Though some in and out of Detroit think of the city as a walled island, it is not. Just as the brain can't exist without the heart, and the heart without the lungs, Detroit can't exist without the suburbs and vice-versa. Detroit Mayor Bing realizes that and reached out to regional leaders in a way that has been void in Detroit politics for some time.
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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing reached out to Oakland County leaders tonight. He said southeast Michigan needs to work together to move forward.
"Detroit needs Oakland County," Bing said, as he addressed the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. "Detroit needs Macomb. Detroit needs Wayne County."
Bing's visit to the county commission was the first from a Detroit mayor since Kwame Kilpatrick visited five years ago. Bing's showed none of Kilpatrick's swagger and didn't sugarcoat Detroit's problems.
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