perry

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:56:17 -0500

Bloomberg isnt obligated to follow campaign finance rules because he didn't take any of the money from the city/state that would have necessitated that he follow those rules. And Bloomy actually does donate a lot of his personal money to city specific causes.. But if bringing up that he spends "too much" money on his campaign is the only thing that the times can find to complain about, thats pretty pathetic. What about his unrelenting push for the west side stadium/olympics that would have cost the city hundreds of billions of dollars? Oh yeah, since the Times got a pretty sweet corporate welfare deal from bloomy, I guess that can't say much about that.. Or maybe his hillary-like nanny state agenda? Don't smoke, don't make too much noise outside, don't sit on a milk crate, don't feed pigeons.. and on and on.. Oh yeah, the Times pretty much thinks that politicians should decide how you live your life too.. The only difference being that Bloomy, unlike the Times, is unapologetic about using money and influence to get things done.

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perry