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No Third Terms. Vote For Burns.

This November vote for the candidate who stands for Change, Hope, and nuclear powered reactors in Williamsburg.

BurnsForMayor.com

Suggestions to:
Mayor Mike: put a dumpster in front of City Hall and invite people who don't care for your campaign brochurers, ads, etc. to drop them there.
And to Citizens of NY: let's see how many dumpsters can be filled before election day.

to all u whiners, he's goin to win get over it!

I had a similar experience as caller "Mary" but from a different politician in Montclair.

Indeed, I saw him drop the flier off, "Sorry I missed you," without knocking. I crossed him off my voter list for the lie.

His campaign actually phoned my husband's cell phone!!! Outrageous. There are many New Yorkers who aren't very impressed with his campaign tactics, and they're not all that happy with his performance either.

I find it hard to believe that New York City voters will roll over and let Bloomberg install himself as emperor for life.

The worst add for Bloomberg is the painted Broadway "mall" with chairs in the midst of air condition units creating a din alongside passing traffic and in the midst of polluted air.
Another frill from the Mayor. Where's the affordable housing?
Faith S
Upper Westside

The ad I find a bit silly is one he has online, about his being "endorsed" by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty:

http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=24E78802-219B-8B95-7C590A53D6C6AB11

This was obviously her answering a question from his people at the India Day parade (as opposed to spontaneously raving about him of her own accord), and so it really doesn't count for anything, plus, she lives between Bombay and London, so what does she really know from NYC mayoral politics?

I like Bloomberg a lot. I love that he has more money than God and therefore isn't as beholden and prone to all the horsetrading (and worse) that goes on in politics (Hudson County, New Jersey, I'm looking at you). Heck, if he were available, I'd like to date him, but this Shilpa video is just silly. If he wants the Indian vote, get Amitabh Bachchan or Shah Rukh Khan to say something nice about him; Shilpa's not enough of a heavyweight in the film biz to do much of anything.

I so dislike this man and his hype! He inflates his record and hides the fact that he has given the city away to his rich friends at the expense of everyone else. I am so glad I don't have to be a recipient of his false public relations mailings up here in Kingston.

I have been Bloomberg supporter and I will vote for him, but this is MEGALOMANIA!

bloomberg is a short man - why does he tower over every one in his ads?

Please vote for Monty Burns on Nov 3 instead of Mike Bloomberg! visit burnsformayor.com for more info

Bloomberg spent nearly $80 per vote to get elected the first time; he said it was because he was an unknown, and if he had to spend that much to get re-elected, something would be terribly wrong.

Mayor Mike spent $100 per vote in his second run.

By all accounts, he will pass that $100 amount this time--and that doesn't count all the money the mayor spent hiring away his competition's staff, or the city funds he used to bribe City Council members to vote away the term limits.

Yeah, something is terribly wrong.

bloomberg has no control of the MTA

I LOVE the transit ads. Every time I see one I remember that Mussolini made the trains run on time and know precisely why I will never in any circumstances vote for the municipal despot.

These ads are extremely disturbing because it seems the Mayor is completely out of touch. One of his ad comments is that he will build affordable housing for people with up to $150,000 in income (less than one percent of people in NYC earn that much!). In this economic environment how about a focus on the average hardworking New Yorker, both low and middle income?

i HATE all those mailed brochures and TV ads. I mailed a week's worth back to Bloomberg at City Hall begging him to stop. I wasn't going to vote for him anyway because I hated his dictatorial effort to get the City Council to rescind term limits, but all these ads are overkill.

I'm glad I moved to NJ just in time for this.

Our first amendment may guarantee our right to free speech but it would seem that money provides the microphone, or megaphone depending.
We need campaign finance reform now because when the money is allowed to obscure the message we do our democracy a disservice.

I don't understand how he can put out commercials regarding fixing the MTA, when the MTA is beyond bankrupt. Where is this money coming from?

Ain't gonna' vote for him (term limits). I get at least one piece of mail each week and toss it in recycling bag before I come into the apartment. If one comes along when I'm watching TV I just hit the remote and I hang up on robo-calls (from EVERYBODY).
Now he's going to do all kinds of things to fix transit system and goodies for seniors. He's had 8 years and didn't do that stuff so I have no reason to believe he's going to do it now.

To the Bloomberg campaigner who relentlessly rang my bell on Sunday, and proceeded to shout my name in the hallway when I looked through my peephole:

I appreciate your desire to voice my concerns to the campaign, but when you go around canvasing on a Sunday in a pith helmet, you don't inspire a lot of faith that you necessarily have the ear of the candidate.

Also ringing the bell once is enough.

He should give more to charity!

I have supported Mayor Bloomberg's many environmental initiatives over the years from the smoking ban to congestion pricing to the expanded bike lanes. I am dismayed to find every mailbox in my building stuffed with glossy direct mail pieces several times a week. ALL of the candidates are guilty of this, but Bloomberg has by for the most. I'd love to see a candidate try some more environmental campaign strategies.

The most annoying is the amount of money spent. If he really cared about the city, why hasn't he given all of that obnoxious amount of money to the city directly!

Mike mail and calls are so annoying! Everything I get focuses on the "middle class." Not one of his volunteers who have called or knocked on my dorr can define middle class for me.

The ads are annoying! I went away for three days and had just as many Bloomberg ads in my mailbox when I got home. Too much!

i've never voted for prince mike but after the dem debate i'm lost. one highlight both dems came out against bike lanes. i won't be voting for either of them. guess i have to go for a third party guy (or gal?)

back on topic his ads help the local economy. i've been asking can we just sell him the office. we need the money, our taxes support both albany and those red welfare states.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/1397.html

If Mike Bloomberg's record was so great, why does he need millions of dollars worth of ads to promote it? Surely actions speak louder than words?

If he couldn't get these things done in 2 terms, why should he get a third try? He has spent so much time on pet projects that much of what those of us who live here need is getting passed over, or cemented over. Bloomberg needs to move on, and we need to get back to making NYC and nice place to _live_ not just a nice place to visit (or do business).

The most irritating thing about the ads touting his MTA plan is that they don't mention his incumbency. "Look what I'll do if you elect me mayor!" the ads say. But...you're mayor NOW. Have an MTA plan? Go ahead and do it.

I also find all the ads and mailings to be over the top. What a waste of resources.

I dislike Bloomy more every time I see those BS ads. There should be term limits! It's gone to his head, no matter what a good head he has!