When he reached retirement age, Dave Bing got himself a job he never wanted.
Mayor of Detroit? He wanted no part of it. “I really didn’t want him to do it,” his wife, Yvette, says.
“None of us wanted him to do it,” adds one of his three daughters, Cassaundra.
For years Bing’s old Syracuse roommate, Jim Boeheim, now the Orange’s coach, would ask him about going into politics, and Bing would reply, “I’m not crazy.”
Is he crazy now? He wonders sometimes. He admits this with a half grin and a gleam in his eye, as though he might ask for a recount of the elections he won.
Click here to read the entire article.
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
Business, Leadership