[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

I met him once at a business Christmas party.

It was a partnership minority owned business. Bing, I believe owned 51% of Detroit Heading Co.

Very nice, down to earth type guy. He had some excellent people handling the day to day. We had a lend lease going back and forth with machine repair departments between several companies. The answer to big 3 demands of minority content was solved in part by guys like Bing.

Not a policy I agreed with at the time (me at the time being a Democrat), or a policy I would ever agree to.

I think Bing is the real deal; successful businessman, believer in a town and it's people, willing to take the bullets and do what has to be done.
Say what you want about all democrats. Every so often you do want one to succeed.

[cripplecreek]

I thought this was an great indicator of what kind of man he is.

Aged 22 with an NBA contract worth $15,000, Bing was rebuffed by the National Bank of Detroit on getting a mortgage to finance a home. This led Bing to work at the bank during the offseason, holding jobs in the teller, customer relations and mortgage departments.

Instead of running to the ACLU to complain he got a job with the bank.