What is Dave Bing?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Dave Bing | image = Dave Bing.jpg | caption = Mayor Dave Bing in 2009 | imagesize = 250px | order = 74th | office = Mayor of Detroit | term_start = May 11, 2009 | term_end = December 31, 2013 | predecessor = [[Kenneth Cockrel, Jr.]] | successor = [[Mike Duggan]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|11|24}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]] | death_date = | death_place = | constituency = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = Yvette Bing | profession = Professional Athlete, Businessman, Politician | alma_mater = [[Syracuse University]] | Residence = }} '''David Bing''' (born November 24, 1943) is an [[Americans|American]] businessman, retired [[basketball]] player, and former [[List of mayors of Detroit, Michigan|mayor]]. He was mayor of [[Detroit, Michigan]] from 2009 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Marlon|title=Poll: Detroiters unhappy with city services and those in charge|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20130923/NEWS01/309230179/job-approval-detroit-bankrupt-poll|publisher=Detroit Free Press|access-date=17 December 2013|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130529/http://www.freep.com/article/20130923/NEWS01/309230179/job-approval-detroit-bankrupt-poll|url-status=dead}}</ref> After starring at [[Syracuse University]], Bing played 12 seasons in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) as a [[Basketball positions|guard]] for the [[Detroit Pistons]] (1966 to 1975), [[Washington Bullets]] (1975 to 1977) and [[Boston Celtics]] (1977–78). He is now in the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Basketball Hall of Fame]]. Bing entered Detroit politics as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in 2008. He announced his intentions to run for mayor in Detroit's [[non-partisan primary]] to finish the term of [[Kwame Kilpatrick]]. Kilpatrick had