Driving Miller Mad

Bloomberg shows that his on-the-job public sector training is starting to pay off. The Kvetcher did not support Bloomberg in his first term mayoral campaign, because he feared (rightly) that despite what neocons and other free market radicals claimed, the mayoralty of New York was not the place for an entry level job in the public sector - as even the greatest work experience in the private sector did not directly translate into preparedness for this most political of jobs.

But Bloomberg is a good student, even if he was ill-prepared for the first couple of years, and his business experience is now relevant as he has learned the ropes of politics and the public sector.

Sun Tzu says that one should harass his opponent, and if possible, drive him insane.

Bloomberg has apprently done just that to Gifford Miller, who is now exacting pointless revenge on his fellow city councilmen, who blocked his attempted override of the mayor’s veto for his own garbage-transfer stations.

See the whole story here.

Not only has Bloomberg embaressed an admittedly weak Democratic challenger, he has earned friends in the City Council through Miller’s tantrums.

Miller’s troubles will continue long after his ill-fated mayoral campaign, and, assuming a second term, has ceded more power to Bloomberg.

Koch must be proud!