Bill de Blasio tapped his State PAC for Presidential hopes

[brooklynite]

The City

Mayor Bill de Blasio spent more on his presidential run than he reported in federal campaign filings this week, an analysis by THE CITY found.

The extra support came out of a state political action committee de Blasio launched in 2018 to help New York Democrats — but which recently doubled as an exploratory committee for his presidential run.

The mayor’s NY Fairness PAC spent $68,000 on pre-campaign polling that wasn’t reported to the Federal Election Commission. The de Blasio campaign promised Thursday to amend its federal disclosures after THE CITY raised questions.

THE CITY identified another $55,000 that de Blasio’s state PAC paid to a firm that does digital fundraising and marketing. The campaign said that a portion of that expense will appear in a future federal filing.

[myohmy2]

1. I...

...like Bill...

" De Blasio campaign officials said they know of no donations to the state PAC that were intended to support the mayor’s consideration of a White House run. They added the mayor had been clear in his fundraising pitches at the time.

“The mayor was consistent in his public and private comments: He wanted to ensure the issues affecting working families were in the national dialogue, and had not ruled out a run — but it would ultimately be a family decision,“ said campaign spokeswoman Olivia Lapeyrolerie. "

...maybe it's just a misunderstanding...

...I would like, "...to ensure the issues affecting working families were in the national dialogue..."

...how about you?

...

[brooklynite]

2. I...

...DO NOT like Bill...

...and neither do many Democrats in NYC. He has been, in my opinion, a terrible Mayor. Under his tenure there has been a massive growth in super-tall ultra-luxury apartments (owned primarily by foreigners) with zoning variances freely given if the developers would deign to build SOME affordable housing...somewhere else. He also has a terrible transportation policy, including a vanity ferry system serving upper/middle class neighborhoods with an average SUBSIDY per trip of $6.50, a plan to build a temporary highway through a public park and directly adjacent to back yards of existing homes to facilitate road repair, and an unwillingness to crack down on care/trucks etc. parked in bike lanes, resulting in an increasing number of accidents and deaths of cyclists. Add to which, a "man of people" doesn't generally ride 10 miles a day in a police convoy to travel from his Manhattan residence to his gym in Brooklyn.

[myohmy2]

3. yep...

...you don't like him...

...nobody's perfect...