Mayor Bing Recall Petition Approved

**jerrytimes** · November-10-12, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by 313WX

The thing is, there's no telling how many more changes he could make between February and November that could potentially be more harmful for majority of Detroiters in the long run [[and irreversible), especially if these changes only delayed the inevitable BK filing.

He's already made enough changes that have worsened their quality of life even more.

Name them. Kwame screwed you 100 times more than Bing could have possibly done. Name me at least two things that Bing has done. I'm not doubting you either, I just want to see what they are and if, in my opinion, are they things that equate to being recalled.

**313WX** · November-10-12, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by jerrytimes

Name them. Kwame screwed you 100 times more than Bing could have possibly done. Name me at least two things that Bing has done. I'm not doubting you either, I just want to see what they are and if, in my opinion, are they things that equate to being recalled.

All Kwame did was have an affair and steal money.

While Bing may not have done either [[which remains to be seen after Chris Brown's sudden departure), what he has done is just as bad for Detroiters...

*Cutting 25% of all city jobs [[fewer taxpayers and less money spent at taxpaying businesses)
*Cutting 80% of all DWSD jobs
*Laying off all union DDHWP workers despite the program being funded by federal grants.
*Cutting off half of the streetlights in a city where the crime rate remains at record highs.
*Stretching the already thin fire and police department thinner, to where I'm surprised they're able to respond to any emergencies at all now.
*Per the word on the street, he's been quietly forcing
*He's on the verge of authorizing the building of huge GMO farms on the eastside of town run by suburban investor who otherwise wants nothing to do with Detroit and its people, where all sorts of deadly chemicals will be sprayed around that could have disastrous health impacts on the remaining citizens in the city.
*Not stopping the continued lowering of the city's income tax rate despite the loss of the state's revenue sharing, losing $8 million dollars in additional revenue per year.

And what's going to happen when he's finished? Like Kwame fled to Dallas, Bing's going to flee back to Franklin. Meanwhile, if Detroiters thought life was bad for then now, let's wait another year or two once Bing's changes are completely implemented.

**Honky Tonk** · November-10-12, 12:32 PM

All Kwame did was have an affair and steal money.

Are you F'in' SERIOUS? "all" he did? 9 mil comes to mind right off the top of my head, NOT counting all the theft coming to light in just one Federal trial. Yeah, no biggie, we'll raise taxes, THAT'LL help Detroit citizens.

*Cutting 25% of all city jobs [[fewer taxpayers and less money spent at taxpaying businesses)
*Cutting 80% of all DWSD jobs
*Laying off all union DDHWP workers despite the program being funded by federal grants.
*Cutting off half of the streetlights in a city where the crime rate remains at record highs.
*Stretching the already thin fire and police department thinner, to where I'm surprised they're able to respond to any emergencies at all now.
*Per the word on the street, he's been quietly forcing
*He's on the verge of authorizing the building of huge GMO farms on the eastside of town run by suburban investor who otherwise wants nothing to do with Detroit and its people, where all sorts of deadly chemicals will be sprayed around that could have disastrous health impacts on the remaining citizens in the city.
*Not stopping the continued lowering of the city's income tax rate despite the loss of the state's revenue sharing, losing $8 million dollars in additional revenue per year.

Have you read the studies and stories about all the freeloading going on in these "City" jobs? Please enlighten me, just how would you generate revenue to pay for all those things that have been cut? Maybe we would've had money, if in previous administrations people hadn't "just" taken some. And yes, by all means let's alienate those evil suburbanites. We've been doing that for some 60 odd years. How's that been working out for you? Show me where this guy claims he's going to start spraying poisons on innocent Detroiters. Just give me a working plan for recovery now that we're staring bankruptcy in the face. Please see my other post about living in la-la land.

**313WX** · November-10-12, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Just give me a working plan for recovery now that we're staring bankruptcy in the face.

To be honest, if you think there is a realistic "working plan for recovery" besides bankruptcy, you're really not serious about saving Detroit and have another agenda.