Dave Bing headed to stunning victory

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Detroit Free Press

Businessman and former NBA star Dave Bing headed tonight to victory over Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. with 99% of precincts reporting.

Bing has 52% of the votes with 48,450 votes to Cockrel’s 44,175 or 48% of the votes.

The mood was quickly souring at Cockrel's party as word of Bing's strong lead spread.

Deputy Mayor Saul Green struggled to muster a smile before a TV interview. Detroit political consultant Adolph Mongo, who supported Cockrel in the race, said there was no way Cockrel could come back. . .

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20090505/NEWS01/90505027/Bing+grabs+8-point+lead+with+81++counted

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I remember when he was drafted. Detroiters wanted Cazzie Russell out of U-M, but Bing's in the NBA Hall of Fame, and was named one of the NBA's Best 50 Players of All Time. Anyway, he seems dedicated to the city, and appears to be an honest man. Big improvement over Kwame Kilpatrick; if he's another Dennis Archer, the city and region will be well served.

[blue_onyx]

1. I'm a little surprised

I thought that Cockrel would win for sure.

[Bluzmann57]

2. No matter who wins

Let's hope that he can bring Detroit back. No great American city deserves to die like this one is.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. HOW????????????

How did Dave Bing get so old?

What the .........................?

<running to mirror, screaming .....................>

[BrklynLiberal]

13. LOLOLOLOL. I know EXACTLY how you feel!!!!

I remember seeing him play against the Knicks!!... late 60's early 70's

[Tangerine LaBamba]

24. Hey,

I was surprised to find out he's not playing any more.

This "time" business.

WTF?

[BrklynLiberal]

37. LOL

I know. There are mornings I look in the mirror or catch a peek at my reflection in a store window.....I have to think twice about who the hell it is.
Inside my head I am still the same...always 17 or so. :D

[SpiralHawk]

28. "I remember the Dude, too." - Hondo

[bluestateguy]

4. I hope he cleans all the blight out of the city

There are parts of that city that just need to be bulldozed and start over again.

[rocktivity]

5. The paper's nickname is "The FREEP?"

:rofl:
rocktivity

[Faygo Kid]

6. Don't worry, it predates our nutcake "friends"

Been called the Freep for many years. Reputation as a liberal paper; FReepers want it to go out of business, along with anything to the left of Faux.

[whistler162]

7. The only problem with DaveBing is he........

went to Syracuse University.

What next a Vice President who went to Syracuse University!

[Berry Cool]

12. And exactly what is the problem with that?????

*cough cough*...

[alfredo]

25. they suck a big orange... Oh wait that's Tennessee.

[jaysunb]

8. Boy ! you're old

:rofl:

BTW Russell turned out to be pretty good too.

[Faygo Kid]

9. Yeah, I know. But Bing was better.

My sports hero growing up was Al Kaline.

And I miss the Bird, although I was in my mid-20s by then. RIP.

[safeinOhio]

10. I remember

watching the Bird in his first game, going what f*&#*. He was one of a kind.
Bing seems straight up.

[jaysunb]

15. Well...maybe not so old. LOL

Bing and I were born the same year. I actually remember the Fort Wayne Pistons.

As a former Clevelander and lifelong Indian fan, Kaline was definitely on my "boo" list. LOL !

:hi:

[classysassy]

26. Kaline

you are old,remember Charlie Maxwell,from Paw Pawe,Michigan?,I am old too,was stationed at selfridge,afb in l954.

[Fire1]

11. Just saw it on Freep website!!! Thank God!!!

Now maybe I'll be able to sell my rental property by next year!!:woohoo:

[BrklynLiberal]

14. He's a good, smart man.

[muntrv]

16. Good. While they're at it, they also need to change the charter to elect city council

members by district, instead of at-large.

[Fire1]

35. Indeed. They are a large part of the problem. n/t

[Cha]

17. This sounds all good. I didn't even

know there was one but my local NY news just announced Dave Bing wins Mayoral race in Detroit.

I take it he's the Dem and Cockrel is republican?

[Fire1]

18. Nope. Both Dems.

[Cha]

19. Wow! Two Dems

in the General? No repubs run in Detroit?

[Fire1]

22. Detroit hasn't had a Republican mayor since BEFORE

Coleman A. Young. You'd have to know the 'history' behind Young's tenure as mayor to understand WHY Detroit has been overwhelmingly democratic since the 1967 riot.

[Cha]

23. Thanks for the

enlightenment, Fire1.

[Old Michigander]

20. Won't Make Any Difference

It really doesn't matter who is elected Mayor of Detroit. The situation there is completely hopeless. There needs to be a comprehensive national resettlement program in the United States. There is absolutely no way that cities comprised of hundreds of thousands of impoverished people, primarily minorities, segregated and concentrated in one dilapidated and deteriorating place, will ever succeed. This situation is a national crime and shame and NOT ONE LEADER in either political party is serious about solving it.

[Demeter]

31. Amen

[kwassa]

34. "comprehensive national resettlement program"?

you moving those darn minorities onto a reservation or something?

Moving them won't change the poverty, you'll just move the poverty.

[olddad56]

21. f it doesn't work out for Bing....

Sacramento will trade Kevin Johnson and our next years pick in the draft for him.

[Kolesar]

27. The political machine that goes "BING!" ... eom

[Pacifist Patriot]

29. Silly question. Bing's tall, obviously. So who is the bloke in the bottom left photo?

He's about half a head taller than Bing!

[FarLeftRage]

32. That's Derrick Coleman

Another Syracuse University Basketball star.
Dave Bing was very instrumental in getting him to play for SU.

[Pacifist Patriot]

33. Thanks. Just curious. I always like to know the names when I drool.

[Kingofalldems]

30. I remember when he played HS ball

Spingarn in DC. Good for him.

[sarcasmo]

36. Good move Detroit. The only problem is he has to run again at the end of the year.

This is just to finish out the Kwame term.