By Azi Paybarah 3/05/09 8:33pm

Brooklyn Vote for Bloomberg Makes Phil Ragusa Sad

Phil Ragusa, the Queens County Republican Chairman, said his day today has been “shitty.”

Aside from the looming pile of work on his desk (he’s an accountant and tax day is around the corner), he’s seeing his coalition of Republican five chairman and abandoning the mission of denying Michael Bloomberg the Republican line.

Last night, Read More

By Azi Paybarah 2/25/09 7:15pm

G.O.P. Chairmen Ponder Bloomberg After a Rare Meeting With Him

After meeting with Michael Bloomberg for more than an hour, the city’s five Republican county chairmen said they had not immediately decided about whether to let the former Republican into their party’s primary as he campaigns for a third term later this year.

They did not say when a decision would be made.

“We’re not Read More

By Azi Paybarah 2/25/09 6:15pm

Bloomberg Meets With G.O.P. Chairs, Leaves Fast

Michael Bloomberg met with the five county Republican leaders this morning to seek approval to run in their party’s primary, then left after a brief exchange with reporters.

That job was, for the most part, left to Bloomberg campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson, who said that although the mayor would like to run on the Republican Read More