“The idea that pursuing a progressive agenda and running the city are contradictory I don’t think is accurate,” Mr. Walzak said. “This mayor (DiBlasio) has been able to do both.”
Mr. Walzak pointed to the mayor’s success as a municipal manager in negotiating contracts with more than two-thirds of the city work-force and his handling of the Ebola scare this fall.
Wall Street Journal 12-24-14. New York’s Mayor Walks a Fine Line
Now, here is how the progressive mind works, here is how “success” is defined, how substance facts and figures are managed in pursuit of a progressive agenda. In the minds of these naive, short-sighted people, you don’t actually have to accomplish anything, just give people what they want. In this union settlement, raising worker cost sharing premiums was off the table while raising future deficits was ok. Who couldn’t be successful under those terms⁉️
While the labor settlement that Mr. de Blasio reached this spring with the teachers union significantly increased future-year budget deficits, his aides said these gaps are below historical averages from prior administrations. The adopted budget also includes about $500 million more in projected revenue than the current fiscal year…
This spring, Mr. de Blasio reached an agreement with the Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella group of city unions, that is expected to generate $3.4 billion in health-care savings. While the precise details on how the city will reduce health-care costs remain fuzzy, the mayor and his top budget officials say the agreement marks a major step in the right direction… WSJ June 2014
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