Bloomberg to GOP: Where the Party At?

While he may have won the right to run for a third term, it seems like Mayor Bloomberg has burned so many bridges with the powers that be in the city's political parties that he may have to build his own tunnel (of money) to find a comfy spot on November's ballot. Just a couple of weeks ago, Bloomberg began calling some of his old bedfellows in the Republican Party to see if they'd take him back after needing a little "me time" for the last year. Bloomberg needs permission from a majority of the GOP heads representing each of the five boroughs. According to the Daily News, three out of five of them are so upset with Bloomberg's abandonment that they might not give it to him, but instead pave the way for Gristedes owner John Catsidmatidis, who is considering a run as a Republican and says, "A majority of them are urging me to run." A GOP source even told the News, "If we could all agree on a Democratic candidate, we might even back him." How much does an Independent Party cost again?

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By Billy Parker in News on January 18, 2009 4:35 PM

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ides_of_march

Bloomberg fired incompetent teachers and abolished that overbloated, malignant bureaucracy called the Board of Education. Give the man credit.

Of course the stalinist teachers' union hates him; he made city employees do their jobs and is a threat to their monopoly on the minds of young people whose parents can't afford private school.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

On Jan. 17 2008, the New York State United Teachers declared that it would soon file a friend of the court brief supporting the Comptroller, charging that 16 city charter schools get 91% of their funds from public sources. Still, aside from unreliable "private" audits, it is not known what the schools do with the funds, nor what standard they use to "pass" students.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

He has ruined education in New York City—which our teachers are protesting—by privatizing schools; setting up schools that he exempts from reporting or auditing. This fascist option has to be destroyed."

Bloomberg, a political chameleon promoted by financier fascists Michael Steinhardt and Felix Rohatyn of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), who has morphed from Democrat (until 2000) to Republican (2001-06) to Independent (2006-present).