Bing defeats Cockrel, national media takes notice
The basketballing businessman Dave Bing beats the incumbent policy man Ken Cockrel Jr. Bing will only serve seven months until the next election in May (in which he will seek re-election) and Cockrel goes back to being Detroit city council president, relieving Monica Conyers of her duties, although he could run again in May. Follow all of that?Excerpt:”In the 42 years that I’ve been here, I still dream. I dream that this city can be what it was before I even got here.”
He added: “If you’ve got the right values system, regardless of how
poor you are or what kind of background you come from, you can succeed.
That’s what I want to make the people here understand.” Read the entire article here.
The basketballing businessman Dave Bing beats the incumbent policy man
Ken Cockrel Jr. Bing will only serve seven months until the next
election in May (in which he will seek re-election) and Cockrel goes
back to being Detroit city council president, relieving Monica Conyers
of her duties, although he could run again in May. Follow all of that?
Excerpt:
“In the 42 years that I’ve been here, I still dream. I dream that this city can be what it was before I even got here.”
He added: “If you’ve got the right values system, regardless of how
poor you are or what kind of background you come from, you can succeed.
That’s what I want to make the people here understand.”
Read the entire article here.
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