October 2, 2009 @ 12:06 pm
More Flip-Flopping From Mayor Bloomberg
Yesterday’s reports of the Bloomberg campaign producing a four-page brochure attacking Democratic Mayoral Challenger Bill Thompson’s management of the City’s $80 billion pension system, also showed the mayor making a U-turn to say that he actually believed Thompson has done a solid job as comptroller.
On the road to marriage equality, Bloomberg has made another U-turn. Two weeks ago, Bloomberg told Gay City News that he put the chances of passing a gay marriage bill this fall at “zero, zero.” Yesterday, he told a crowd of LGBT supporters (and voters): “I actually think in my heart of hearts that this is going to get done.”
Obviously, the mayor is looking to recoup some votes from the gay community he might have lost after he made his previous comment. Thinking about passing a marriage equality bill in your heart is one thing. Bloomberg has been saying a bill should be passed ever since he appealed a court decision legalizing gay marriage in 2005, so will he even try to get a bill through now? We’d put the chances of that at zero, zero.
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