Quote Originally Posted by Bearinabox View Post
One of Booker's biggest strengths, IMO, is his willingness to go out in the streets and interact with ordinary people, address their concerns, and find out what makes them tick. Kilpatrick spent a lot of time talking at his constituents, but I don't know that he ever really listened to them, and Dave Bing seems entirely indifferent to their existence.

Booker knows a good publicity stunt when he sees one. Take this example from the Wikipedia page: I mean, how can you not love a mayor who does that? Can you see Dave Bing personally shoveling somebody's driveway? Kwame? Hell, Ken Cockrel? Me neither.
Don't you think Detroit has had enough publicity stunts and would like ethical, productive governance for a change instead?

Kwame, Cockrell, and Bing could shovel every driveway in the city but it still wouldn't solve the city's problems.