Why does the Media give the Bing Administration such a HUGE pass?

**313hero** · March-07-12, 03:05 PM

If you don't know by now you don't live in Detroit. The Bing Admin is the most incompetent administration this city has ever seen. So why has the media been so quiet about it??? If anything, he needs to be dragged through the mud like they did you know who.

Me and a lot of other citizens would much rather have Kwame back, or whoever else cause Bing is a carpetbagger who doesn't have a clue, or has a clue but his true goals don't line up w/ what the citizens want.

I wonder why the media hasn't blown up the WHISTLEBLOWER lawsuit filed against him??? Remember they paid her 200k to keep her mouth shut. She claimed he was plotting w/ the Governor to get the city taken over. That seems pretty significant to me. More significant than a damn affair. Whatcha think??? And anyone who can say he's doing a good job don't live in the city I betcha my pay check.

**dmike76** · March-07-12, 03:23 PM

Obviously, your statement is wrong. Kilpatrick's and Young's administrations were WAY worse.

**dmike76** · March-07-12, 03:25 PM

WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU WANT THAT LOSER KWAME BACK!!!??? HE STOLE MONEY FROM YOU! HE EMBARRASED THIS CITY! HE'S GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON! Ugh. It's MADDENING to listen to people whine about a mayor that is actually trying to do his job while people want that disgraceful, selfish, lying thief back in office.

**dmike76** · March-07-12, 03:32 PM

There is no proof of any wrongdoing by Bing, unlike Kwame, who skips out on his restitution, commits perjury, and lives the fat life off of the dime of Detroiters.

**313hero** · March-08-12, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by dmike76

WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU WANT THAT LOSER KWAME BACK!!!??? HE STOLE MONEY FROM YOU! HE EMBARRASED THIS CITY! HE'S GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON! Ugh. It's MADDENING to listen to people whine about a mayor that is actually trying to do his job while people want that disgraceful, selfish, lying thief back in office.

LMAO. You Obviously dont LIVE in Detroit. Do Ya??? I didnt think so. Its a whole lot different from the outside looking in. You Know Bing Lied too right??? So that makes him what also?

**dmike76** · March-08-12, 09:15 AM

Oh, the suburbs card...very nice. Typical. Typical us vs. them excuse for a lack of an intelligent point of view. It's people like you that keep Detroit down because you accept failure. I'm not saying Bing is a good mayor; what I am saying is that any mention to Kwame NOT be the worst mayor in the history of Detroit is laughable. Oh...let's forgive him because he's got charisma...oh...let's forgive him because he throws the words 'prayer' and 'God' around to manipulate the people in Detroit. It's sickening. I went to Marygrove college for a few years and right before KK got re-elected everyone in my classroom was ready to forgive him. They'd say 'oh now that the media's all over him he'll be alright'. Ok. I told them that re-electing that jack@ss will just give him a pass to steal from you even more because there is no penalty for his actions. I wish I could go back now and tell them all 'I told you so'. 313, if you really want Detroit to get better, do the city a favor and move out.

**313hero** · March-08-12, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by dmike76

Oh, the suburbs card...very nice. Typical. Typical us vs. them excuse for a lack of an intelligent point of view. It's people like you that keep Detroit down because you accept failure. I'm not saying Bing is a good mayor; what I am saying is that any mention to Kwame NOT be the worst mayor in the history of Detroit is laughable. Oh...let's forgive him because he's got charisma...oh...let's forgive him because he throws the words 'prayer' and 'God' around to manipulate the people in Detroit. It's sickening. I went to Marygrove college for a few years and right before KK got re-elected everyone in my classroom was ready to forgive him. They'd say 'oh now that the media's all over him he'll be alright'. Ok. I told them that re-electing that jack@ss will just give him a pass to steal from you even more because there is no penalty for his actions. I wish I could go back now and tell them all 'I told you so'. 313, if you really want Detroit to get better, do the city a favor and move out.

Its not us vs. Them. Its REALITY. The city has NEVER been in the place its in now. The streets have NEVER been this unsafe, and Services have NEVER been this little. I say you must not LIVE here cause you cant possibly live here and feel the way you do. Yeah yeah yeah, yall say he "stole" all the money. However he hasnt been charged for embezzling one cent from Detroit. Hmmm I wonder why. I bet you one of those people that still think the "party" happened arent you? KK messed up Royally w/ his cheating, Lying ass. However thats his personal life as far as I'm concerned. He did a Good job as Mayor. All the rumors didnt help but its funny that they all was bassically presented as fact and how easy people believed anything anybody would say about him. The Whistleblower lawsuit was some bull, and thats what brought along his downfall. Gary Brown and Stefani Blackmailed/Extorted MILLIONS of dollars from this city and now they Heros. Thats Hillarious to me. Name ONE thing the city gained from his ouster. Just one. Bet the only one you come up w/ is him being gone. I Challenge you to name one. Isnt that what its all about? making the city Better. Well if you think the city is better now like I said b4 you OBVIOUSLY dont Live here. I've lived here ALL of my life and still do. I dont just ride by and go to ball games, I walk the streets, catch the bus, etc. Well I dont really catch the bus cause the wait is too long. Imagine waiting for a bus for over a 2 hours and you trying to get to work. Join our reality instead of watching it on TV and maybee you'll Understand how we feel. SMH

**Zacha341** · March-08-12, 10:13 AM

I was born in Detroit, live in Detroit, and my family and I voted and supported Kilpatrick's run for office enthusiastically. We did not the second run. We knew something was amiss; there were too many things leaking about money diversions and misuse of power for them to all by LIES!

YES, we where robbed and many looked the other way some benefiting directly, some indirectly taking some odd solace from the 'our turn', 'everybody steals' philosophy/ justification. No one was looking long term! Meanwhile the legs of the very seat we sit were being sawed off, bit by bit.

Bing no angel either - got that. It's not an either or thing... There continues to be incredible, systemic problems with the leadership and fiscal management of this city, yet there's less moneys to scam/ divert... the pot of gold near empty...

Originally Posted by 313hero

LMAO. You Obviously dont LIVE in Detroit. Do Ya??? I didnt think so. Its a whole lot different from the outside looking in. You Know Bing Lied too right??? So that makes him what also?

**Det_ard** · March-07-12, 03:36 PM

313, our expectations have been driven so low, by the actions of your hero KK, that a mediocre-to-bad mayor like Bing is seen as a huge improvement over the last mayor.

So in a nutshell, it's your fault.

**rb336** · March-07-12, 04:22 PM

An awfully large amount of the incompetence Bing is dealing with is, frankly, crap inherited from a corrupt regime and a city council full of clown college drop outs

**iheartthed** · March-07-12, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by rb336

An awfully large amount of the incompetence Bing is dealing with is, frankly, crap inherited from a corrupt regime and a city council full of clown college drop outs

That might have passed for an excuse during his first year or so as mayor, but he's been mayor of Detroit for nearly three years. When are his failures gonna be attributed to him just not being a very effective leader? [[Or at least not an effective enough leader to manage Detroit now?)

Just about everything he's set out to do during his tenure has failed. Detroit Works, transit, keeping Detroit out of receivership... It's just about all failed.

Buy American · March-07-12, 04:27 PM

He has needed to clean house from the beginning of his administration. He's failed to get rid of people associated with thug KK and every day there is more and more coming out in the media about monies being spent by people in his administration and no one seems to know what it was spent on.

The CofD owes lots of money to important vendors and needs to pay its' bills.

**7miledog** · March-08-12, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by Buy American

The CofD owes lots of money to important vendors and needs to pay its' bills.

BA, I've seen you make this statement in two recent postings. Is there a specific vendor or project that is getting stiffed that you're aware of? Obviously, this is a huge problem, with repercussions for many companies that do business with the city. I'm just curious as to what specifically you were referring to?

**Detroitnerd** · March-07-12, 04:49 PM

I've maintained all along that Bing was just a Trojan Horse for the inner circle of the Kilpatrick administration.

Why doesn't Dave Bing look out the window in the morning?

Because then there'd be nothing to do all afternoon.

**313hero** · March-08-12, 08:13 AM

So Bing's Failures are Kwame's Fault. LMAO OK I get it. ROTFLMAO.

**firstandten** · March-08-12, 09:26 AM

Back to the question at hand. I believe both papers are letting Bing know he needs to step it up. Whatever pass you might think Bing is getting is basically because there is a perception of an honest administration.

However it is quickly getting to the point where that isn't enough. If we were in better times his incrementalist approach would be fine. However if he wants to time to re-shape the city he his going to need to take some political risks. I know that runs counter to getting another term, but I think thats what he needs to do in order to win another term.

Now what he has in his favor is that the pool of potential challengers is so shallow he could possibly win another term essentially by default.

**dmike76** · March-08-12, 09:41 AM

I know riviera, isn't just sickening? Like I said, he says things like 'God has forgiven me' and people just lap that up like water in a desert. How does he know that God has forgiven him? Does he have a direct phone line? I'm afraid that the only thing that's going to keep him out of office again is going to federal prison.

**Zacha341** · March-08-12, 10:07 AM

Kilpatrick's personal relationship with God is his thing and I hope he sorts his stuff out. Where I'm drawing the line is rather or not he tries to resume any form of money making scams upon the city and those who give in a church setting, or secular speech setting... well that is on them. Their descretionary income to spend.

Originally Posted by dmike76

I know riviera, isn't just sickening? Like I said, he says things like 'God has forgiven me' and people just lap that up like water in a desert. How does he know that God has forgiven him? Does he have a direct phone line? I'm afraid that the only thing that's going to keep him out of office again is going to federal prison.

**riviera** · March-08-12, 09:38 AM

Be careful what you wish for.

KK is slowly making his way back into Detroit circles.

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**firstandten** · March-08-12, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by riviera

Be careful what you wish for.

KK is slowly making his way back into Detroit circles.

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Did they just build a federal prison in Detroit ?

**Zacha341** · March-08-12, 10:03 AM

Hah! Well that promo is nicely designed ---

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Be careful what you wish for.

KK is slowly making his way back into Detroit circles.

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**poobert** · March-08-12, 10:14 AM

Here is the rub: Kwame would have had a lot of potential, had he not been totally, completely corrupt.

I don't think it is really a city vs. suburbs thing. People in the suburbs are just entirely isolated from the day-to-day problems of Detroit that we have to face. To them they see Bing as a genteel old man and his vague but inoffensive speeches about changing things [[3 years later). Meanwhile we know first-hand his total lack of leadership, his incompetance, his utter failure to change ANYTHING in a meaningful way. We deal with the constant crime, vandalism, lack of street lights, vacant houses, arson, you name it...and they, frankly, DON'T. He fiddles while Detroit burns.

I'm not going to play the race card[[I'm white anyway), but even before Kwame's crimes started to creep out he was always boisterous and bombastic. He wore an earring. He was flashy. He was a young guy. That stuff didn't bother me - the eventual revalations of his criminality bothered me. However there were plenty of suburbanites who hated him before those revalations came to light because he was such a boisterous, black young tough. It's just too bad because if he had used his power for good instead of evil - and I think he is one of the few people who is truly evil - he would have been a much stronger mayor than Bing.

So now we have a taco truck and no concrete plans to get us out of a $190 million dollar deficit. Our only victory is not cosing rec centers - maintaining the status quo. No great vision. No grand plan. We just slowly die. Thanks a lot, Bing.

**Zacha341** · March-08-12, 10:33 AM

Well stated. I too was not reflexively offended by Kilpatrick's youth and even a bit of his swagger [[within reason). But he went corrupt and got 'godfatherish' about it to boot. Pulling in and paying others to be part of the deceit and diversions.

In the mean time the bill was adding up... can kicked down the road, and here we are... Who remains that once got some indirect satisfaction of seeing KK 'get paid'? What is your [[our) quality of life here now?

Notice the change? Getting any change? A quarter or two??

Originally Posted by poobert

I don't think it is really a city vs. suburbs thing. People in the suburbs are just entirely isolated from the day-to-day problems of Detroit that we have to face. To them they see Bing as a genteel old man and his vague but inoffensive speeches about changing things [[3 years later). Meanwhile we know first-hand his total lack of leadership, his incompetance, his utter failure to change ANYTHING in a meaningful way. We deal with the constant crime, vandalism, lack of street lights, vacant houses, arson, you name it...and they, frankly, DON'T. He fiddles while Detroit burns.

**dmike76** · March-08-12, 09:38 AM

Bing is not getting as much heat as KK because he hasn't been caught doing anything illegal. Anyway, Bing does need to step it up. I watched part of the state of the city address last night and I'm just not optimistic when he's talking about these plans to fix things. I'm kinda surprised that there hasn't been more done since he's had Snyder's backing on a lot of things. He's had some original ideas like Project 14, but they haven't really had an effect.

**Wheels** · March-08-12, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by 313hero

Me and alot of other citizens would much rather have Kwame Back, or whoever else cause Bing is a carpetbagger who doesnt have a clue, or has a clue but his true goals dont line up w/ what the citizens want.

I think I saw you on Hard Core Pawn demanding money for a piece of crap you thought was worthwhile.