Hizzoner…
Urban blight … described as “ a severely spoiled or ruined state, especially of an urban area… ” Some thirty plus years ago, around the beginning of the last quarter of the last century ( Wow! ... saying that makes me feel old !) there was a big eastern seaboard city which at some point had been called the “Apple” of my eyes… the Big Apple… however, following several extremely ineffective years of government, this particular apple had begun to become rotten at the core. It has been said over and again that the second toughest job in the country it to manage New York City… of this, I have no doubt. Whoever wants the job needs to wield a steel hand wrapped in a silk glove. This was especially true back in those difficult years following the 60’s and early 70’s. In came a congressman from the city who was described not very kindly by his adversaries as a “little Nazi disguised as a Jew”. I remember that election; there were several tough cookies in the running, including Ed Koch...