From the NY Times:“I think alliances will be much more important now,” said Councilman Peter F. Vallone Jr., a centrist Democrat who expressed excitement at the prospect of working with Republicans on “more police, lower taxes and less development.”
Even Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, who began her career as a tenant advocate but more recently has become closely associated with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, says the Republicans should not be underestimated.
“The idea that we would have more discussion, more differences of opinion, more debate — I’m thrilled by that,” she said. “You almost always find a greater chance of consensus having more people on the far left and having more people on the right.”
HA HA HA HA HA...oh excuse me...
[Halloran] said that Ms. Quinn was quite welcoming during a recent meeting. “I get the feeling that she’s willing to work with the conservative Democrats and the Republicans who want to be a voice of fiscal responsibility,” Mr. Halloran said.
And in a move that Ms. Quinn said was apparently without precedent, Mr. Koo has pledged to use his entire $112,500 annual Council salary to set up a special account for community groups.
“I won’t use a penny,” he promised. “A lot of smaller community groups — they have a hard time getting city money.”
Sounds like he's mastered tweeding 101!
11 comments:
Quinn know the slaughter that will befall all democrats especially including herself, next fall.
This is all smoke and mirrors. Just as Bloomberg is no Republican, he is a Bloomberg.
why insult Koo?, he is known as the rare council person who intends to do the right thing for his community. Let's give him a chance first.
"why insult Koo?, he is known as the rare council person who intends to do the right thing for his community. Let's give him a chance first."
As far as I'm concerned, the first thing he should do is get involved with the Mitchell-Linden community and stop the destruction of the Union Street stores! Are you listening, Peter?
Neither, Halloran nor Koo got elected by being naive - and you surely can't put any weight to what Quinn says about them or the other way around.
And who does Koo consider to be his "community"?
"Forget it Jake...it's Chinatown"!
Who will be represented by the new councilman?
Flushing down the toilet!
Fluff reporting.this is not owrthy of The Times.
"Sounds like he's mastered tweeding 101"
What a stupid comment to make. Mean spirited and downright stupid. Peter Koo is a gentleman, a hard worker, and has given thousands of dollars to charities throughout Queens. The fact that he does not wish to take a salary should not count against him. The man has not even hit office and he's already taking dumb cracks from the people who run this blog. I guess it is just more of the same from the Crapper. What could be a useful source of news and discourse is too often venal and hateful, anti-Asian, anti-Semitic and downright rude. Yes of course I believe in freedom of speech Crapper. It is often very helpful in identifying the fools among us.
"Mean spirited and downright stupid."
What is mean spirited and stupid about it? Can't handle the truth?
"Peter Koo is a gentleman, a hard worker, and has given thousands of dollars to charities throughout Queens."
Oh well then he should be immune from all criticism! Kind of like Bloomberg expects to be.
"The fact that he does not wish to take a salary should not count against him."
Not taking a salary has nothing to do with tweeding.
"The man has not even hit office and he's already taking dumb cracks from the people who run this blog."
Welcome to politics. And anyone who hires a granny molester to run his campaign deserves whatever criticism he gets. If you can't take the heat...
"I guess it is just more of the same from the Crapper. What could be a useful source of news and discourse is too often venal and hateful, anti-Asian, anti-Semitic and downright rude."
What was hateful or anti-Asian in what I posted? Once again, sounds like you can't handle the truth.
Tweeding came into it when he mentioned that his salary would be put into a fund and redistributed as ice cream money to favored community groups. It's how you buy silence and support from them. Just thought I'd point that out. I'm glad it ruffled your feathers.
Now go get a clue.
Hey, isn't Koo also a member of the Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation, the group headed by Claire Shulman that illegally lobbied for the Willets Point project so that her board members could profit financially?
Oh, yes, we don't like Crap because Crap throws sand in the machine. We like everything neat and tidy.
So did the fascists and Nazis and any autocrat.
This is American democracy, not a tinpot East Asian 'republic'.
Get used to it or go home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_50S_tkHY
This is what they want...
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