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	<title>Comments on: 2009 Election News Roundup</title>
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		<title>By: Ray</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The press rails about Bloomberg&#039;s margin of victory being small and expect him to be &quot;humbled&quot;.  I don&#039;t quite know what that means, but I&#039;m sure we will all be waiting a long time for the personality shift.  Is that what we really want in NYC... a &quot;humble&quot; mayor?   Hell no if you ask me.

Here&#039;s why we won&#039;t see a change.  He continues with his previous mandate - and we all know it.  Few speak of the near historic low voter turnout.  My district in Greenwich Village had under 300 total voters.  In my mind, APATHY = SATISFACTION.  The public expects him to continue his incredible initiatives - including transportation related projects.  Team Bloomberg has a plan and they will continue to execute against it.  God protect them.

The mandate comes from three historic votes of confidence at the polls (crossing party lines).  A Democratically controlled council that endorses his initiatives (who wouldn&#039;t?).  Incredible respect from Albany and Washington (and from mayors, governors and heads of state abroad).  And the maintenance of a now famous and yet to be domestically matched executive team with the ability to conceive, articulate (brand) and execute.  Let&#039;s argue if NY is on the right path - shall we?

How quickly we forget that our mayor used to run a media company.  He knows how the game works much better than those trying to push him off his pedestal or &quot;sell a competing product&quot;.  Thank goodness this time suck of an election is over and he can get back to work.  (There isn&#039;t an honest Democrat anywhere that wanted Bloomberg gone)

For $1 - I&#039;d say its the best investment we&#039;ve ever made.

I fear, NJ bought a product without reading the label.  More accurately, there was no label.  Prayers for friends and family across the Hudson that Chris Christie emerges as a transit powerhouse.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The press rails about Bloomberg&#8217;s margin of victory being small and expect him to be &#8220;humbled&#8221;.  I don&#8217;t quite know what that means, but I&#8217;m sure we will all be waiting a long time for the personality shift.  Is that what we really want in NYC&#8230; a &#8220;humble&#8221; mayor?   Hell no if you ask me.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s why we won&#8217;t see a change.  He continues with his previous mandate &#8211; and we all know it.  Few speak of the near historic low voter turnout.  My district in Greenwich Village had under 300 total voters.  In my mind, APATHY = SATISFACTION.  The public expects him to continue his incredible initiatives &#8211; including transportation related projects.  Team Bloomberg has a plan and they will continue to execute against it.  God protect them.</p>
<p>The mandate comes from three historic votes of confidence at the polls (crossing party lines).  A Democratically controlled council that endorses his initiatives (who wouldn&#8217;t?).  Incredible respect from Albany and Washington (and from mayors, governors and heads of state abroad).  And the maintenance of a now famous and yet to be domestically matched executive team with the ability to conceive, articulate (brand) and execute.  Let&#8217;s argue if NY is on the right path &#8211; shall we?</p>
<p>How quickly we forget that our mayor used to run a media company.  He knows how the game works much better than those trying to push him off his pedestal or &#8220;sell a competing product&#8221;.  Thank goodness this time suck of an election is over and he can get back to work.  (There isn&#8217;t an honest Democrat anywhere that wanted Bloomberg gone)</p>
<p>For $1 &#8211; I&#8217;d say its the best investment we&#8217;ve ever made.</p>
<p>I fear, NJ bought a product without reading the label.  More accurately, there was no label.  Prayers for friends and family across the Hudson that Chris Christie emerges as a transit powerhouse.</p>
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		<title>By: Pamela Tamaddon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pamela Tamaddon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hopefully with Suozzi off the NYMTC board the metropolitan area , in particular Nassau County will have real change and improvement to our pressing infrastructure issues, commuter options, bus &amp; rail. In fact should Suozzi not prevail  the &quot;direct deposit&quot; of taxpayers money for a second and useless &quot;Ferry Terminal&quot; sans ferry boat operator, in his home town of Glen Cove will not only stop but be investigated.

Suozzi spent 8 years furthering his own personal agenda, and spewing PC buzz words, &quot;New Suburbia, Cool Downtowns, etc.  without ever acomplishing anything and in the end never really knowing what he was talking about in the first place.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully with Suozzi off the NYMTC board the metropolitan area , in particular Nassau County will have real change and improvement to our pressing infrastructure issues, commuter options, bus &amp; rail. In fact should Suozzi not prevail  the &#8220;direct deposit&#8221; of taxpayers money for a second and useless &#8220;Ferry Terminal&#8221; sans ferry boat operator, in his home town of Glen Cove will not only stop but be investigated.</p>
<p>Suozzi spent 8 years furthering his own personal agenda, and spewing PC buzz words, &#8220;New Suburbia, Cool Downtowns, etc.  without ever acomplishing anything and in the end never really knowing what he was talking about in the first place.</p>
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