Mayor Bloomberg Donated $250,000 Recently to New York City Independence Party
July 16th, 2009According to this Village Voice blog item, Mayor Mike Bloomberg donated $250,000 to the New York County branch of the Independence Party, in May 2009. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
July 16th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Frank MacKay, Frank MacKay, Frank MacKay
July 17th, 2009 at 3:42 am
I guess New York must not have any campaign finance laws that prevents such a large contribution. Can the Dems and Reps accept contributions this large? Does it happen very often?
July 17th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Also, the Working Families Party has endorsed Thompson:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/working-families-party-spurns-bloomberg-in-backing-thompson/
July 17th, 2009 at 5:11 am
My guess is this:
Bloomberg needed help and volunteers for his various signature drives.
A donation encourages the Independence Party to talk-up helping Bloomberg with that task.
(Remember, Bloomberg is going for the made up jobs and something line, too. That is a lot of signatures!)
July 17th, 2009 at 9:45 am
The New York mayoral nomination is one of the few things NOT controlled by state chairman Frank MacKay. The mayoral line is controlled by cult leader Fred Newman and Lenora Fulani. That is why Bloomberg gave the money to the New York County party, controlled by Newman, and not to the State party. It was part of the deal for Newman to allow Bloomberg to run on the party line, since he’s not a member. It’s much harder to win on the Republican line alone in NYC, which is heavily Democratic.
July 18th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Glad I don’t live in NYC……what a frightening thought….Newman, Fulani and the CUIP crowd with a direct line to the mayor…