Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum may or may not run for mayor in 2009, but she certainly sounds up for it.
"I have as much energy as Anthony Weiner, and Bill Thompson, and Christine and Adolfo and Tony Avella, all put into one," she told me.
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-- Azi Paybarah 
As a condition for accepting an invitation to be the guest speaker at the Lexington Democratic Club dinner on May 3, she apparently assured one of the Club's State Committee Members that she had no plans to run for mayor at the present time. So, folks, you can take it to the bank, for now: Betsy Gotbaum is not a candidate for mayor, so there's no need to pull out your checkbooks for her!