New York City Michael Bloomberg is walking an increasingly fine line. First, he used his massive political and economic clout to leverage a change in the city’s election rules.<\/p>\n
The move allowed Bloomberg to run for a third term — a thing that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was excoriated for suggesting after the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n
In public comments in the last couple of days, Bloomberg called a reporter “a disgrace” for questioning the need for a third term.<\/p>\n
Bloomberg also showed a glowering temper when a handicapped journalist had trouble turning off a noisy cell phone at a press conference. (Bloomberg later apologized.)<\/p>\n
By any measure this is the wrong time for the Mayor to show his L’Etat c’est Moi side. <\/p>\n
One of the reasons it’s sometimes a good thing for politicians to move on is because even the best leaders begin to drink the Coolaid of their own importance.<\/p>\n
(Hard to imagine Bloomberg drinking Coolaid, but there you go…)<\/p>\n
He’s asking voters to give him an extroardinary dispensation, allowing him more time to carry out his agenda.<\/p>\n
The least he can do in return is bring a little humor and humility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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