Black List: HAVING TO VOTE FOR A THIRD PARTY LOSER

Last week I voted for a third party candidate in this year’s mayoral election because I couldn’t vote for either of the major candidates. I was hoping for a more interesting yet still palatable candidate for mayor but I was out of luck.

As expected, Mayor Bloomberg rolled right over his Democratic challenger. Bloomberg is a much better mayor than I thought he would be, and he has the businesslike demeanor and independent thinking that New Yorkers respect. He runs the city well, when he’s not trying to swindle the taxpayers with multi-million dollar giveaways to greedy developers or having the police ride roughshod over the First Amendment. I guess I should be thankful that the more competent of two evils one.

Last Word on New Orleans, For Now

Yes, I know: long time, no blog. I’ve been busy and lazy, though not necessarily in that order.

My latest column went up on GetUnderground at the start of this month and documents my visit to New Orleans this summer and some thoughts about the aftermath. It think it’s one of my better columns in recent memory.