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Mayor Bloomberg Channels Carly Simon
October 02, 2008 6:39 PM
ABC News’ Charles Herman reports: Citing “unprecedented challenges” confronting the nation’s economy, two-time New York city Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced he would seek a third term, despite voter approved term-limit laws.
“My whole life has prepared me for the challenges ahead, and I want to give the voters a chance to decide if they want me at the helm. If voters don’t like what they’ve seen, they will vote for someone else and that’s as it should be,” he said at a press conference timed to start as local television stations being airing their noon news programs.
Bloomberg said the City Council could change the law to allow him to run again.
“Given the events of recent weeks and given the enormous challenges we face, I don’t want to walk away from a city I feel I can help lead through these tough times
Addressing the financial stabilization bill that's being considered in Washington, the billionaire businessman turned bureaucrat said the “$700 billion bailout is not a magic bullet; it’s a badly needed, short-term, stop-gap measure, but it will by no means make all our problems disappear.”
He also warned New Yorkers that the impact from the credit crunch would affect the city but was optimistic. “The good news is we have planned for a slowdown in New York, but we may well be on the verge of a meltdown, and it’s up to us to rise to the occasion.”
Still to be decided, if his potential third-term campaign song will be “Nobody Does it Better” or “You’re So Vain” No calls have been made yet to Carly Simon for comment.
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How can Mayor Bloomberg profess to care so much for New York when he won't even expose the facts of the 9/11 assault on his city? Who was behind the truck bombs? Why were the WTC black boxes hidden from the public?
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Posted by: gabriel | Oct 3, 2008 7:49:23 AM
SNL's skit girl Tina Fey has illustrated how pathetic New York has become culturally. Saturday Night Live has become HeeHaw for New Yorkers! a last gasp for the LOUD New Yorker.. Once the center stage of cultural in the world, New York has now become center stage for all of America's problems. Politically and Artistically, New Yorkers are " has beens". The Beijing Olympics showed the entire world where art and innovation exist... and New Yorkers are now slapping their knees and laughing it up to Tina Fey.
Posted by: Quality of Life | Oct 4, 2008 8:40:46 AM
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