Category: City officials
Posted by Mike Wilkinson (The Detroit News) on Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:08 PMWhen the 'mayor' gets no respect
When they're making hay of Detroit in Toledo, what's the world come to?
Ohio voters will decide next week whether to allow casino gambling and both sides have spent millions of dollars trying to convince folks that they're right.
But one side is using casino proponent and Quicken Loans top dog Dan Gilbert's ties to former Mayor Dennis Archer to sway voters. And of course the negative "cache" attached to the title of "Detroit mayor."
Archer is an adviser to Gilbert who will have the opportunity to invest in the casinos should the ballot measure pass.
In an ad in heavy rotation in Toledo, a voice talks about money going to casino interests outside Ohio, including to "political insiders like the mayor of Detroit."
Huh? Dave Bing? Well, no. As the voicevover says "mayor of Detroit," a picture is shown of Archer and the words "ex-Detroit Mayor" appear on the screen. Oh, that's clearer.
Perhaps it's not shocking they didn't say "former Michigan Supreme Court justice."
