Bloomberg Urges Paterson to Use Force with Senators

Now that the State Senate has adjourned for summer vacation, Mayor Bloomberg is participating in the time honored tradition of talking smack as soon as someone has left the room. On his weekly radio show yesterday, Bloomberg went off about the fact that the senators left Albany without addressing the issue of mayoral control of the schools, now back with the re-formed Board of Ed until senators return in September. Bloomberg said, "The only thing I can think of is they want to ruin the schools." He also suggested that Governor Paterson "send the state troopers to drag them back" to Albany and added, "Giving them the summer off is, as we say in Gallic (sic), 'Meshughena.'" Senator Bill Perkins referred to the mayor's rant as a "tantrum" and Senator Thomas Duane added that "the threat of troopers knocking on the door" was not the best way to coerce legislators into a vote. A spokesman for Paterson said the governor had no plans to call in state troopers to resolve the matter.

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By Billy Parker in News on July 18, 2009 2:25 PM

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Reflect

hes a big headed douche, Hey lets all sit down and ruin NYC schools.

Bye honey, im off to ruin NYC schools men just want beer wars guns and puntang none are so mindfully focused on anything like ruining NYC schools.

schizofriendly

I'll never know what to make of our mayor.

Spirit of 76

"The only thing I can think of is they want to ruin the schools."

Oh, brother. It's always about YOU, isn't it, Mikey? Just because they don't give you complete control, it all comes down to your pet project. At this point, I hope they do take up the cause... and vote to abolish mayoral control permanently! What a control freak.

jamesdamian

Are the Senators blinded to the peoples' opinion? Popularity plummets when people do not do the jobs that WE THE PEOPLE are paying them to do (another example: MTA strike). They need to wake up and accept that no matter why they were refusing session, we view them as whiners that are unprofessional and unworthy of their positions. Please vote these people out of office.