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PAGE SIX: Joke's on him(Bloomberg)/ Smoke tax burns them up
New York Post ^ | 7/02/02 | RICHARD JOHNSON with PAULA FROELICH and CHRIS WILSON

Posted on 07/02/2002 2:09:51 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:07:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

MAYOR Bloomberg better be more careful with his whispered asides during press conferences. Modern tape recorders pick up everything. Yesterday, as top cop Ray Kelly discussed July 4th anti-terrorism measures, and fended off security-sensitive questions about police firepower, one reporter pressed the issue by asking if cops were carrying much heavier weapons than in the past. Bloomberg chuckled: "Big enough to blow away the press." The remark went unheard until reporters played back their tape recorders.


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1 posted on 07/02/2002 2:09:51 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
I thought New York was the smoking section of the world, but pretty soon we're gonna end up like Aspen.

No, more like Auschwitz. It'll still be the smoking section though. Remember: The Nazis were Socialists, too.

2 posted on 07/02/2002 2:20:13 AM PDT by Caipirabob
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