Bloomberg, After Narrow Re-election, Offers Olive Branch, And a Warning

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Bloomberg, After Narrow Re-election, Offers Olive Branch, And a Warning

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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg had lunch Wednesday with New York's incoming public advocate, Bill de Blasio, a Democrat.

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NYC Educator: We Need More than Words

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I hereby nominate John Liu for Mayor in 2013. Admit it, the guy has balls. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/nyregion/05bloomberg.html 11/5/2009

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Streetsblog New York City — NYCT Prez Howard Roberts Forced to Step Down in MTA Shakeup (NYT, News) Meet His Replacement: Former NYC Subway Chief Tom Prendergast (News) How Will Bloomberg Pay for His Transit Promises? (2nd Ave Sagas) Mayor Expected to Face Stiffer Resistance From City Council in Third Term (NYT) NYC Dems Blame Obama, Quinn for Thompson Loss (NYT, News) More NYers Voted for John Liu Than Any Other Candidate (Politicker ...

Next Time Your Well-Intentioned Goo-Goo “Politically Aware” Buddy Reminds You To Go Out And Vote, Maybe You Should Actually Listen To Him
Bridge and Tunnel Club Blog — Nice to see John Liu settling into his old ways of vacuous grandstanding after the fact: Signs of an altered landscape quickly emerged as Mr. Bloomberg, never known for his humility, made an elaborate show of deference. His staff hastily arranged a highly visible meeting, at a Manhattan restaurant, with the city’s public advocate-elect, Bill de Blasio, a Democrat. Just a few weeks ago, the mayor said the citywide office was “a waste of everyone’s money,” and called for its abolition. But tellingly, when the mayor tried to ...

Bloomberg Reaches Out, Other Election Fun Facts
Gothamist — ... , Mayor Bloomberg has been reaching out to the Democrats. Yesterday, he had coffee with Public Advocate-elect Bill de Blasio (their klatsch is pictured at left) but City Comptroller-elect John Liu declined to meet with Bloomberg, saying he was too busy. But the NY Times points out Liu later said, "A long time ago, the people of New York decided there would be no king nor a monarch in New York City." ...

We Need More than Words
NYC Educator — ... More than any individual, it is Randi Weingarten who enabled Bloomberg to grab a third term. As the New York Times reported after the election,” …Bloomberg aides said they relentlessly promoted the mayor as invulnerable in the race when they knew differently… Said one top Bloomberg advisor… ‘If a poll had come out showing that the race was within five points, Barack Obama would have swung into town, the UFT would break for Thompson and Mike Bloomberg would not be mayor today.’” Obama, who according to news reports was warned to stay out the mayoral race by ...

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