Rudy Giuliani Loved To Call People Marxists Too
Jill Colvin at Politicker discovered that Joe Lhota's "De Blasio's A Marxist" campaign strategy is old hat for Lhota - his boss back in the 90's loved to do it too:In the late 90s, then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani–under whom Mr. Lhota served as budget director and deputy mayor–constantly made similar allegations, accusing those who opposed him of subscribing to dangerous, leftist ideologies, acc
The NY Times Documentary On Christine Quinn
If you enjoyed watching the Christine Quinn campaign go down in flames the first time around, you can relive it in this Times documentary.It's clear from this documentary that many people do not like her, that she knew it and she had to face that day after day on the trail.There's a sense that they could have given Quinn's wife, Kim Catullo, a more prominent role in the campaign and tried to human
Performance Assessments And Regents Exams
We've been working our way through the first round of "performance assessments" in my school.We're all little concerned what the June "assessments" will look like and what we'll have to do April, May and early June to make sure we "add value" to our students and they show "growth" on those June "assessments."At my school, our heavy testing season f
Arne Duncan Doesn't Seem To Understand He Is Part Of The Problem
NY Times has a conversation about schools and education reform with Arne Duncan, Mitch Daniels and John Engler.Duncan is asked has the reform movement learned anything from mistakes made.He ignores his own policy decisions over the last five years and points the finger right at the Bush administration:Duncan: A huge thing: No Child Left Behind was very well-intentioned. It did lots of things to sp
Plutocrats And Their Functionaries Fete Bloomberg
The Clinton Foundation, which I believe does nothing other than raise awareness of the Clintons and give Bill Clinton a chance to troll the world for dates, held a function last night to give an award to Mayor Bloomberg:NEW YORK—Appearing at the Clinton Global Initiative conference to present the Leadership in Public Service award to Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Vice President Biden took what he said was
The NY Post And The Lhota Campaign - Selling Fear And Lies
The Rupert Murdoch-owned NY Post has been hammering away at Bill de Blasio for a few weeks now ever since he won the primary vote.Every day they run two, three, four, sometimes five negative stories about him.He once asked Joel Klein to add TM to the DOE.He honeymooned in Cuba.He worked for a Jesuit group that brought food and medical supplies to Nicaragua at the same time the Reagan administratio
9-25-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: The Post-Mayoral Proapaganda Around Bloomberg Is Starting AlreadyFrom the Daily News:Hizzoner is getting a big honor indeed – a biography. Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that outgoing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is getting a “major biography” by way of author Eleanor Randolph, a longtime journalist and editorial board member for the New York Times. Accordin