I've been bombarded by telephone calls from the campaign of Bloomberg. This has made me even more disgusted with this Mayor. His using of poorly spoken spanish in these calls is insulting to me. His overthrowing of term limits, which we need, is an affront to democracy. Ironically, term limits in NYC has been a spectacular success. This election shows, once again, that politics in this city is always about money and the crooked politics it engenders.
in reference to:"Mayor Michael Bloomberg's record spending is favored to win him a third term Tuesday, but by a far smaller margin than the nearly 20-point blowout he pulled off in 2005.Public opinion surveys find Bloomberg with a much narrower lead over Democrat William Thompson Jr. this year than the lead he held over his Democratic opponent in his last re-election bid, when he steamrolled Fernando Ferrer by nearly 20 points.The rivals surfaced early at their own Manhattan polling places. After voting at a school, Bloomberg took $1 from his wallet and made a bake sale purchase. Thompson arrived with family members in tow and gave a thumbs-up as he left the voting booth.The billionaire mayor spent record sums from his personal fortune on both elections. He's likely to burn through more than $100 million on this one, while Thompson is expected to spend one-tenth of that. The mayor spent $85 million in 2005."
- Bloomberg favored to win 3rd term as NYC mayor - Examiner.com (view on Google Sidewiki)
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