Posted on 04/16/2009 9:51:51 AM PDT by La Lydia
Virginia Gov. Michael Bloomberg has imported a New York pace and a billionaire's bravado to his adopted home, completing his first 100 days in office with a trio of startling announcements: The former New York City mayor has ended the unregulated sale of firearms at gun shows, taken over troubled schools in the state's four largest cities and unilaterally ordered construction of a Potomac River toll bridge into the District. The governor will pay for the bridge from his own pocket -- and he'll keep the toll receipts.
Bloomberg's surprise blitz through the 2009 governor's race turns out to have been a sign of things to come. The new governor has taken Richmond by storm, even if he has insisted on doing most of his work from his new estate in Loudoun County. Virginia's first Jewish governor -- who returned to the Republican Party last fall, handily defeating Democrat Terry McAuliffe in what pundits dubbed the Battle of the Carpetbagging Titans -- contends that his presence in the capital is not often required. He prefers to "take my action plan directly to the people of Virginia" through his nightly prime-time show, now simulcast on Fox News Channel and MSNBC.
...Bloomberg won in every region of Virginia, despite actually visiting only the Northern Virginia suburbs; elsewhere, he told crowds by video hookup that he'd be happy to set foot in their communities "once you get some decent-sized airports." Bloomberg's decisive victory despite his remote-control campaign has given Virginia Republicans a new lease on life, settling, at least for now, a debilitating internal battle pitting social conservatives against pragmatic moderates who argued that the party's hard line on social issues was undermining its ability to appeal to Northern Virginians and other suburbanites.
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I thought Bloomberg was mayor of NYC... did I miss something that big?
LOL!!! I had to reread the article twice before I saw the date on it. Wow, Great Satire!!!
Check out the date.
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Sorry, I don’t have a Crystal Ball to see into the future... I might pick one up at as Garage Sale later
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