Guest Commentary
by Brian Brady
San Diego Mayoral candidate secured the endorsement from “Hizzoner”, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today:
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing California Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher’s independent bid for San Diego mayor.
The Fletcher campaign on Thursday released a statement from the three-term New York mayor that says Fletcher represents an alternative to partisan gridlock.
In other Bloomberg news today, the NYC mayor wants to ban Big Gulps in the Big Apple:
Note his quote: “We’re not taking away anybody’s right to do things, we’re simply forcing you to understand that you have to make the conscious decision to go from one cup to another cup.”
And: “I would just like to … force the consumer to hopefully move over to the less fattening drinks and everybody will be better off.”
I would like to point out that Bloomberg proposes to send armed men in New York City to knock on someone’s door for breaking rationing rules, but, even though I support DeMaio, I kindasorta feel bad for Fletcher today.
Nathan just can’t catch a break.
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Brian Brady is a small business owner who lives in Solana Beach. He is a director for Stop Taxing Us, the taxpayer advocacy and tea party group. There, he crafted the “Promise to California taxpayers,” a no new tax pledge candidates make. He is a candidate for SDGOP Central Committee.
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Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places . . .
I am not a big fan of Bloomberg’s solution to obesity, but I wouldn’t dismiss the endorsement of a man who has been elected thrice as Mayor of the nation’s largest city.
Oh not to worry. Bloomberg is not FORCING you to do what he wants (he actually SAYS that!).
And his dictum doesn’t affect low calorie drinks.
RIIGGGHHHHHTTTTT!!!!!!!
Here’s the deal — if a business has a self serve drink fountain setup (very common in fast food places) and ANY of the dispensed drinks offered have much sugar (as in more than essentially none), then they cannot sell customers a “Big Gulp” cup.
Gee thanks for protecting me from the diet free drinks I prefer, Mr. Mayor!
The Nanny State knows no bounds. Once one is convinced that one’s role in life is to run OTHER people’s lives, the possibilities are limitless.
For once, I agree with Alger. First the governor of California, then the mayor of New York.
Impressive. And informative.
Even MORE impressive and informative would be Fletcher’s endorsement of Barack Obama! There’s still time . . . .
Thrice of a city that taxes too much and now tells you that you can’t have salt and big gulps. I wouldn’t want his endorsement for anything! As a famous conservative said (paraphrasing) – the first 100 people in the phonebook would govern better than electeds.
Alger, what else should a mayor be able to tell you what to do? Walk to work? Don’t eat fries? Hamburgers? Where would it stop? People who vote in NYC are, well, well, I can only think of words that describe people who are not very smart, someone help me here please!
Alger,
I find it freakin’ presumptuous that Xantippe on the Hudson presumes to tell San Diegans who we should select for mayor.
That New York City residents have elected this municipal termagant says precisely zip, zero, nada about his soi-disant expertise on what’s good for San Diego.
First Jerry Brown, now Nanny Bloomberg. Who’s the next instant San Diego expert from afar to lecture us on who to vote for — François Hollande? Julia Gillard?
Ms. Right,
Did you miss the part where I said I disagreed with Bloomberg on the sugary drink issue?
As for the intelligence of the people living in New York… They are the same people that elected Giuliani twice.
Bradley,
You forgot to include the California State Republican Party on your list of non-San Diegans attempting to influence our local elections.
Alger,
At least San Diego is in California, so there’s some degree of logic for a statewide group’s endorsement in a local race. But going across the continent for a local endorsement takes it to a new level. You don’t often see a politician on one coast endorse one on the other coast. When it happens, I generally find it annoying.
Chris Christie irked me when he campaigned for Meg Whitman, because it looked like he was piling up political chits to cash in for a presidential run — just like Bloomberg may be doing. And as we all know, Whitman was less-than-stellar candidate. Christie would have been better sticking to his knitting in New Jersey. And so would Nanny Bloomberg in NYC.
Bradley,
“At least San Diego is in California,”
But you also mentioned Jerry Brown as someone lecturing us “from afar.” Doesn’t our Governor also represent San Diego?
I agree with Alger. A man who was elected thrice, and convinced the voters to overturn a term-limit law to do so, is to be admired for his ability to convince voters that his agenda matters. What confounds most freedom-loving individuals is how New Yorkers could be so naive that they would elect a tyrant.
I lived and worked in Manhattan for two summers. Most New Yorkers view the government as a nuisance in their quest for riches so they just don’t care what it does, Up-and-comers suffer the fools in government, while they grab for the brass ring and the folks who have made their money buy Big Gulps, and smoke, and eat double cheeseburgers in the Hamptons.
What this endorsement says to me is that this tyrant ADMIRES Mr. Fletcher. Moreover, the Fletcher campaign BRAGS about this tyrant’s endorsement, Aforementioned freedom-loving individuals should take note of that.
My take is that Fletcher’s campaign sent the press release, clicked over to whichever news source they prefer, read about the soda ban, and said “Doh!”
Bloomberg’s endorsement doubtless relied in part on the NY TIMES and David Brooks’ “Ode to Nathan Fletcher” column — idolizing Fletcher while ignorantly dismissing DeMaio as an “orthodox conservative.”
Alger, I for one am not offended by Jerry Brown’s endorsement. It is VERY informative, as many such endorsements can be.
For both sides.
Bloomberg is just an ignorant ninny. Or is it nanny?
CORRECTION: Thorette, please correct, just for fun.
Not “ignorant ninny.” S/B . . . “fatuous ninny. Or is it “fat you is” nanny?
Alger, I see – not a big fan = disagree. Thanks for the clarification.
It matters not what any of you people think of the Bloomberg endorsement. It matters only how it plays to the voting public. My guess is it will play well. He is a popular political figure in the largest media market in the world and it gets played up often even here on the Left Coast. As the mayor of the country’s largest city who famously left the Republican Party like someone else we know, Big Gulp ban or not, I think it’s a positive. Probably doesn’t mean tons of votes, but it sure won’t hurt.
Ms. Right,
I didn’t say I wasn’t a fan of the New York Mayor, I just said I disagreed with his proposed ban on large sugary drinks. Just like I am sure you are a fan of Carl DeMaio and probably disagree with his vote to allow a billion dollar tax increase without a public vote.
I do agree with Mr. Effinger, that the endorsement matters only to what extent it plays with the voting public. Everything he says after that, however, doesn’t matter, because it doesn’t matter what he thinks, just like the rest of the “you people” he disdainfully refers to on this thread. What an elitist. Ironic, coming from a columnist. After all, it doesn’t matter what he thinks, it only matters what the public thinks. And, what people write doesn’t ever influence anyone in the public.
Bloomberg may not be a bad guy but I find it a bit amusing that the guy who bans big sugary drinks one day and then glorifies donuts the very next day endorses our mayoral candidate who, himself, is taking flak for sending so many mixed messages.
Personally, I would never eat donuts dipped in a Big Gulp. But, to each his own. I believe in the free-stomachplace of gastro-intestinal choices.
Alger – I enjoy your presence here but PLEEEEAASEEEE
A) Endorsements don’t matter that much
B) HIGHLY unclear since San Diego voters in primary elections as a rule are older, more suburban, less enamored with urbanization think NYCity is anything to write home about.
I mean if our OWN mayor, pretty popular, can’t pull Bonnie along why in the world would Bloomberg have ANY influence on undecided voters? Boggles the mind to think it would.