Detroit Election 2013: Don’t bother
There simply aren’t enough voters left in the city who care that public office-holders will make a difference in their lives.
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Dave Bing
What Detroit Needs Now
With Governor’s Snyder’s announcement that an emergency manager is on the way, the time for navel-gazing and re-litigating the past is over. It’s time to finally take strong, even radical, action to fix Detroit. So, what to do now? I do not pretend to have a magic formula. But I think a new mindset is … Continue Reading →
The State of Bing
Where are the people that elected Dave Bing? Shame on you. Once again, Detroit’s electorate has been hoodwinked. The best they can hope for is that the current mayor opts not to run for re-election. If that does not come to bethen there is August 6, 2013 or November 5, 2013. Those dates would be … Continue Reading →
The next mayor of Detroit
There is a lot of talk in the streets of Detroit about who the next mayor of the city will be. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that Dave Bing will not be reelected if he runs. And he promised not to run, but again he changed his mind. The same way he did … Continue Reading →
The takeover of Detroit is all but done
The governor of Michigan has put in place some of his best known and best qualified people to hand him the city. I don’t think the new panel will decide to make an outsider the emergency manger of the city. That will cause too much stress in the city and bring the radicals of the … Continue Reading →