I'll give Henderson some credit, he doesn't hold back on Bing's basic failings as an administrator over Detroit city government.

"There's a lot in the state's preliminary financial review of Detroit that isn't about Mayor Dave Bing.

The city has problems that predate Bing's administration by years, even decades.

But one of the more telling aspects of today’s report is the window it opens on how many of those problems have gotten worse under Bing, and how ineffective the mayor has been tackling Detroit’s big-picture issues.

It may be the most damning evidence yet that Bing, a proven winner who generated high hopes among residents and strong backing from the business community [[and the Free Press) has not been the right leader for Detroit...."

Detroit financial report an indictment of Mayor Dave Bing's leader