COUPLE OF OTHER REMINDERS DeBlasio put his wife in charge of the multi-million dollar "Mayor's Fund." She hired two aides w/ half a million dollars in salary. The Mayor controls the rest of the gargantuan NYC revenue stream.
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Insider buzz is that Big Bird Blobbio is ruled by his wife---working hand-in-hand to make public policy decisions. So much so, that NYPD Commissioner Bratton was forced to caution DeBlobbio not to bring his wife to the crucial meeting recently held w/ five cop union reps.
DE BLOBBIO'S WIFE
RESUME ENHANCEMENT PROGRESSIVE-STYLE During DeBlobbio's campaign, his wife Chirlane I. McCray was billed as a writer, poet, editor, communications professional, and political figure who published poetry and worked in politics for the Clintons.
THE REAL STORY
Mrs DeBlobbio loudly declared her lesbianism in a magazine article---she was in a black feminist lesbian group and wrote poetry about being a lesbian. Politicker noted her husband's campaign website doesn't reference her background as an avowed lesbian and a lesbian activist or lesbian poet: It notes her affiliation with the Combahee River Collective, omitting mention of the group’s lesbian roots, referencing it as "a pioneering black feminist collective."
They met while both worked for Dinkins. She says she had a nose ring and wore African garb when he spotted her and was completely smitten. She never told him she was a lesbian. And later said after their marriage she was still attracted to women.
During the campaign, she was asked about her lesbian lifestyle----she retorted she "didn't understand the question." The Blobbio's honeymooned in Communist Cuba. and worked for the Sandinistas.
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Mayor De Blobbio's stupid alienation of cops has been supported by Police Commissioner Bratton. Looks like taxpayers will pay bigtime....as Blabbio buys Bratton's loyalty.
<><> Blabbio rannounced he "showed his support" he gave Bratton $132 million;
<><> the city's procurement bulletin notes that Bratton's close pal is getting a cushy no-bid deal from the NYPD.
---the deal with Strategic Policy Partnerships supposedly subsidizes training for high-ranking police officers and enhances cadet training....
The firm is headed by Robert Wasserman, onetime partner in The Bratton Group--a L/E consulting firm Bratton ran before taking NYPD’s top job....the two pals raked in more than $53,000 on a contract with the Baltimore Police Dept in 2013.....and as L/E consultants in Oakland, Calif, where Bratton earned $125,000.
Wasserman served as a consultant (a) during Bratton's tenure as LA's police chief 2002-2009, and, (b) when Bratton was NYPD commissioner in 1994 (under Giuliani). (c) Wasserman's more recent money-maker, "the transition of the Bratton administration in 2014” was funded by the n/p "Police Foundation..."
But the new $300 million smackers deal will be financed by taxpayers.....tax dollars will be flowing like Progressive BS. That whining sound you hear is Bratton saying: "What's my cut?"