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While the Mayor and City Council Speaker Gifford Miller may seem similar - they are white...they live on the Upper East Side...uh... - they actually aren't, and the NY Times examined their extremely political spitting match. Gothamist liked how Mayor Bloomberg views Miller as unaccomplished and unambitious, because next to him, who can be (this does not bode well for prospective suitors for Emma and Georgina), but there was another quote that got us thinking:
City Councilman Eric Gioia, a close associate of Mr. Miller, says the friction stems in part from the vast age gap between the two. "I think the mayor looks at Gifford and says, 'Why don't you just listen to me?'" he said. "And Gifford looks at the mayor and says, 'Why can't you see things from a different perspective?'"Hello, this is total sitcom material. Think an even sharper Spin City with generational clashes.
There was another front-of-section Bloomberg story in the Times this weekend: The fate of Bloomberg LP in the Business section...we can't figure out if it's good or bad to work there, but the building is cool. And in other mayoral maybe news, Councilman Charles Barron attacked Ferrer over Ferrer's backtracking on the Amadou Diallo case.
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uhh, I think the article said Bloomberg sees Miller as unaccomplished and **ambitious**
Er, sitcom material? Our generation's work-a-day dealings with recalcitrant curmudgeons are hardly the stuff of television programs; they're more just a part of the power climbers' facts of life (now that's a sitcom!).
gifford miller is an idiot. i'm sorry but even if you don't like bloomberg, you have to get annoyed by this guy.
Gimme a break. Bloomberg is a total autocrat - look at this stadium thing! Why is this his top priority? Is it really worth a couple hundred million plus all the hassle of traffic and everything? I'd rather have someone who has had to work with other people before.
I get the feeling that if Bloomberg were against the West Side Stadium, Gifford Miller would be for it.