Tag Archives: Bloomberg

Time To Say No - In Unison

Public Review Process Threatened by Mayor
Democracy can be really slow.
Democratic input into government can be really, really slow.
Public hearings, public input, public comment and public review are time consuming — especially if it is to be meaningful.
Our wonderful Mayor, who would prefer to run the City as the corporate CEO that he is, has [...]

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Local media appear to be focusing their unwelcome attention on Mayor Bloomberg

With President-elect Obama and Governor Paterson enjoying relative popularity at this time, local media appear to be focusing their unwelcome attention on Mayor Bloomberg.
A principal article in last month’s Village Voice was headlined “The Transformation of Mike Bloomberg: How the Benevolent Billionaire With No Political Debts Ended Up Owning Us All.” The author was Wayne [...]

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Pols Chide Mayor for Toying With Them On Term Limits By Discussing the Possibility Of Reversing Two Referenda

September 2, 2008
Hurricane Gustav and mass evacuation, the truncated Republican convention, and the vice presidential nominee’s impending grandchild have dominated the news cycle for the past week, with New York City relatively out of the limelight.
The issue of term limits continues to lumber along. Mayor Bloomberg said several weeks ago that his support for term [...]

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