tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post4685811680183861800..comments2024-03-29T09:08:56.746-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: For Mayor of New York City: Veronica Palmer OlianaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-39843840556385391662009-11-03T15:35:02.839-05:002009-11-03T15:35:02.839-05:00Well, Billy was on the ballot.
I agree with PS on ...Well, Billy was on the ballot.<br />I agree with PS on this one. I have voted for Nadar the last few times in the presidential. But today I had to vote for Thompson. The richest man in the city just has to go.Media gluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338948037718606190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-44184153265634428502009-11-03T12:09:08.172-05:002009-11-03T12:09:08.172-05:00Good stuff, Prodigal Son. Thanks for commenting.
...Good stuff, Prodigal Son. Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />And whatever happened to Rev. Billy? Haven't heard so much from him lately....EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66739888908271587172009-11-03T11:20:12.733-05:002009-11-03T11:20:12.733-05:00I keep on being asked by my mother whether Thompso...I keep on being asked by my mother whether Thompson is really "qualified" for the job of being Mayor. I pointed out that he was President of the Board of Education and Comptroller, which is a pretty normal political resume for most of our past mayors. Its hard to see how he could have been better qualified.<br /><br />However, the NYC government is ridiculously centralized, which means any challenger to an incumbent mayor appears somewhat diminished, since the mayor holds most of the levers of power. As Joyce Purnik pointed out on the NY Times op-ed page, Mayors simply tend to get re-elected except in very unusual circumstances. And Americans like incumbent politicians, or at least they have enough advantages to get re-elected something like 95% of the time.<br /><br />That said, if you don't like Bloomberg's philosophy of government, Thompson would probably be a fine replacement (but note all local government in the US is in terrible financial trouble). I'm normaly a big fan of protest votes for fringe candidates but I just don't see any reason for it this time around.<br /><br />Thompson will probably lose, but the polls are even less lopsided than in 2004, where they had Bloomberg at over 60%.prodigal sonnoreply@blogger.com