Ben McGrath profilesMayor Bloomberg (or, as younger mayors around the country like to call him: "Papa Smurf.")
In the McGrath piece, Bloombergcompares himselfto Robert Moses and says he hopes history will show "the things we did made a lot more sense."
Two of Bloomberg's fellow billionaires - Bill Gates and Eli Broad -helped bankrollthe pro-mayoral control group Learn NY.
The billionaire mayorgives a lot moreto charity than Comptroller Bill Thompson.
"I don't think Bloomberg believes New York City neighborhoods have their own needs,"said Councilman Tony Avella.
Thompsonhas routinely failed to disclosea small property he co-owns next to his mother's Massachusetts home.
The Post chidesBloomberg for proposing to invest $50 million in community colleges but not being able to say where the cash is coming from.
A 38th AD candidate thwarted by Gov. David Paterson's on-again, off-again special electionis suing.
One of the governor's "most important Democratic allies" (who is otherwise anonymous)told the Post: "(Paterson) had his chance, but he blew it. It's over."
Nicole Gelinas sayspoliticians and the MTA used the secrecy that surrounds labor contract negotiations to "hoodwink the public."
Sen. Bill Perkinssaid Paterson can"return to his roots" as a reform advocate by signing a bill that would overhaul the state's public authorities.
Assemblyman Tim Gordoncalled onthe governor to sign the public authorities bill.
Paterson is in Western NYto presenta $7.4 million stimulus check to Allegany County.
The HTCis endorsingRichard Aborn for Manhattan DA.
WFP-endorsed candidates havesharply increasedtheir reported payments to the party's pro-profit Data and Field Services.
Sen. Eric Adamsgot a $10,000 member itemfor a research center run by ex-convicts to study whether state laws are racist. (The Republicans disapprove).
TheDN praisesPaterson's efforts to toughen penalties for people who drive drunk with kids in the car.
TheTU comparesNew York to Garrison Keillor's mythical Lake Woebegone - and not in a good way.
Rep. John Hall saidthe "Obamacare" robocalls by his GOP opponent, Assemblyman greg Ball, are "spreading a falsehood."
A report by Sen. Craig Johnson'scommittee founda state authority lost taxpayers $922,645 on a rusted ferry that was never used and sold for $23,000 on eBay.
Indicted Nassau County Legislator Roger Corbinfailed to gethis primary opponent kicked off the ballot.
TheRochester Democrat & Chronicle thinksthe state Senate needs to do a better job at policing itself.
Some police union officialswere implicatedin the state IG's blistering report on corruption at the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrandwill attend afundraiser in the Finger Lakes.
The brother of a former Niagara Falls mayor issuing the cityand its Council.
Read more:http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/08/news-of-the-day-556.html#ixzz0OdIMuYPW
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