NYC-WTC_000230751

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

keW York post, mondaY, October 29, 2001

Green no-show irks Qns. Dems ["^CAMPAIGN Running for City Hall BUZZ PLAY OF THE WEEK: Mark Green. He has pulled in almost every major union; the ROBERT exception is of the correction-officers union, which went for Michael Bloomberg. The J writing is on the wall for the city’s labor leaders - many of whom are hardly big fans of I HARDT JR. , Greerb______________ AND MAGGIE J BLOOPER OF THE WEEK: Mike Bloomberg. His strategist Bill Cunningham made his boss I 0g look laughable when he claimed that Green once defended Joseph Stalin. Memo to 1 1 Cunningham: Red-baiting went out with the Berlin Wall. WINNER; Green. His poll numbers are high and so Is his confidence. After his near-death ' MLTHOUGH his may- experience with Fernando Ferrer, Green Is back to being boring and acting like Vie front- oral campaign is runner. churning along, Mark [LOSER: [Bloomberg. From refusing to renounce the Amsterdam News' anti-Semitic Green ticked off some endorsement to leaving Gov. Pataki in the dust at their joint press conference, Democratic bigwigs in : Bloomberg did not look ready for prime time. Queens last week when ODDS: he skipped the county Green 1 to 1 fLasf week, J-Z?;Barring a major blunder - or maybe it would take three - party’s annual dinner at practice saying the words, “Mayor Green.” I Antun's restaurant. Bloomberg 20 to 1 (Last weeK He was channeling the sprit of hapless 1990 GOP , "Everybody was cov- gubernatorial candidate Pierre Rinfret. It’s Adm. Stockdale time. ered in Green stickers, [QUOTE OF THE WEEK: and the place felt like a “We don’t talk about Joseph Stalin in our ads. We’ll leave that to him." Green rally — except the - Cunningham lashing out at Greer. - Robert Hardt Jr. guy was nowhere to be ............................................................... ......... ... ( seen,” said one political „ events, and because of the you want to have in your quietly got married to ‘'“J abbreviated election pe- company," Bloomberg lawyer Leslie Wells. didate Bill Thompson and .............................. riod, his schedule was said at a Crain’s breakfast Morris’ Oct. 7 nuptials public-advocate hopeful swamped," DePlasco said. earlier this month. * were held at his home in . Betsy Gotbaum made the "Mark is committed to But according to a re­ the Hamptons and were trip out to Antun’s, Green the borough of Queens, cent Bloomberg campaign attended by some politi­ sent campaign manager and the Democratic orga­ filing, 12 of the 46 "Mike cal bigwigs — including Rich Schrader to the nization there is one of for Mayor” employees Hevesi and Sen. Chuck Thursday night dinner in the most important politi­ live outside the five bor­ Schumer, two Morris cli- < his stead. oughs. ents. "There was not a very cal organizations in the Morris — who met his ‘ city,” he added. “They’re hedging their enthusiastic response to bets in case Mark Green bride during Karen Schrader. People were ■ gets elected," joked Burstein’s failed run for talking when he was talk­ While Michael Bloom­ Bloomberg spokesman Ed attorney general in 1994 ing," said one insider. berg said earlier this Skyler. — couldn’t be reached for , Green — who was at­ month that people who comment last week. I tending some private work in the suburbs are After seeing his hopes But the funniest remark , fund-raisers — “very “not the best and the for Alan Hevesi winning may have come from a much wanted to be brightest” — that appar­ City Hall go down the bemused wedding guest ' there,” according to ently doesn’t apply to his tubes, political guru Mank who looked at Morris’ ' I spokesman Joe DePlasco, own campaign staff. Morris had something Long Island home and I “He had already com- "People that want to go good happen to him joked: “Now 1 see what , I mitted to the other there aren’t the people earlier this month; He our money paid for.” I ----- --------------

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