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New York’s non -partisan mayor, the Democrat-turned-Republican who wants to get rid of parties altogether in municipal elections, has discovered his Republican Party roots. On Friday, Mayor Bloomberg finally endorsed the Republican running to unseat the Democratic speaker of the City Council, Gifford Miller, in Manhattan’s 5th Councilmanic District, Jennifer Arangio. The mayor’s intentions had been in doubt ever since the summer, when, on New York One, he said of Mr. Miller, “If he were in my district I’d probably vote for him. I think he’s doing a good job.” Mr. Bloomberg, at the time, seemed to have forgotten the party that gave him a shot at the mayor’s office and whose national convention is set for the city next year. He seems to have regained his wits, but it is still an open question the extent to which Hizzoner will support — as opposed to simply pay lip service to supporting — Ms. Arangio and other Republican candidates for council.
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|New York’s non -partisan mayor, the Democrat-turned-Republican who wants to get rid of parties altogether in municipal elections, has discovered his Republican Party roots. On Friday, Mayor Bloomberg finally endorsed the Republican running to unseat the Democratic speaker of the City Council, Gifford Miller, in Manhattan’s 5th Councilmanic District, Jennifer Arangio. The mayor’s intentions had been in doubt ever since the summer, when, on New York One, he said of Mr. Miller, “If he were in my district I’d probably vote for him. I think he’s doing a good job.” Mr. Bloomberg, at the time, seemed to have forgotten the party that gave him a shot at the mayor’s office and whose national convention is set for the city next year. He seems to have regained his wits, but it is still an open question the extent to which Hizzoner will support — as opposed to simply pay lip service to supporting — Ms. Arangio and other Republican candidates for council.
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