New York, NY – Mayor Michael Bloomberg is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars out of his own pocket to fund campaign-style ads rebutting criticisms from unions representing the city’s teachers and municipal workers.
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Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson says the ads are a response to $3 million in television and radio advertising by the United Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO. He says the mayor will pay in the “upper six figures” for one week of ads.
The 30-second spot is produced by the same media firm that did the mayor’s campaign ads and uses old footage from his campaign. It touts the mayor’s budget plan for the city and his effort to win state approval to retain teachers based on their effectiveness rather than their seniority.
I actually agree with the mayor on this one
These ideas were why so many voted for him in the first place, so yes, I support his moves here.
everybodys always wrong except bloomberg. he is all knowing and great. we know he lied in his ads in the election. the man is choleh b’nefesh.
What a pathetic man. He can’t convince enough people with logic, or empirical evidence, so he needs to resort to bombarding the NYC populace with empty sound bytes. I suppose his slew of paid editorials didn’t quite do the trick. Although it wasn’t a bad idea, because if you remember the “weapons of mass destruction/Iraq deal,” then you realize if you say things in the media often enough, eventually, many people will eventually believe it, even if it isn’t true.