Word: publicizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...angry with the treatment the court is giving him, and he is having problems about which lawyers are going to represent him: "I'm probably the least qualified to act as lawyer... a man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client." That is the public...
...surprising thing about the man who appears to be a shrewd manipulator of money and power is that he really likes to have a good time. He is not at all hung up by his professional role. He is not personally mean, despite what he may do in public. He is a hedonist with a mischievous sense of humor and fun: his bedroom is filled with toys and knick-knacks and a huge mirror is hung under the canopy...
...exceed taxes requires periodic adjustments to annually balance the local budget (as required by law), either by downgrading program quality, raising tax rates, or increasing dependence on outside aid. Usually some combination of all three types of adjustment is used, leading to cries of distress from three overlapping groups: public service recipients, City taxpayers, and State (and to a much lesser extent, Federal) taxpayers...
...factors over which the City government has only a marginal influence in the short-run. On the other hand, the City could have a substantial impact on what is built on a given piece of land through its powers of zoning, rent control, and condemnation, and its provision of public housing...
...encourage new private investment in the housing market. This investment would be primarily in luxury apartments in Manhattan for affluent singles, eventually displacing many poor and moderate income families, mainly from Harlem. We are now effectively paying $50,000 an apartment in development subsidies and foregone taxes to provide public housing in parts of Manhattan. If this same land were used for luxury housing, the increased tax yield would permit a vastly enlarged public housing program in other lower-cost areas...