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I need your financial support if I am going to defeat Mayor Bloomberg in the 2005 Republican primary for New York City mayor. We must remove liberal Democrats from the Republican Party, and I urgently need your support to make this happen. After campaigning as a Republican to secure Rudy Giuliani’s valuable post-9/11 endorsement, Mayor Bloomberg has compiled the following record: * Raised every tax in the book to cover billions in new spending. * Enacted harmful regulations on small business, including a comprehensive smoking ban that devastated bar owners. * Supported a minimum wage hike that is $2 higher...

Brooklyn, NY – New York City investment banker Steven J. Shaw recently announced his intent to challenge New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for the Republican nomination in September 2005. Shaw, a resident of the Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn, plans to challenge the Mayor on his record of tax hikes and his inability to create jobs and grow the economy. “I am running for mayor because I could not stand by and let our city continue to endure what the Bloomberg administration has caused: skyrocketing taxes, a hostile business environment, an underperforming economy, and misplaced priorities,” Shaw said. He...

The driver of a Mister Softee truck, allegedly fed up with the tactics of a Hartford neighborhood activist, is facing third-degree assault and breach of peace charges for attacking the activist with a baseball bat, city police said. Luis Amaro, 51, a part-time Mister Softee driver, is accused of charging out of his truck Saturday and swinging the bat at Wilbur Troutman, a city resident and frequent critic of the jangling kiddie music coming from the truck's loudspeakers. "Mister Softee tried to kill me!" Troutman, 64, said Tuesday as he recovered from arm bruises and a graze to the head...