Word: perotism
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...when the second hardest job in America is harder than it has ever been. (Campaigning last month for Green, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo had one piece of advice for whoever won: "First, pray.") Bloomberg, 59, spent an estimated $60 million on the race--as much as Ross Perot spent running for President in 1992, more than anyone has ever spent running for mayor of anywhere. He is a novice at politics but a master at business, and that sounds good to New Yorkers right now. Green had been a public servant, but his experience was marginally relevant...
...behind the Dallas arena and Victory cleanup is Ross Perot Jr., 42, CEO of Hillwood Development Co. and son of the former presidential hopeful. Perot rammed the project through a fractious Dallas political scene, getting the EPA and Texas regulators onboard even before taxpayers in 1998 approved (by just 1,642 votes out of 125,000) a tourist tax to raise $125 million for the planned $225 million arena. The price tag soared to $420 million thanks to such amenities as recessed lighting, terrazzo mosaic floors, barbecue grills and ramps graded for easy elephant access. "We got carried away," Perot...
...Perot announces run for presidency (February 1992), taking on Bill Clinton and President George H.W. Bush, whose Secretary of Defense is Richard Cheney and whose Secretary of State is James Baker...
...part to votes won by Perot, Bush loses to Clinton/Gore (November...
...Ross Perot founds EDS in 1962, sells it to GM in 1984, resigns from its board...