Mayor Bing calls for emergency session with council today to avert cash crisis

As Detroit tumbles closer to bankruptcy, Mayor Dave Bing is imploring council members to return from recess today for an emergency meeting to reconsider a contract that would open up million in state funding to feed the cash-starved budget.
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In a show of defiance last week, the council indefinitely shelved a vote on the matter, forcing the mayor to announce mandatory furlough days for thousands of city workers in a last-ditch effort to remain solvent. Other painful cuts are coming, he warned.

Bing is expected to call a 1 p.m. meeting in council chambers in what almost certainly will be a bitter, combative session. Crowds have grown more hostile, and the mayor and council’s relationship is dysfunctional.

What’s troublesome, however, is that city officials didn’t post a meeting notice for the session, which means many residents won’t have ample time to attend the meeting and make a statement.

“Surprise, surprise,” Shirley Robinson, 49, said. “Suddenly council wants to change their vote and there’s no meeting notice posted? This just sounds wrong.”

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Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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