Thereโ€™s no doubt about it: This is a 10 on the Chris Matthews racism-ometer. All the Matthews code words are here, including โ€œDetroit,โ€ โ€œpublic workers,โ€ and โ€œentitlements.โ€

DETROIT (CBS Detroit) Managing expectations is his day-to-day position against people who believe the mayor can solve all of Detroitโ€™s problems is the hardest thing he deals with every day.
Thatโ€™s according to an interview Detroit Mayor Dave Bing did with CNN where he talked about the communityโ€™s deep problems and how he plans to solve them.
โ€œWe are in an environment, I think, of entitlement, weโ€™ve got a lot of people who are city workers, who for years and years, 20, 30 years, think they are entitled to a job and all that comes with it,โ€ Bing said.
He added: โ€œNobody wants to go backwards, but in order for us to move this city forward weโ€™re going to have to take a step or two backwards โ€” and then, I think, all of us have to participate in the pain thatโ€™ s upon us right now.โ€

The rest here.

Note: The Chris Matthews racism-ometer is color-blind and does not take into consideration the color of Mayor Bingโ€™s skin..