Thought the remark in this New York City Item tells an unknown tale -
old biblical line, kiss the sun - lest he become angry.
New York in danger and this idiot takes off but keeps in touch? Fine -
no law against that, for if anyone paid big bucks for that job, well it
was Bloomberg or Bloomburg......frankly I think the guy is chicken la
mared - he wanted this office for the prestige and the power - how does
that go "The Power and Glory Forever".....
Bermuda cess pool of organized crime; it was Meyer Lansky, rat faced
Lansky, who murdered Sir Harry Oakes (I had communicted with the family
re my Hogarth prints years ago) - and Oakes was BURNED ALIVE voodoo
style, to make it appear local deed. Nobody bought that, but it was
Sir Harry who kept Lansky and his butchers out of Bermuda.
Bloomberg is a pig; note his bearing. Professes to be a gentleman?
He is uncouth barbarian.
Was the press delivering a message to him, straight from Heaven?
February is a dangerous month and the late Malcolm X, was murdered on
the 21st of February......cockatrice eggs hatching, fiery flying
serpents and scorpions coming to life for the season of Hibernation is
over and the voice of the turtle will be heard in the land.
First trip this guy made when elected was to Israel to "kiss somebody's
ass"???
OSaba
Psalms, psalm 2
"12": Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him.
NEW YORK TIMES
And yesterday, the mayor's face appeared to have been kissed by the sun.
Or maybe he was just annoyed. (NY1 News did call around to a golf course
on Bermuda, where he has an estate, and then reported that the mayor was
hitting balls there over the weekend.)
February 20, 2002
Can't Find the Mayor? Well, What's It to You?
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Deputy Mayor Marc V. Shaw was in charge of New York City last weekend.
Or maybe he wasn't. No one knows for sure.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg declined yesterday for the third time since
he was elected to say where he went for a long weekend, or to confirm
that he had in fact left town.
Instead, he simply indicated that he had indeed signed an executive
order when he took office that relinquishes power to Mr. Shaw, the
deputy mayor for operations, any time Mr. Bloomberg leaves the city.
He shrugged off any concerns New Yorkers might have that he is not on
call, or that he is not a 24/7 mayor like his predecessor. He said
technology permitted him to be in constant touch.
"I am available at all times; I am here to pick the right people and
delegate to them and not micromanage," Mr. Bloomberg said at a news
conference at City Hall, where he resurfaced yesterday after three days
of no public appearances and refusals by his press advisers to divulge
his whereabouts.
"If they have a question, I should always be accessible, 24 hours a day,
seven days a week," he said. "And I am."
His absences do attract attention. The New York Post went so far as to
treat him like a missing person yesterday, printing an image of a milk
carton with Mr. Bloomberg's picture on it.
And yesterday, the mayor's face appeared to have been kissed by the sun.
Or maybe he was just annoyed. (NY1 News did call around to a golf course
on Bermuda, where he has an estate, and then reported that the mayor was
hitting balls there over the weekend.)
By steadfastly declining to reveal when and where he takes his R & R,
Mr. Bloomberg is trying to change the culture that mayors have embraced
since at least the days of Fiorello H. La Guardia, of being on the job,
around the clock, and when leaving town for the very occasional
vacation, of telling New Yorkers � whether they cared or not � where
they were headed.
This was particularly true when mayors left the country, and conforms
with the way most mayors operate in cities throughout the United States.
"He is in Palm Beach right now," said Elizabeth Sullivan, a spokeswoman
for Thomas M. Menino, the mayor of Boston.
Further, at a time when the nation is again at a high security alert
with new terrorist threats disclosed, and the sound of low-flying
airplanes in the dead of night can still unnerve New Yorkers, Mr.
Bloomberg's proximity is of greater issue than it would have been even a
year ago.
"I think the public has the right to make sure that the person they
elected is making sure that they are well protected," he said yesterday.
"And I think that is the case."
Mr. Bloomberg's intense desire to keep his personal travel plans private
first became an issue shortly after the election, when he left town for
the weekend and reportedly went to Bermuda. He would not confirm or deny
that he had gone there, or even that he had left.
"The public has a right for their employees to conduct their private
lives in a way that doesn't embarrass the city, but short of that,
there's absolutely no reason why I should not be able to have a social
life, a personal life, without having the public involved in it," he
said.
A similar situation played out during Christmas week, when the mayor was
presumed to be at his home in Vail, Colo., but he and his aides once
again refused to clarify that. (Mr. Bloomberg has several homes around
the world.)
Shortly after taking office, the mayor went to Baltimore for the day,
which his press aides did reveal, and was then trailed by a reporter for
The Post, something he reacted to with great vexation. Mr. Bloomberg
said yesterday that he would continue to not reveal his personal travel
plans, "because I've chosen not to," he said. "My personal life is my
personal life."
Under the city charter, the powers of the mayor revert to the public
advocate if the mayor leaves New York City for even an hour, unless he
designates the deputy mayor for operations to assume those powers, as
Mr. Bloomberg did. He need sign this order only once for his entire
term.
The fact that The Post's milk carton graphic featured the mayor's press
office phone number, and that it received no calls from the public,
proved that New Yorkers really do not care if the mayor is in town, said
his spokesman, Edward Skyler. "Judging by that response," he said, "this
seems more of a media fascination than anything else."
Be that as it may, spokeswomen for the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Miami
and Los Angeles all said yesterday that it was their policy to reveal
when the mayor goes out of town, and generally, where he is going. Rules
vary from city to city � in Los Angeles, for instance, the mayor must
leave the state for succession plans to kick in � and who takes over
also differs a bit.
In Los Angeles, the mayor's press team will say only what state or
country the mayor has escaped to, while other cities are more specific.
"His private life is his private life," said Jackie Heard, a spokeswoman
for Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago. "But do we say when and where he
is going? The answers to both of those questions are yes."
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