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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Moving to a nicer home in Somalia....
At this point, what difference does it make?
Last man out please turn out the lights and flush the toilet(Detroit) one more time. Thank You.
Looted ehough from the taxpayers to last him the rest of his life?
I CAN DO FOR WAYNE WHAT I DID TO DETROIT!
Duggan is as corrupt as Kwame, only whiter.
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
Time to push what left of Detroit into Lake Michigan and call it done because the city has been dead for years now.
You rang the bell and the mindless dogs just started drooling.
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.
In other news, Captain Hazelwood says he won’t seek to helm the Exxon Valdez again.
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.
Time to push what left of Detroit into Lake Michigan and call it done because the city has been dead for years now.
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.
Bulldoze the whole works and do something interesting with the rubble... such as building a mountain. I recommend naming it “Mt. Motown.”
They should elect Les Gold of HardCore Pawn, he could sell off the whole liberal corrupt mess.
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