Take Your Best Shot

June

Mayor Bloomberg got the City to bend the rules and allow him to run for a third term – Presumably because he thinks New York City simply cannot continue to exist without him. I oppose term limits on principle, because they walk a fine line between being ultra-democratic (not allowing someone to stick around too long in their fiefdoms) and anti-democratic (not allowing voters their choice for office). Too meddlesome if you ask me. However, Bloomberg is a bazillionaire. Nobody can come close to outspending him and he is the incumbent, so basically, the mayor’s race will be a simple coronation, because no real contender for his office is going to challenge him. His expected challenger, Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner decided not to run against him for those two daunting reasons – Not very democratic at all.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 am by Matt Davies.
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4 Responses to “Take Your Best Shot”

Clay Jones June 3rd, 2009 at 11:33 am
Plus his name is Weiner. Bloomberg can simply say “do you want a Mayor Bloomberg, or a Mayor Weiner?”.
Steve C. June 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I am angered at blomberg on several fronts.
Number 1 he is a hypocrit. Remember when teh towers fell Guilliani asked and was denied exactly what Bloomberg Illegally took. a 3rd term. as a matter of fact it was Blomberg that stood by the term limit because it suited his needs.

Number 2 – he systematically undid all teh good guilliani did.

Number 3: he has made manhattan a nightmaer for commuters and now i can see 30 taxis to 1 regular car. but blomberg has a bug up is butt because he doesnt know how to drive.

Weiner has been around over 20 years in the political field. He’s a brooklyn boy and probably would be an ok mayor.

i no longer live in brooklyn so i only feel teh side effects now of the mayor. But i do hope bloomberg doesnt get the 3rd term.
Peter Garcia June 3rd, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Matt, the car in “Feeding Time” might just as easily have ‘GM Bureaucracy’ painted on its side. GM needs another ingredient besides the two you mention (hands off by the govt and focus on the customer – it is a complete change in their management and culture. Those have been why GM has failed and will continue to fail. Peter Garcia
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