Article: More than next mayor at stakeVote seen as referendum on city's future.(NEWS)

Article: Bing is best choice for Detroit's future.(NEWS)
Crain's Detroit Business;  October 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... landscape are 70,000 vacant structures and parcels. Bing's opponent, Tom Barrow, casts Bing as a carpetbagger who is intent on selling Detroit's "jewels. Barrow opposes the recently created regional authority ...

Article: Detroit budget woes keep Bing busy in 1st 100 days
AP Online;  August 18, 2009 ;     478 words ...Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says it's unlikely that his ... every day he has been mayor. Bing marks his first 100 days at ... off in November against Tom Barrow for a full four years in office. The 65-year-old Bing played nine of his 12 years ...

Article: Tom Barrow on ... Challenger stresses public safety, ...
Crain's Detroit Business;  October 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... in the streets. "Cutting buses, (the Bing administration) said, we've got to ... money we're wasting (Editor's note: Barrow says waste is evidenced in departmental ... could manage by cash flow. Cobo Center Barrow has said he opposed the deal crafted in ...

Article: For unions, mayoral election may be more about the show than ...
Crain's Detroit Business;  September 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 10,302 votes 68,623 ballots were cast for Bing. For Barrow to defeat Bing would require a massive electoral shift. And ... said. "There's a vast difference from where Barrow was and where Bing is. If we were to generate a 40 percent change ...

Article: Deficit keeps Detroit mayor busy in 1st 100 days
AP Online;  August 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Second-place finisher Tom Barrow took about 11 percent ... full, four-year term. Bing's vow to reduce rampant ... criticism from the unions and Barrow, his runoff opponent ... confused and that means Mr. Bing is confused, Barrow said. You can't blame ...

Article: MAYORAL MATCHUP.(NEWS)
Crain's Detroit Business;  August 10, 2009 ;     307 words ...Dave Bing won 68,623 primary votes to Tom Barrow's 10,302. Here's how the rivals for Detroit mayor compared in pre-primary fundraising reports: Bing $340,000 Barrow: $68,000 Copyright 2009 Crain Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Article: Candidates shift into higher gear; Focus is fundraising, ...
Crain's Detroit Business;  August 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... spot with roughly 68,623 votes. Just 10,302 ballots were cast for opponent Tom Barrow, who will face Bing again in November. Bing also out-earned Barrow financially, according to pre-primary campaign finance disclosure statements, bringing ...