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Gothamist has a feeling that Bob Kerrey is on the top of Mayor Bloomberg's crap list, because Kerrey's surprise weekend announcement that he might consider running for NYC mayor totally stole the Mayor's thunder over being named one of Time magazine's top city mayors. With a press release designed to acknowledge this honor, the Mayor got to give his election year soundbite, namely how his administration has "taken our City through a fiscal crisis, put our economy back on track, driven crime down to historic lows, improved our quality of life and begun to reform a school system that failed generations of our children." Gothamist did like, however, how Newsday pointed out that two of the people grading the mayors (as it were) by Time were consultants to the Bloomberg administration. Newsday has some great mayoral race coverage, with an article about what voters are worried about these days (real estate and taxes) and a compilation of past articles looking at the Bloomberg record.
Oh, and on the Kerrey tip, it seems that he's saying a mayoral run "unlikely". Kerrey hasn't chalked it up to being crazy, but given that he said he was "emphasizing my commitment and enthusiasm for my work at New School University," Gothamist can only imagine that the New School administration pulled out the contract and showed Kerrey the fine print: No running for Mayor on our time, buddy - that's just for elected officials and billionaires.
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Oh, I beg to differ. Rather than Kerrey stealing B'Burg's spotlight from the magazine article, I think it was the other way around - at least for me, the reader. Not only are the Time honors a nice endorsement of Bloomberg, but it's just the thing to get everyone's attention away from this Kerrey guy, who obviously has no serious intention of running.
And, if he did, his platform is fractionally weaker than any candidate running for either party right now. He has no stance on any issues, no campaign, and has had no role in the public discourse until this week. I wouldn't even think of voting for him at the moment, and it's unlikely I'd pick him over Bloomberg in the long run. (This city IS running a lot better since Mayor Mike took over, and I'd absolutely like to see more of that)
Brian, I agree. I had some reservations about Bloomberg at first, but I think he's proved himself to be a pretty good mayor overall.
Ask the NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association what they think of Bloomberg's claim of lower crime statistics.
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Some people choose to stick their heads in the sand, and others do not.
PS: If you read the article, take note that the 10th Precinct is the Chelsea neighborhood.