http://bloombergwatch.com Above the rules? Above the People?! Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:03:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I fell asleep before the election results were in and woke up to the nightmare of another four years of Michael Bloomberg. The only thing that gives me a little comfort is knowing….. No, I can’t think of anything that gives me comfort. I’m one of those people who sometimes ... http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/another-four-years-of-michael-bloomberg/ Single digits. As Bill Thompson said in his concession speech tonight, it's important that the all the issues we've highlighted during the last few months doesn't disappear into the shadows of public discussion. Returns Via NY1: http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/2009-mayoral-election-returns/ New York Times society reporter, Joyce Purnick, author of a recent semi-authorized Bloomberg biography, wrote Bloomberg a “memo” in the form of an op-ed piece in Tuesday’s paper. She said that he had made a “bad investment” spending all that money to win an election. As the incumbent, she wrote, ... http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/memo-to-joyce-purnick/ From Jillian Jonas, freelance journalist and former national political analyst for U.P.I.: As Mayor Michael Bloomberg approached the end of his first term in 2004 with his eye toward re-election in 2005, the administration was able to momentarily turn away from the city’s economic turmoil. Bloomberg began re-examining some of New ... http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/new-efforts-fail-to-reduce-homelessness/ From Seth Miller: As we know, the city didn't bother to enforce the J-51 law at Independence Plaza North, under which every apartment should have been registered as stabilized before HPD permitted the development to leave Mitchell Lama. Instead, nearly two years after IPN left the Mitchell Lama program, after ... http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/part-two-of-our-back-story-on-independence-plaza/ http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/vote-like-your-life-is-at-stake-it-is/ Make your vote count. http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/polls-open-from-6-am-to-9-pm-today/ Via Pareene and Gawker: Tomorrow is Election Day! You will probably not vote, because there are no contested races for anything important in 90% of the nation. But if you are a New Yorker, we have one message: don't vote for Michael Bloomberg. You know those idiots who don't know anything about ... http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/gawker-endorsement-dont-vote-for-bloomberg/ Tom Tomorrow is one of the country's greatest social critics. I read this book to my soon-to-be four-year old grandson. He enjoyed it and he got it! If only adult New Yorkers understood as much -- our readers excluded of course. Then again, he hasn't been exposed to the relentless ... http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/the-very-silly-mayor/ Via Comedy Central: November 7, 2001: Indifference 2001 – New York Mayoral Races The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c http://bloombergwatch.com/index.php/11/the-daily-shows-best-mayor-bloomberg-moments/