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Mayor Cory Booker of Newark did the same - shoveled his own property (also with the attention of the media), his neighbors', took his neighbors in when the power went out in some storms, stuff like that.
What did he do? Run for Senate, won, and resigned as mayor of Newark in the middle of his term.
I'm not saying de Blasio is going to do the same (he obviously isn't), what I'm saying is, shoveling snow and even being a good neighbor doesn't instantly make you a good mayor - let alone the best in the city's history.
Are they both hands on, clearly wiling to shovel their own properties (why wouldn't they be anyway?) and take care of themselves, yes.
Are they both going to abandon their cities, no. Only Booker did. I think I acknowledged that de Blasio isn't Booker in that sense but my point wasn't about abandoning the city anyway, that aspect was just used to support my point. My point was that shoveling your own property doesn't make you a good mayor. It's actually ridiculous that someone would even suggest that it does.
Are they both hands on, clearly wiling to shovel their own properties (why wouldn't they be anyway?) and take care of themselves, yes.
Are they both going to abandon their cities, no. Only Booker did. I think I acknowledged that de Blasio isn't Booker in that sense but my point wasn't about abandoning the city anyway, that aspect was just used to support my point. My point was that shoveling your own property doesn't make you a good mayor. It's actually ridiculous that someone would even suggest that it does.
To compare deBlasio to Booker at this point in his administration is ludicrous. Booker has a solid record of being a hands on mayor. deBlasio is still an unknown. The only "accomplishment" that I am aware of is his attempt to undermine the Reagan administration in Nicaragua.
To compare deBlasio to Booker at this point in his administration is ludicrous. Booker has a solid record of being a hands on mayor. deBlasio is still an unknown. The only "accomplishment" that I am aware of is his attempt to undermine the Reagan administration in Nicaragua.
I agree. I misunderstood you at first, I think.
It's ridiculous on any level to call de Blasio the best mayor in the city's history after only a week or so.
I don't think this thread is a joke. The Op (and some others) are being dead honest. This is truly how fickle a strong majority of our electorate is, on both sides of the aisle. Throw them a few lofty promises, a couple of lies, some quirky attributes, mix with a non-stop news cycle pushed by an unethical media establishment and Viola!, your next political celebrity is born.
Remember only 25% voted in the last mayoral election. Some of us being like me, voting because they think that it is their civic duty. Not because they cared for either candidate.
I don't think that the average NYer has any big expectations for de Blasio, or for Melissa Mark-V. We just hope that they don't damage the house too badly before they move out.
Pennsylvania Avenue? Why in the world would he move to Starrett City?
They think that he seriously stands a chance at the White House. I know you didn't get it as that notion is so ridiculous.
All these de Blasio worshippers need do is to look at who he has appointed, starting with Bratton. All centrist. De Blasio reserves his liberal agenda for lofty speeches. He will be very cautious as a mayor, and this is obvious by who he has picked, and how long it has taken for them to be picked.
My biggest concern will be him losing direction by governing cautiously, yet whipping out crowds to think that he will be radically "progressive".
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