De Blasio Announces Run For Borough Prez
As expected, Councilman Bill de Blasio announced that he’ll be running for Brooklyn borough president in 2009. De Blasio has been a councilman since 2001 and says he wants to be borough president because Brooklyn is the epicenter of new development in the city. A lot of cultural and business and political change is happening…
As expected, Councilman Bill de Blasio announced that he’ll be running for Brooklyn borough president in 2009. De Blasio has been a councilman since 2001 and says he wants to be borough president because Brooklyn is the epicenter of new development in the city. A lot of cultural and business and political change is happening in Brooklyn. And the next borough president will have an opportunity to shape those changes. De Blasio, who’s been picking a fight with bad-boy architect Robert Scarano and cozying up to bloggers in anticipation of the announcement, is the second councilman to announce his candidacy for borough president after Charles Barron; Councilman Domenic M. Recchia Jr. has also said he’s considering a run. It’s a little early to be taking bets, but how’s the field looking to you from here?
Councilman Joins Race for Top Seat in Brooklyn [NY Times]
“”the socialist tendancies of NYC”
Uhhhh, you’re kidding, right?”
Hell, i’m a fairly liberal democrat and even i think NYC gov’t has too much socialism. Talk about a nanny State…from curbing property rights w/ a smoking ban to outlawing cell phones and ipods when crossing the street. that’s not liberalism (freedom and liberty), that’s socialism (you’re not smart enough to make your own decision about what’s best for you so we will).
Its sickening.
And yes, I do get a thrill when I wear my Mitt Romney t-shirt in PSlope; guess its time to switch to a sweat shirt, eh?
NO, I’m not kidding.
“the socialist tendancies of NYC”
Uhhhh, you’re kidding, right?
The City, and Brooklyn needs fiscally conservative politicians to counteract the socialist tendancies of NYC. THAT should be the primary criterion for sizing up candidates; not sure is the current BP’s clownishness is a net + or net -….
11:03 — Well said. Too bad you are nto running for something.
11:24 — All the city council members are putting their names on the trash bins – we have Yasskey!
Tool.
On the subject of undeclared, potential candidates: I hope that Markowitz is using the next 14 months to help Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham land her next job, cause she isn’t going to be the next borough president.
I agree that Barron would make a lousy borough president. Any man who admires Robert Mugabe has questionable morals.
What was De Blasio’s real name? I know that he changed it in order to appear more “ethnic” (as did Vito Lopez).