the selling of the mayor
son does have an awesome 'fro tho
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
deblasio apparently has 'evolved' on some issues recently
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/06/8531063/de-blasio-who-called-sadik-khan-radical-comes-around-expansion-bike?--bucket-headline
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:15 (ten years ago) link
bike lanes are kind of a no-brainer for a guy trying to be the candidate of the left wing of the party. The wrong stance on that is going to turn off a huge chunk of your base.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
it took him a while to realize that
― iatee, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
UFT endorsed Thompson, but the CUNY union just came out for DeBlasio
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
But in spite of being married to a UFT member, I hardly give a fuck what their leadership thinks
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
bike lanes top gay marriage as an issue I don't give a flying fuck about
but apparently Weiner usta shout at Bloomberg a couple years ago "hey Mike, I'm gonna tear out all yer fucking bike lanes!" He has since 'evolved' to "There are good bike lanes and bad bike lanes."
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
Bike lanes are kind of a symbolic issue for me. I don't even ride a bike. I believe in them in principal, but I think we're a long way off from them actually having a major impact on reducing car usage in the city. Nonetheless, they seem emblematic of a broader way of thinking that I support. I guess I support a candidate that generally *gets* the idea that the city shouldn't be making itself more friendly to cars at this point, and that our long term approach needs to be to move in the other direction.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
I just want the MTA to put the goddamn B67 bus back on overnights.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
yeah well the mayor doesn't have much say in that
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link
I'm guessing the bike thing is probably a matter of balancing the wants of a large base of young lefty new yorkers with a small group of old, moneyed, donatin' new yorkers.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link
or just ppl who don't wanna be run over
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
link to data showing that bike lanes make you even 1% more likely to "be run over"
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
links links links, the sole source of truth
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link
Weiner vs reality!
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/27/anthony-weiner-stands-by-claim-that-west-bank-isn-t-occupied-by-israel.html
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 June 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
I think its more young lefty new Yorkers vs truck driving union outer borough left
― iatee, Thursday, 27 June 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
ie deblasio sees himself as a man of the people because he *does* drive
― iatee, Thursday, 27 June 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
that weiner israel shit is weiiiiird, did not know about that
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 June 2013 19:46 (ten years ago) link
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/nyc/nyc06272013.pdf/
50% of people 18-25 think bike lanes should be increased, 21% decreased11% and 34 for people 65+
50/20 citibike approval, also
― iatee, Friday, 28 June 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
but also on my point above - 67% approval for people making 100k, 44% for under 40k
― iatee, Friday, 28 June 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
that's such a 21st century class weirdness when you think about it -- bikes for the elite, cars for the proles
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, 28 June 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
interesting that mandatory food waste recycling is much more popular among hispanic and black voters than white voters, wonder what accounts for that
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, 28 June 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/in-email-to-jta-quinn-says-west-bank-disputed-territory/2013/07/12/
― Mordy , Friday, 12 July 2013 22:51 (ten years ago) link
lol "breaking"
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Saturday, 13 July 2013 04:54 (ten years ago) link
controversial claim there
I mean, the article reads in "disputed" to mean something other than occupied. But I wouldn't really surmise that.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Saturday, 13 July 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link
O, may this rescue us from a Schwanz-Quinn runoff
http://www.salon.com/2013/07/23/weiner_cops_to_carlos_danger_sexts/
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link
i'm psyched for mayor quinn medicine woman
― Mordy , Tuesday, 23 July 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
surely weiner's sexual pathology is not [just] that he gets off on sending around photos of his penis, but that he is really turned on by the subsequent shame of getting caught
― Mordy , Wednesday, 24 July 2013 01:17 (ten years ago) link
I'm trying to resist playing armchair psychotherapist (a silly phrase, fwiw, since psychotherapists actually do work from armchairs), but there is definitely SOMETHING pathological about this beyond just blowing off steam, cheating, being horny etc.
― undescended listicle (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link
Of course, someone was probably sitting on this, waiting for the right moment to use it. But that doesn't really make it look any better.
― undescended listicle (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 01:28 (ten years ago) link
it's all probably a valve for self-loathing that comes from saying "Gaza is not occupied" in public.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 01:56 (ten years ago) link
you mean the west bank
― undescended listicle (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 02:05 (ten years ago) link
hasn't he said both?
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
The West Bank is the one that's especially weird to claim it's not occupied. Israel removed its soldiers stationed in Gaza and forced out the few thousand Israeli settlers that lived there in 2005, so there's at least a plausible argument that it's no longer officially "occupied" (even though Israel controls its borders and imposes harsh conditions on its economy).
― undescended listicle (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 02:22 (ten years ago) link
why is "the pantsuit" allowed to be used a shorthand for quinn? (nb: I dislike quinn intensely) that's not a good look for this thread right?
anyway, weiner has no chance now right? and is there even a remote possibility that de blasio could become viable as the non-quinn candidate? or is it too late for that?
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 12:37 (ten years ago) link
and a la 2nd ave sagas, why the endless talk about ferries??http://secondavenuesagas.com/2013/07/23/as-triboro-rx-looms-a-mayoral-race-on-ferries-emerges/
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 12:38 (ten years ago) link
Weiner's campaign has hours left, if has a brain in his... well.
The Pantsuit was the nicest moniker I could come up with, that's the kind of pig I am. Deal.
One would presume CQ is not going to get the 40% needed to avoid a runoff, so whoever finishes second becomes the non-Quinn candidate. All deBlasio has to do is edge out the Crook and the Empty Suit.
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 13:44 (ten years ago) link
Liu was campaigning outside of my subway stop yesterday morning. I helped throw away some flyers I guess. Don't understand what would make someone choose him of all people as a candidate-of-choice. Does he have some compelling platform I'm unaware of?
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 13:52 (ten years ago) link
I like Liu on a good number of issues -- he has some of the "shareholder activism" interests of Spitzer, and he's at least partly on my side of things on education. The fundraising scandal may hurt him a bit. But honestly I'm not too happy with my choices right now and I'm not ruling him out.
― PJ. Turquoise dealer. Chatroulette addict. Andersonville. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 14:03 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/nyregion/among-new-york-women-bafflement-at-the-loyalty-shown-by-weiners-wife.html
― Mordy , Thursday, 25 July 2013 04:12 (ten years ago) link
maybe she's into it. maybe it's a part of their sex life.
― Mordy , Thursday, 25 July 2013 04:13 (ten years ago) link
Marist poll, post-Carlos
Quinn 25, Weiner 16, de Blasio 14, Thompson 14, Liu 7
http://www.salon.com/2013/07/25/quinn_pulls_ahead_of_weiner/
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 July 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
de Blasio on the rise...
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2013/jul/29/poll-weiner-slumps-de-blasio-rises/
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 July 2013 11:21 (ten years ago) link
accept no imitations
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 04:41 (ten years ago) link
argh, this is the WORST idea. Quinn is the WORST.
http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-offers-loans-for-pre-k-2013-8
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Thursday, 8 August 2013 19:42 (ten years ago) link
Mr. Weiner’s collapse, in the wake of his admission that he had continued to send sexually explicit images to women online for more than a year after he resigned from Congress over such behavior, appears to be significant: when asked to pick a candidate they would “definitely not vote for under any circumstances,” 51 percent named Mr. Weiner — up from 28 percent just three weeks ago. Ms. Quinn was named by 24 percent, and John C. Liu, the comptroller, was by 18 percent.
But Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, suggested that the numbers would most likely continue to change, especially because most of the candidates have just begun to air television commercials.
“Follow the bouncing ball, folks,” he said. “This lineup keeps changing.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/nyregion/new-poll-suggests-that-de-blasio-is-now-first-among-voters.html
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
Bill Thompson wants us all to drive, maybe
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/08/8532950/bill-thompson-unveils-car-focused-transportation-plan?top-featured-4
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 August 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/nyregion/de-blasio-gingerly-acknowledges-red-sox-allegiance.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0
uh oh
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 20 August 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
not as bad as Quinn jumping ship from the mets to the yanks
― jbn, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
I got a mailer from Squadron w/ Chuck Schumer's mug all over it, so I immediately dismissed him.
The only reason I'm not paranoid about the rich buying Lhota the mayoralty is BdB is not the kind of tin-eared goofball Mark Green was 12 years ago. NYT front page today quotes a banker: "I'm terrified."
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
I have thoughts about the Foy/Cornegy race but they are...not fully formed. Cornegy's another charter person btw.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
I really keep having paranoid delusions that the fix is in and that, in a runoff, Thompson will climb steadily in the polls a la Stringer and overtake BdB right at the end
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
Anyone have any thoughts on Squadron vs. Tish James? I met Squadron and he seemed like a really nice guy, but I don't know much about either.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:12 AM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
James' work against Atlantic Yards seems to me exactly what a public advocate shuold do, if they do anything.i also liked that she represented the broken angel house
― mizzell, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 16:06 (ten years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, September 11, 2013 11:58 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Don't worry, that would only happen if DeBlasio were a real progressive
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
Brazen Voting Fraud Alleged Among Ultra-Orthodox In Williamsburg
The source, who declined to be named for fear of retribution, told us the fraud operation is run out of an ultra-Orthodox wedding hall at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg. Volunteers are allegedly given free food and then "driven to four or five places" to vote under false names. "They have copies of the voter rolls, I don't know how they get them, but they get the names and the signatures," the source alleged.
Approached by a reporter this afternoon, a group of men inside the wedding hall denied any involvement with a voting fraud operation....
A spokesman for the Brooklyn DA's office confirmed that they haven't received any complaints of voter fraud referred from the BOE yet, and pointed out that the polls hadn't closed when we called. Long-serving Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes has faced an unusually stiff challenge for reelection this year, in part due to criticism that he's failed to aggressively prosecute sex-offenders in the ultra-Orthodox community.
http://gothamist.com/2013/09/11/voter_fraud_attempts.php
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
ha ha, good one, hurting--so true. sad, but true. still, i'll take bdb over thompson or quinn any day
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
Being a "real" progressive is almost irrelevant -- our lords and masters can't tolerate even a rhetorical challenge to their rule, which is why OWS had to be smashed.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
from the NYT blog:
Even as Mr. Thompson was expressing confidence in public, some of his campaign’s closet advisers seemed to be moving away from his candidacy.
Merryl H. Tisch, the chairwoman of Mr. Thompson’s campaign, said Mr. de Blasio’s broad support suggested a “clear victory.”
“I don’t think there’s much appetite within the Democratic Party to have a fight here,” Dr. Tisch, chancellor of the State Board of Regents, said in a telephone interview. She declined to say whether she had urged Mr. Thompson to concede, but said he was spending the day reaching out to donors and party leaders. “I’m sure he will make a good decision,” she said.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
*Tisch elbow*
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BT2fggVCEAAECFg.jpg
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
De Blasio's criticism of charter schools is one of the things that won me over. How serious he is about it remains to be seen, but most of the others are openly pro-charter.― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:45 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:45 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I get the feeling he's not terribly serious about anything. he seems like a poseur, honestly. liu seemed like a guy who might get a few things done, but he didn't have a chance and I don't think it's clear how close to the campaign-finance fraud he was.
on the other hand, if BdB's making those corporate "school reform" dolts mad, he cannot be all bad. he'll probably cozy up to them in due time, though.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
that weiner image is oddly poignant
("that's what she said!" amirite?)
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
but dude has no right to be mad. He was the one crazy enough to enter the fray. Had a nice little consulting business going too iirc, no need to get back into politics. Was pulling in mid six figures, putting his marriage back together, etc. Running for mayor seems like another self-destructive move, really.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 22:22 (ten years ago) link
real 1000-yard zombie stare to go with it
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
i love this picture
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/09/13/nyregion/13nycmayor-2/13nycmayor-2-popup.jpg
― Mordy , Thursday, 12 September 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
to the mitzvah mobile!
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 12 September 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
Just saw Bill on ny1. He will not be seeking Weiner's endorsement.
― dan selzer, Friday, 13 September 2013 03:35 (ten years ago) link
BREAKING
Thompson withdrawing today. Our elections are over when the Tisches say they are over.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 September 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
btw de Blasio, in his primary night speech, called Cynthia Nixon "one of the architects of this campaign"! Which is funny since Robert Altman gave CN her start in politics.
http://img2-2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080902/Tanner-88-Nixon_l.jpg
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 September 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
de Blasio, in his primary night speech, called Cynthia Nixon "one of the architects of this campaign"!
I missed that line but in the shots of the primary night party crowd my wife recognized Cynthia Nixon's partner (wife? not sure) as being right in the front row of supporters behind the podium
― dmr, Monday, 16 September 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
Sandinista! (of course Bill & Hil were once McGoverniks)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/nyregion/a-mayoral-hopeful-now-de-blasio-was-once-a-young-leftist.html
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 September 2013 11:37 (ten years ago) link
so who else read the VV cover expose on de Blasio FIXING PARKING TICKETS for his CC constituents?
the horror
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO6waZDHBqA
http://politicker.com/2013/10/joe-lhota-releases-scariest-ad-yet/
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 October 2013 11:15 (ten years ago) link
god these guys are awful
― iatee, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 02:59 (ten years ago) link
if u listen to em, sure.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 03:13 (ten years ago) link
still it's quite possible I'll vote minor-party for mayor now, have to look who's on.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
def a good election for that
― iatee, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
i only skimmed the Times today, what was awful about BDB?
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
as a motorist he believes the 'jury's out' about pedestrian plazas
― iatee, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
np, last thing i wanna do is sit down on West 39th Street.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
won't have to sit down in park slope either, bdb and chuck need those extra lanes
― iatee, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
My office overlooks this "transition center" George Soros is building, will try to check out what can be done on Wednesday:
http://www.wnyc.org/story/billionaire-financier-soros-backs-mayoral-transition-project/
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 November 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
I gen find the Working Families Party to be a meaningless dodge for liberals who think they're 'sending a message' to mediocre-and-worse Dem candidates, but can someone explain who those 3 judge candidates were running against the unified Dem-Rep field?
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link
morbs did you really not vote for BDB
lol at this pic btw
http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_rebeccaf/110513_bloombergbill.jpg
― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
I was completely on the fence til the last minute, but yes I voted Green for mayor, w/ about 4000 others. (iatee?) BdB got my vote in the real election in Sept. (and I voted for Tish James and Ken Thompson both times, that's enough Dems)
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
not a bad John Liu post-election interview, basically a rundown of city challenges:
http://gothamist.com/2013/10/23/john_liu_feature.php
― chinavision!, Thursday, 7 November 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/12/bill_bratton_de_blasio_nypd_commisioner.php
― Mordy , Friday, 6 December 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
actually seems promising...
― iatee, Friday, 6 December 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
Dude has a soca song? Did anybody ever write a soca about Bloomy? Hmmm?
http://m.animalnewyork.com/2013/bill-de-blasios-soca-anthem-incredible/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
― The Reverend, Thursday, 19 December 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-defies-national-trends-23-cut-traffic-deaths-3-years-article-1.2980888
pretty big accomplishment
― k3vin k., Friday, 24 February 2017 03:18 (seven years ago) link
too bad about the pedestrians
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 February 2017 03:21 (seven years ago) link
and the cyclists
14 -> 18 is not a big deal. 299 -> 230 is
― k3vin k., Friday, 24 February 2017 03:28 (seven years ago) link
p4reene w/ some tips, links, laments
http://splinternews.com/a-guide-to-new-york-citys-municipal-primary-elections-f-1803740414
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 September 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
went with Swern over Fliedner for Brooklyn DA
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link