[quote]It's also an awful idea to be raising now: On July 6, the International Olympic Committee will make its final decision on a site for the 2012 games; if New York wins, the stadium would definitely be needed.
Placing the roadblock of a referendum would do nothing more than hurt the city's chances of winning the games — as Ferrer and Miller surely know. They may publicly be rooting for the city to be chosen — but they also know that losing, particularly after all the political and personal capital that Bloomberg has expended on getting the games, would be a huge political black eye for the mayor.
And there are other potential political benefits, as well: Having a referendum on the same ballot as the mayoral election is a clever way to galvanize voters around an issue — "a very cute way," as Pressman put it, "on your part of influencing the outcome of the election."[/quote] http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/pfriendly.php?url=/postopinion/opedcolumnists/39221.htm
jake · 2005-02-02
[quote]It's also an awful idea to be raising now: On July 6, the International Olympic Committee will make its final decision on a site for the 2012 games; if New York wins, the stadium would definitely be needed. Placing the roadblock of a referendum would do nothing more than hurt the city's chances of winning the games — as Ferrer and Miller surely know. They may publicly be rooting for the city to be chosen — but they also know that losing, particularly after all the political and personal capital that Bloomberg has expended on getting the games, would be a huge political black eye for the mayor. And there are other potential political benefits, as well: Having a referendum on the same ballot as the mayoral election is a clever way to galvanize voters around an issue — "a very cute way," as Pressman put it, "on your part of influencing the outcome of the election."[/quote]W. SIDE STADIUM: VOTE = COPOUT
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