Tag: Politricks
Despite a flurry of speculation about his future employment sparked in part by a few rounds of golf with the president, Mayor Bloomberg said he has every intention of finishing out his term and the only way he’s leaving early is in a coffin. If you spent over $100 million of your own money scoring […]
So just how much did Bloomberg spend to become the Emperor of NYC? This much: $108,371,685.01. |NYDN| […]
Mayor Bloomberg’s reelection team knew the race was going to be close and so they scoured the planet for every possible vote they could get, reaching out to constituents as far away as Africa. |NYP| […]
Despite last night’s lashing, there’s really no chance that the Phillies will win the World Series, but Bloomberg decided to make a cutesy bet with the mayor of Philadelphia—whoever that is—anyway. If the Yankees lose, the billionaire mayor (and term limit trampler) will don the rival team’s jersey and pretend to paint a mural in […]
Although they’ve never endorsed him before, all of the five police unions are throwing their support behind Bloomberg, the candidate most likely to win. If you needed the mayor’s money, wouldn’t want to be on the winning team? |CityRoom| […]
Slimy Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, a Democrat, did the unthinkable and endorsed Mayor Bloomberg’s run for a referendum-ignoring third term. |Gothamist| […]
Republicans are outraged that someone—besides their colleagues—would make such inflammatory comments on the floor of the House and are actually asking the only Democrat with balls, Congressman Alan Grayson, to apologize for articulating their ‘die quickly’ health care plan. |WaPo| […]
Here’s video of Bono endorsing Mayor Bloomberg during last night’s U2 concert at Giant Stadium. He must not be a big fan of public referendums. |Gothamist| […]
New Yorkers don’t like their hand being forced, even if it’s their messiah who’s doing the forcing, and according to a new Marist poll: “Of registered voters across the political spectrum, 62 percent say that Obama should stay out of the governor’s race.” |DailyIntel| […]
Apart from being a little sleazy, opportunistic and lifelong Democrats, there’s really no comparison between the Vallones and the Kennedys so zip it Mark Green, these kind of endorsements won’t help you get that public advocate job back. |NYDN| […]
