Plum Crazy

I realize that the NYC Mayoral election isn't until November 2005, but I wanted to express my early support for the potential re-election bid of incumbent Mike Bloomberg. I was pleased to see today's report that Bloomberg's approval rating has climbed to 47% from the 31% it was at last July. I hope this will inspire Bloomberg to run again and continue with the sterling leadership he has provided NYC since his election in November 2001.

Bloomberg took over a city in distress. He didn't have an easy job of it. Post-9/11 New York was suffering not just the emotional after-effects of the tragedy, but economic after-effects as well. Bloomberg dealt with the emotional toll in his usual warm manner, reaching out to New York citizens and making us feel like he was one of us. On the financial front, hard decisions had to be made, and Bloomberg wasn't afraid to make them. Any other mayor might have stopped at simply raising taxes, but not Mike Bloomberg. His visionary scheme to raise revenue by enforcing fines and tickets for offenses such as having one's phone number printed on one's awning and sitting on subway steps was nothing short of brilliant. Not to speak of his money-saving idea of cutting back recycling pickups in the outer boroughs. Bloomberg really thinks out of the box.

So it is for these reasons that I hereby dedicate this blog to Bloomberg. Go Mike go!