Dave Bing meets a(nother) wealthy industrialist.
SYRACUSE, N.Y., September 25th — Last night DBB's own wealthy industrialist was at an event with Dave Bing, former Piston and current mayor of Detroit. I introduced myself and we conversed for a few minutes, mainly about his urban renewal agenda. Mayor Bing explained that his intention is to right-size Detroit, not simply shrink it, and that finding the most economically productive use for unpopulated areas was just as crucial as the service reduction measures demanded by the city's austerity budget. He is intrigued by the idea of converting vacant areas to "urban farms," but he emphasized that no one (as of yet) has presented him with a convincing plan for scaling up community/neighborhood gardens and turning them into job creators. Above all, his first priority is to get Detroiters back to work.
Dave Bing is a top-50 NBA player and successful businessman, but I think that his most important achievements are yet to come. It was a pleasure and an honor to meet him. I'm not sure that he felt the same way — I wasn't the only one at the event to bother him — but he was kind enough to take a photo with me. My only regret is that I didn't bring any red panda paraphernalia for him to sign.
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holy smokes!
it’s Dave Bing and PS!!!!! Rec’d for a meeting of DBB’s most respected wealthy industrialists :)
"Mike Payne is a walking-talking-hate-spewing-fire-breathing example of how exactly NOT to use supposed "statistical" analysis in the game of basketball."
MFPS!
Well done! Detroit’s lucky to have a guy like Bing at it’s wheel.
Question: did Mayor Bing get photobombed or does he actually have a real, live halo?
/crosses fingers for the latter
That circular object is a chandelier. The only Piston who has a halo is the divine Jonas Jerebko.
by -PS- on Sep 25, 2011 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
They
look like a parent and child.
Where broken English happens
by OK from J on Sep 25, 2011 8:22 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Very cool!
But did Dave Bing say, “Who is this PS guy, anyways?”
by garrettelliott on Sep 26, 2011 9:34 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
If only there was some way we could all know more about this PS guy, anyways……
by garrettelliott on Sep 27, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
And this was at a human trafficking luncheon, you say?
I’m sorry I have no idea what wealthy industrialists do in their down time.
by JoeDip on Sep 27, 2011 11:02 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Yes, we were dining on trafficked humans.
by -PS- on Sep 28, 2011 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

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