Mayor of Detroit Dave Bing spoke to residents last night about the state of their city, and the outlook was not good. He outlined his key strategies to try and get the city back on track including improving safety and transportation, and reforming jobs and pensions. He also spoke about how he was going to raise revenues. So how did he do? Jerome Vaughn is news director at WDET in Detroit and Desiree Cooper is a Detroit-based journalist.
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