tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post6429415431421526205..comments2024-03-29T06:21:22.494-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Tim Wu: De Blasio Is Big Reason A Conservative Will be Elected Lieutenant Governorreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-29749695997828797472014-09-11T09:47:31.226-04:002014-09-11T09:47:31.226-04:00Why bother keeping campaign promise these days, wh...Why bother keeping campaign promise these days, when our own president ran a campaign of deception? Watch what I do not what I say.<br />DeBlasio is New York's facade mayor, just like the facade of the glittering skyline. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-89210591223443902062014-09-11T07:01:52.316-04:002014-09-11T07:01:52.316-04:00Matt Stollar's analysis of the election result...Matt Stollar's analysis of the election results refers to De Blasio as a slightly more progressive version of Bill Clinton - an astute observation, especially since De B ran Hillary's first Senate campaign - triangulating among constituencies, and pushing a fundamentally neoliberal agenda: charter schools (while pretending otherwise), privatized pre-K (notice how that came about with basically no one saying anything), laissez fair real estate and economic development, and continued rule of the city by the NYPD.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-7472404470525299802014-09-11T01:27:02.441-04:002014-09-11T01:27:02.441-04:00Diane has a post on how Rhee's husband, Mayor ...Diane has a post on how Rhee's husband, Mayor Johnston is working closely with deBlasio. "Johnson tapped New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to chair a national task force, Cities of Opportunity, to reduce inequality. This project kicked-off Aug. 10 in the Big Apple." The fact that Johnson heads the US Conference of Mayors. Also the NYTimes reports that Eva is getting 4 new co-location spaces. It seems the only campaign promise dB is keeping is to the horses. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-30727182286957851692014-09-10T20:29:30.650-04:002014-09-10T20:29:30.650-04:00Or was it over cheesecake at Junior's with Oba...Or was it over cheesecake at Junior's with Obama?<br /><br />DeBlasio Progressive?<br />DeBlasio Opportunist!<br /><br />DeBlasio wears the Obama mantle. He found that he could play with the big boys if he just follows their lead.<br />Neo-Liberals speak out of one side of their mouth for the little guy, their nominal constituency, and the other side of their mouth for the plutocracy, their real constituency.<br />This is what New York's bs progressive mayor is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-60969876057372845002014-09-10T18:05:28.745-04:002014-09-10T18:05:28.745-04:00Yup probably that meeting he had with Rahm when he...Yup probably that meeting he had with Rahm when he was mayor elect.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907560266226044066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-59793490787637396762014-09-10T16:56:15.998-04:002014-09-10T16:56:15.998-04:00It probably wasn't necessary, but on the odd c...It probably wasn't necessary, but on the odd chance it was, then there's no question that De Blasio was taken out to a nice lunch and given a stern, "Listen, Sonny, this is how the world really works" lecture from some dignified emissary of the Overclass, and has been pretty reliable ever since.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.com