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By: Lisanne!

Lisanne! — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:53:06 +0000

But he wouldn’t have crossed party lines to endorse him.

By: Arthur B

Arthur B — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:50:04 +0000

I think it was pretty clear Obama wanted Bloomberg in charge of NYC.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:06:10 +0000

In terms of a “party-line” decision, let’s not forget that President Obama who came to Jersey to support Corzine, wasn’t too, shall we say, enthusiastic in offering his support to Thompson.
Politicians are out there to represent their constituents first and foremost, not their party.
Of course, they frequently forget that.

By: Lisanne!

Lisanne! — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:07:11 +0000

Hell is still a very warm place, last I heard. But I’m with Lev on this.

By: Lev P.

Lev P. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:38 +0000

Alex,

It is a bit ironic to criticize Mr. Fidler for supporting extension of term limits AND for opposing Mr. Bloomberg (the creator of term limits extension).

But let’s say it was just a party-line decision on Mr. Fidler’s part. Once again, Democrats are often being laughed at for failing to stick together (“Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line”). So we should applaud Mr. Fidler’s efforts to counter that!

Disclaimer: 1. I live in District 48. 2. I would never vote for Mr. Bloomberg even if … well, never. So you can say I’m biased.

By: Lisanne!

Lisanne! — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:58:34 +0000

No, that would have been pandering. And it would have made Lew seem shallow had he done that merely because voters in his district supported Bloomberg. Additionally, voters gain nothing from such a endorsement.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:43:16 +0000

Lew,
No disrespect, but when you had chosen to back William Thompson against Mayor Bloomberg, you went against the majority of your constituents, who had supported Bloomberg.
While we should all realize that you are a member of a Democratic Party, I think you’d serve your constituents better, were you follow their favorite candidate.

By: Lisanne!

Lisanne! — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:37:56 +0000

Maybe he’s immune to poison ivy.

He’s never impressed me, and it was terrible that we had no real choice but either to vote for him, or not cast a vote for city councilman, which was what I did. That’s one of the baddest apples in the bunch, in my thinking.

By: clare

clare — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:05:01 +0000

I have not been happy with the effectiveness Nelson’s office provided with the one issue I presented them.
That was the poison ivy covering a tree which was located a few hundred feet from the Nostrand Avenue office.