Month: January 2008
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Mr. Halfway
Rudy, speaking of his support for John McCain, says that he is fully aboard 100 per cent. I don’t do things half way, and when I believe in a man like I do John McCain, this will become to me as important as my own election campaign. Well, there was that half way run for…
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The Next Williamsburg
At a rally pushing for the downzoning of Carroll Gardens yesterday, blogger and City Council candidate Gary Reilly said that he was fighting to keep Carroll Gardens from “becoming the next Williamsburg”. Today, on his blog, Reilly had this to say about his comment: A quick note on the Williamsburg comment, before it’s taken out…
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Giuliani’s Free Fall
As expected, Rudy was trounced in Florida yesterday, and is expected to drop out of the race today (endorsing John McCain in the process). On the plus side, Rudy finally managed to outpoll “fringe” candidate Ron Paul. On the minus side, the putative front-runner for most of 2007 has only two convention delegates to Paul’s…
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PS 84 Update
Apparently DoE has backed off and decided not to put a second school in PS 84. According to a flier posted at the school, DoE has determined that “the community clearly doesn’t support the plan”. Hopefully the principal and PTA at 84 can bring the same passion and vigor to improving their school (which DoE…
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Council Updates
Two somewhat stealthy council race announcements happened in the last week or two. First, as reported in the Brooklyn Paper, Steve Levin has thrown his hat in the ring for David Yassky’s 33d Council District seat. Levin, who is currently Assemblyman Vito Lopez’s chief of staff, joins Evan Thies (we told you he wouldn’t be…
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School Updates
Its been a busy week or two on the local school front, with two raucous meetings on two separate issues related to two failing elementary schools. First, a rumor surfaced last week that MS 577, which is currently housed in trailers in the playground of PS 132 (Manhattan and Metropolitan) would be relocated to PS…
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G Train Cutbacks?
Lose a little, gain a little, though the net result is a permanent cutback on G service in Queens.
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Living the High Life
While Brooklynites learn to live without the Water Taxi, some people are having a grand time: [The] unhappiest travelers I found were on the subway. Worn out by drudgery, angered by slow service, they were the most vocal and the least satisfied… Other types of commuters have the opposite experiences. A group of Haverstraw residents…