Michael Bloomberg is the best mayor New York City has had in recent years.  Yes there was Rudy, and Ed before him and they were good mayors.  Rudy “America’s Mayor” Giuliani, took over from a questionable previous administration and really cleaned up the streets.  Ofcourse the tragedy of 9/11 put him into the national spotlight and showed that he was the perfect man for the job.    Ed “How am I doin” Koch the last three term mayor, transformed a city from true disarray and economic turmoil to stability and on track to prosperity.

What I like about Mayor Bloomberg is that he is his own man.  He does not have to answer to his “campaign contributors” because he does not have any.  This makes him extremely effective in governing and realizing ideas that are right for the city not right for someone who decided to give him a check (with an invariable string attached.)   He has shown that he will not pass the buck to the next guy and he takes responsibility for his actions.   This responsibility is rare in today’s political climate especially in our wonderful state senate.   From what I understand he doesn’t necessarily need  this job and he already has a little something put away for a rainy day.   Sure he has made some choices that I did not agree with.  Pleasing everyone especially in this city all of the time will never be a realistic possibility.  Ultimately though, most of his decisions and ideas have been extremely beneficial for New York City and its citizens.    At the end of the day he has done a tremendous service for this city and has been an excellent leader, mayor and a representative of what a true politician should be.   I only wish that after he is finished with his New York City responsibilities he runs for President of the United States.   My only problem is that I don’t have a catchy name for him yet.

picture of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Jim Pinkenberg (Jim has the bigger smile)