Results tagged “dirkcalloway”

- Fingers' refusal to type with proper spelling and gramar

With the start of the 2006 calendar year weeks away, the wrangling for governor will be more earnest, but right now, the troubles are within the state's Republican party. New York magazine has a fun guide to GOP rivalries and backstabbing that helps elucidate the situation, though Ed Cox is nowhere to be seen (Cox is rumored to be another GOP choice, instead of Westchester DA Jeannine Pirro, to run against Hillary Clinton). The NY Times has a feature about Pataki's problems, with one anonymous Democrat suggesting that the state will be controlled by Democratic Assembly Leader Sheldon Silver and State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno (a Republican!), which sounds scary to us.

The Village Voice on why the Jets' claims that their bid will bring in minority jobs may be "full of hot air." And the Daily News' Juan Gonzalez on how the MTA's decision to grant Jets the West Side railyards was like watching a sting.

The Post says the Mayor's 311 hot line is popular: Popular for people to rag on his performances: 10% of calls were to complain about his firehouse closings ("Please do two things for New York City: Reopen the six firehouses and leave"), 80% complained about the smoking ban. The mayor's staff is quick to point out that the 7500 calls complaining about the mayor are but a tiny portion of million-plus calls 311 has received since its start in March. Gothamist is thinking about calling to ask why the Mayor hasn't responded to our email about what his nickname is.