that the administration of Detroit is corrupt and incompetent? Or maybe the fact that they've run a $200,000,000 annual deficit for the last 4 years and were too stupid or venal to do anything about it. Or maybe the fact that even in corrupt Philly, corrupt DC, and corrupt Baltimore they manage not to spend more than they take in. Someone is getting the loot, and I find it hard to believe that the mayor as the man at the top didn't have his finger in the pie. Or maybe you think all of those IRS harassment cases were initiated by "low level employees." rather than the turd in the white house.
Or possibly you think that he reached the status of mayor in a corrupt and arguable the most mismanged large city in the USA without knowing about or participating in any of the shenanigans.
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:46:58 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: blueunicorn6
RE: Bing never could rebound.
He wasn’t bad for a point guard.
Career NBA statistics
Points 18,327 (20.3 ppg)
Rebounds 3,420 (3.8 rpg)
Assists 5,397 (6.0 apg)
To: abb
At this point, what difference does it make? Detroit is bankrupt, and under an emergency manager. It has greatly reduced potential for graft, so continuing to be mayor is unattractive.
Wayne county includes Detroit plus the surrounding suburbs. There's still money there, and opportunities to skim money to himself and his friends.
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:51:09 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: blueunicorn6
Dteroit will never rebound unless it undergoes a thorough demographic change.
To: PapaBear3625
Aha. Like locusts that move on after devouring everything edible, so too will Bing?
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:55:42 AM PDT
by
abb
To: SeekAndFind
Who on God’s Green Earth would WANT the job of Mayor of Detroit??
To: Trueblackman
Time to push what left of Detroit into Lake Michigan and call it done
Only it'd be a long push as Lake Michigan is on the opposite side of the state. Lake Erie is closest.
To: Buckeye McFrog
Give it to Canada, and rename it “South Windsor.”
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posted on
05/14/2013 11:59:31 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: GrootheWanderer
The only complaint I have with Dave Bing is that he was ineffective but otherwise honest as far as democrats go. One of his first acts as mayor was to fire some 50 bus drivers who declared an illegal strike. Then he entered an ongoing fight with the unions because he said they should collect their own dues and not use the city as their collection agency.
I don't understand FReepers. Detroit is probably the single freest large city in the country and all they can do is mindlessly attack. In Detroit you can eat or drink what you want, you can drive what you want, you can live where you want, and since the city is open carry, you can obviously defend yourself. I would rather live there than NY or Chicago.
I would think that conservatives would be bright enough to recognize an opportunity to prove what free market conservatism can do for a city. Its not a terribly liberal city. Its a city full of corrupt government and a hopeless population.
The American people -- The American people the most generous on earth, who created the highest standard of living, are not going to accept the notion that we can only make a better world for others by moving backward ourselves. And those who believe we can have no business leading this nation.
I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose. We have come together here because the American people deserve better from those to whom they entrust our nation's highest offices, and we stand united -- we stand united in our resolve to do something about it.
Ronald Reagan 1980 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address delivered 17 July 1980, Detroit, MI
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posted on
05/14/2013 12:00:50 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: dfwgator
Oops, my bad, it actually should be “North Windsor.”
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posted on
05/14/2013 12:01:05 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Give it to Canada, and rename it South Windsor. What the hell did Canada ever do to you?
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posted on
05/14/2013 12:02:25 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: caww
If you have a chance to watch the Netflix stream of the film Detropia, it’s worth a watch. Detroit in abject ruin with people who have a portrait of Obama framed on the wall and speaking negatively about capitalism. It’s already a third-world city with no taxpayers to support it. The union meeting scenes speak for themselves.
To: caww
If you have a chance to watch the Netflix stream of the film Detropia, it’s worth a watch. Detroit in abject ruin with people who have a portrait of Obama framed on the wall and speaking negatively about capitalism. It’s already a third-world city with no taxpayers to support it. The union meeting scenes speak for themselves.
To: from occupied ga
There’s no credible argument that Mayor Bing is anything other than wholly honest. He was not a part of any prior Detroit administration.
To: cripplecreek
Are you kidding? Who wants to live in Islamaville?
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posted on
05/14/2013 12:05:20 PM PDT
by
caww
To: MamaDearest
Yep saw it...it’s a mess there with little hope of recovery short of the Federal Government stepping up to the plate...and even then it’s questionable...it will take years to even push back the scum there.
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posted on
05/14/2013 12:06:36 PM PDT
by
caww
To: cripplecreek
That was 1980....it’s 2013...and nothing came from that.
It’s going down no matter how the picture might be painted by those who are otherwise hopeful.
Someone mentioned to just bulldose it all down and make it farmland....might not be a bad idea when one faces reality.
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posted on
05/14/2013 12:09:13 PM PDT
by
caww
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