Undoubtedly, with 58% of the vote, Dave Bing has his mandate. It wasn't even close, though Barrow did admirably for being underfunded and understaffed [[and Bing didn't campaign, really, except for media buys).

Regardless, it's now Dave's table. No one can say he wasn't elected to a full term. No one can say he even eeked out a win. Detroiters overwhelmingly put their faith in him.

Regardless of your feelings of qualifications - they no longer matter, as he's won, and these are the people we have in charge, where do we go from here? Is this a sign the unions have less pull than they once did? Their endorsements of Barrow, although I'm sure helpful, didn't get him over the top.

Opponents in all ranks probably should take heed that now he has the power - he's probably going to use it. I'm going to guess, especially with so many new council faces, privatization of many departments is around the corner, as well as drastic cuts. So what's next?