Mayor Dave Bing is maneuvering with only a few moves left on the board.

"It's got to happen this month," he said. "I won't be going anywhere at Christmas."
In chess, this would be called endgame. In Detroit, getting people to believe this is the endgame is Bing's challenge.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111210/...#ixzz1g6qFsADo
So seriously...we've looked at the numbers. We've been hearing warning bells for years. Credit rating is junk status.

What it will it take for people to believe that isn't some stunt set up by white people in Lansing to take over Detroit? As I learn more about how deep the problem goes, I'm more sure than ever before that Lansing would love to avoid having anything to do with this. We are in serious trouble.

And the problem will be hard enough to solve when we're all in the boat rowing together. I don't think it can be done if people are just sitting around thinking that there's no hurry.

What concrete event would have to take place before the community really accepts that they may have to amputate an arm and a leg in order to save the rest of their body?