Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...press has derided this year's race for mayor of New York City as boring and meaningless. But in tiny, sad moments like those at the subway stop, one can see how remarkable an election it really is. Five years ago, Messinger was a pillar of the earnest liberal establishment that ran New York. Last Monday, at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 34th Street, she was a figure of deep marginality...
...begin, here's a new flash: Tuesday was a very good day for Republicans. In heavily-Democratic New York City, Giuliani became the first Republican since Fiorello LaGuardia in 1937 to be re-elected mayor. Newcomer Vito Fossella's victory continued the GOP's hold on Molinari's seat (held by her father before her). Jim Gilmore maintained the Virginia Gubernatorial seat for Republicans with a 16-point victory over his Democratic rival. And, national GOP star Whitman managed to eke out a narrow and remain as New Jersey Governor for another four years...
...rejecting its leaders' proposals to build as many as five casinos on its territory. And then there was Castlewood, Va., whose residents decided to disband the town ? and give themselves a refund. "The town should never been formed in the first place and we don't want it," said Mayor Roy Castle. "It was double taxation without representation." The people have spoken...
...much as the thought of four more years of my lovable mayor's militaristic rantings and subtly Gestapo-like public image contributes to further blockage of my bleeding heart, I'm not sure it's bad for the city...
Giuliani is a Yankee fan, and makes the issue of whether the team moves to New Jersey central to his politics. He is symbolic of the link between sports and politics in New York much more so than someone like Ed Koch, for whom the extent of their mayoral duty vis-a-vis sports was a guest appearance in the first inning of the annual Yankees-Mets Mayor's Trophy game...