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Schools Matter: Bloomberg Launches Desperation Campaign to Save His Chatty Cathy

Schools Matter: Bloomberg Launches Desperation Campaign to Save His Chatty Cathy

Bloomberg Launches Desperation Campaign to Save His Chatty Cathy

The New York Times reports all Bloomberg markers are being called in an attempt to save the irresponsible, arrogant, and disrespectful appointment of party chum and personnel disposal expert, Cathy Black, as head of NY City Schools:
She reached former Mayor Edward I. Koch at home, and pressed for his advice on how to navigate the rough-and-tumble world of New York politics. (“Never walk away from a reporter,” he admonished her.)

She exchanged little more than polite pleasantries with the Manhattan borough president, Scott M. Stringer, during what he called a “record-setting conversation — it was timed at less than a minute.”

When she could not reach City Councilman Robert Jackson, she left a message, but no number