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Again you miss the point. To make it crystal clear: My point is that his PR advisors are out-to-lunch. My question is if Pantalone will be using the same advisors. (I don't know.)Eug,
Considering he is a lame duck mayor, whatever criticisms there is in "managing" the media certainly is less of an issue than the substance of the message, however insigificant it maybe, no? Like getting all "upset" as some commentators suggest certainly sounds more than a bit princessey to me. I think they're looking for drama and got a bit peeved that there was none to be found.
And to further that - maybe journalists should reflect long and hard as to why any of the suggested outcomes of the event (e.g. quitting early, jumping back into the race, etc) is more substantatively worthwhile than an additional $100M in the books.
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As for the $100 million, some in the media are wondering why that wasn't saved previously. As rightly pointed out, the property tax increase is still twice that of inflation.