Ah, you bring back so many happy memories, area!
Remember when all the horribly racist Korean deli boycotts ended once Rudy took office?
Remember when all pograms involving innocent Jews in Brooklyn ended once Rudy took office?
Remember Rudy on his radio show taking on a negligent mom when she dared to blame him for her son's criminal career? (What a difference from Bloomberg who will only take positive phone calls!)
Remember when Act-Up thought better of entering St. Patrick's cathedral and physically attacking the sacred host during a Mass?
Remember when all the harrassing homeless crack-headed freaks were run out of town?
Remember riding on clean, graffiti-less subways?
Remember walking home at night (say about 12:00am on a summer night) and not coming across one mugger?
I have met Guiliani three times. Admittedly, in public places. He was always gracious to those who approached him. I'm sure he's as tough as nails behind the scene and I say he's the best!
I'd forgotten all that, Miss Marmelstein! What a good memory you have, and all the more glad I am that Rudy is the frontrunner. Thanks for the march down memory lane.
Fred Siegel's book reminded me of something I'd forgotten from the Dinkins years: all the cars with the NO RADIO and RADIO ALREADY STOLEN signs in the windows. Some said NO RADIO, NOTHING IN TRUNK. The guys replacing the car windows and trunk locks were having a bonanza but the rest of us were feeling more than a little demoralized and victimized.
Thank you miss marmelstein. It's nice to think back to when Rudy was mayor!