Can a Progressive Make It to Gracie Mansion?

[yeats]

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[romp]

I don't care about NYC much--it takes care of itself IME--but I love that photo!

[yeats]

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[romp]

What? It's local news (which is cool to see on Ontdp) and I suspect I see and think about NYC at least as much as you do western Canada...so I'd normally say nothing but that photo is delightful.

[yeats]

there's a lot of stuff that shows up on ontd_p with a local or regional focus, and the wider context of this article is about how american progressives are grappling with governance and compromise in a post-obama moment. i found the first part of your comment, especially the part separated by dashes, unrelated to the second half and honestly a bit snide.

[redstar826]

my facebook has been full of stuff about this election because I have several friends in NYC (all of whom are supporting de Blasio)

I read a great article criticizing Quinn's politics and talking about why the lgbt community shouldn't support her just because she's a lesbian, but can't remember for the life of me where I found it

[yeats]

she kissed me on the cheek this year at pride...and i'm still pulling for deblasio. i changed my registration in time for the 2012 election when i moved to a swing state, but i have been encouraging friends and family to get out and vote for him.

[roseofjuly]

God, I wish you could find it, because I am like on the fence between Quinn and de Blasio

[redstar826]

found it!

http://www.thenation.com/article/176027/queers-quinn#

[castalianspring]

I hope we don't start having tags for individual US cities, tbh. Having tags for all 50 states already makes this place more US-centric than it already is. Also, we have a lot of tags here.

[mephisto5]

This.

IIRC, we don't even have tags for every country in the world. Having ones for individual US cities would just be silly.

[moonshaz]

I don't think we want to go crazy adding too many city tags, but we already have tags for a few major U.S. cities (Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC). Seems to me that if those deserve their own tags, NYC is certainly entitled to one of its own.

[mephisto5]

I would disagree with the notion that they deserve tags.

meanwhile, in the republican campaign, CATS.

[rkt]

i had a longer comment, but i have no idea where it went. and i am tired.

see also: http://gothamist.com/2013/08/29/video_adorable_kittens_frolic_on_su.php

Re: meanwhile, in the republican campaign, CATS.

[yeats]

omg, normally i hate this kind of emotional ploy, but in this case, i am all for it...i honestly don't understand how anyone running for mayor of nyc can use his time as chairman of the MTA as a credential for office. i love love love the subways, but the management of the MTA is so abysmal.

Re: meanwhile, in the republican campaign, CATS.

[nycscribbler]

Lhota's an idiot. You don't run for mayor after persistently raising fares, that's just handing your opponent all kinds of ammo against you. You'd probably be better off making a sex tape and handing it to your opponent.

Re: meanwhile, in the republican campaign, CATS.

[roseofjuly]

To be fair, the MTA is already underfunded and fares needed to be raised to cover costs. And to be honest, I get kind of irritated when I hear my fellow New Yorkers complaining about MTA fare hikes. Sure it sucks that an unlimited 30-day MetroCard has gone from $81 to $112 in 5 years, but $112 is still cheaper than car insurance or a car note for most people in car-dominated cities. And regular fare has only gone up $0.50 in the last 5 years (maybe $0.75, don't remember). Atlanta's much less extensive system was already $2.50 in 2011, and SEPTA's shitty service is way more expensive in places.

And the MTA runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all the damn time and is honestly pretty reliable. Maybe it's because I'm a transplant, but while MTA is not perfect I've seen the alternatives (MARTA in Atlanta which is damn near useless, or even the DC Metro, which closes overnight and doesn't go everywhere) and our system is not so bad.

[roseofjuly]

[As a more moderator-ly note, I don't think we need a tag for New York City. The New York tag is sufficient IMO.]

Bill Thompson is not even in my top list and it irritates me that both the media and he seem to think that I'm going to vote for him just because he's black. Bill de Blasio and Christine Quinn are warring it out for me, and honestly, I think I only want to vote for Quinn because she's a woman and I think it would be great to have a female mayor. But she does seem like Bloomberg Lite Edition.

Normally campaign ads don't influence me so much, but then again they have never been targeted towards me before and I've honestly never been so undecided. But I've been seeing campaign ads everywhere - Hulu and on the Internet - and they have ALL be de Blasio ads, and they've actually had an appreciable impact on me this time around. He really does seem interested in income inequality and progressive policies in NYC.

And his son DOES have a rockin' afro.

[ultra_obscene84]

Wait, that kid in his commercials is his son? Wow.

[yeats]

yes! sorry, i should have bolded that part of the article. they've actually got a fascinating family -- i thought about posting this introduction to him, but i figured this article had more relevance to the wider issue of progressive politics after obama

[teaoli]

Have you read the most recent New York magazine's interview with Bloomberg? Or any of the news reports it inspired?