Parsons 'Not Running'
The refusal by Time Warner boss Dick Parsons to rule out a mayoral run this week turned out to have been a brilliant piece of public relations, leading to a spate of respectful media speculation and, today, to this enthusiastic editorial in the New York Post.
"Over the last five years, one media magnate-turned-politician - Michael Bloomberg - has demonstrated that a businessman can do a pretty good job running the city.
"And Parsons would, arguably, be even more qualified to be mayor than Bloomberg was in 2001."
It ends with the standard catch phrase for all political draft movements: "Run, Dick, Run."
But is any of it real?This morning, in reponse to an interview request to Parson's office, here's what Time Warner corporate communications director Keith Cocozza told me:
"He's not running for mayor."
-- Azi Paybarah
Nothing in that statement contradicts what Parsons said -- that he hasn't ruled out a possible run for mayor in three years. Are you that intent on Post-bashing?
Bloomberg has done a brilliant job of running the city?!! LOL ! High school dropout rates have gone up on this mayor, emergency response to the August 2003 blackout was a failure, ACS is asleep at the wheel, Staten Island ferry crash was one of the worst maritime disasters in NYC history and the commissioner still has her job, homelessness has gone up for the first time on this mayor's watch, Astoria blackout, food pantries can't handle the increasing number of hungry residents, many middle class, city employees using welfare stamps to survive, civilian complaints through the roof under this mayor while CCRB has been all but dismantled by budget cuts, streets in an awful state of disrepair,no real living wage job creation (cashier?), illegal alien construction workers dying everyday because of the lack of any type of enforcement etc., etc.
There are at the very least 2 New Yorks and Bloomberg, Murdoch, Sulzberger and Zukerman, to name a few don't reside where the majority do.
Bloomberg has been one of the worst mayors in the history of NYC (this past weekend was further proof).Bloomberg should go away to Bermuda or whereever else it is he wants to be and spare the rest of hardworking NY'ers from his out of touch view of the city, it's making us broke and hungry! The guy is a failure and his city hall spin machine is on overdrive. Like Lincoln said, you fool all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" the perception is reality concept that this mayor has been running on city residents has been a cruel joke and is failing !
Parsons for mayor, I hope he gets the Bloomberg endorsement.
Apparently Fidel should return to Cuba, where life is so much better than NYC.
Or perhaps we should go back to the NYC of the late 80s or early 90s.
What City do you live in? Because it's not in NYC. You haven't got a clue.
Right and everything I posted is fiction.
You moron.