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Put honor back in Hizzoner
NYC’s present mayor — Zero Crapdammy.
So what’s it take to be a mayor? The dictionary defines “mayor” as: chief Justice of the Peace of a metropolis.
So this was de Blasio? Whose spouse’s duties perhaps included hugging an ATM?
Secondary definition: a minor judicial officer. Like perhaps the not-so-major Eric Adams?
La Guardia grabbed an airport named after him. Koch obtained some small road someplace. Long in the past’s Robert Van Wyck — whom no one remembers — is a freeway. Crapdammy — perhaps a useless finish. To match his own useless finish that sat on a bicycle during an Israeli parade.
Bloomberg was richest. He might buy the Statue of Liberty and stick her on his finish desk. Youngest? Hugh Grant in 1889 and he was solely 30. Back then — earlier than Ozempic — it purchased 10 kilos of bacon however what you’d do with all that bacon solely a pig is aware of. John Mitchel, simply in his 30s, was 1914. Today, no one is aware of what John did. Or cares. Nothing obtained named for him except you embody your toilet.
A mayor’s duties
Tammany Hall. All was good neat crime. Graft. Stealing. Conning. Lying. Sort of rehearsal for immediately’s world.
A Hizzoner is principal officer of a principality. OK, so shove locations like — let’s say — up yours, Montana. A burning query on this case is: What’s a mayor do? Besides inhaling heat tuna salad sandwiches at a rally. Or getting a motorcade as a substitute of his traditional crappy bike. Or dwelling on the arm at Gracie Mansion as a substitute of presumably a one-bedroom in Bed-Stuy. Plus, on this case, a hairdresser for his spouse the Private Citizen.
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Means you run public faculties, plus the NYPD earlier than Tisch hustles to develop into our subsequent mayor, cut ribbons, help the homeless, oversee healthcare, smile as you learn line-by-line your prewritten speech, pee on every little thing however your workplace, show up for every photograph alternative, handshake, do televised tastings and reward no matter pigmy is operating the LIRR. Also: oversee municipal businesses, handle the annual finances which helps the buddies you put in workplace (ours being the most important finances in captivity), additionally appoint commissioners, form public coverage, earn more than you’ve been making earlier than and appoint more buddies to put in workplace. Plus, for God’s sake — keep paws off and defend us from chapter. Just ship all of it straight off to the feds.
Salary’s about $250,000, presumably more than you ever glommed onto earlier than.
You run the city
That’s what it takes to be a mayor — not primarily what’s a mayor take when he will get to be mayor as a result of this already reels in more than I’ve room for.
Even in the event that they’re flashing Elon’s photograph on the RKO Moon — perceive, we’re the world’s absolute, no doubt No. 1 metropolis in all of captivity.
Earth has nothing like us — like perhaps what — like, perhaps downtown Transylvania? Shove the remainder of the universe. Imagine we’re all pulling for our telephone-carrying, education-evading, drug-ingesting candidates from perhaps wherever downtown Kansas is, proper?
Look: They don’t come any smarter, more durable, wiser, richer than we’re. Or had been. And NYC’s el supremo mayor is newly elected El Lefto.
Get your sandlogged tuna, dry burgers, heat iced tea, week-old watermelon, crappy espresso, wilted salad and month-old popcorn prepared. Coming is July 4.
It’s all over the place, however principally simply in America, youngsters. Mostly simply in America.
