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    We know what you said, but we respectfully ask if you'd change your mind,' " said Freman Hendrix, a cochair of Bing's turnaround team and a deputy mayor under former Mayor Dennis Archer. "To many of laypeople in the community, they see it as a perk ... I've always viewed the stretch limousine and suites at the Fox and Joe Louis as tools that the mayor has at his disposal to advance the city's best interest. Having that facility -- the Manoogian Mansion -- available for him to bring in dignitaries, for him to bring in developers, gives him a place to take people to showcase the city, to sell the city." The mansion has been unused since former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick hastily moved out in September 2008, after pleading guilty to two felonies and resigning from office. Full Article at Detroit Free Press
    To many of laypeople in the community, they see it as a perk ... I've always viewed the stretch limousine and suites at the Fox and Joe Louis as tools that the mayor has at his disposal to advance the city's best interest. Having that facility -- the Manoogian Mansion -- available for him to bring in dignitaries, for him to bring in developers, gives him a place to take people to showcase the city, to sell the city.
    SOURCE: Detroit Free Press 1 month ago
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Is Bing moving into the Manoogian Mansion?
  1. I've been blessed ... so I've been able to pay my own rent, so I've resisted it, even though it's always been popular from an image standpoint.
    SOURCE: Detroit Free Press 1 month ago
  2. Right now, the image has been tarnished and if we're going to change the city's image, it could very well start there. But it's got to predicated on factual data
    SOURCE: Detroit Free Press 1 month ago
  3. The Manoogian name is at risk here
    – Dave Bing SOURCE: Detroit Free Press 1 month ago
  4. The mayor, of course, campaigned on not using the Manoogian -- well, there's still a lot of pressure out there, believe it or not, that the mayor should live there ... But before we do that, since we're talking about a huge city cost, we want to do the analysis. ... It might make sense politically; it m...
    SOURCE: Detroit Free Press 1 month ago
  5. Is it the right thing to do? Is it the cheapest thing to do?
    SOURCE: Detroit Free Press 1 month ago
  6. What we're telling him is 'We want you to do this. We know what you said, but we respectfully ask if you'd change your mind,'
    SOURCE: Detroit Free Press 1 month ago

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