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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 13 16:41:33 2014, in response to Re: A VERY Lost A Train!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Apr 13 16:27:23 2014. One of the reasons why I preferred to cover city politics over national politics is that back in the 60's and 70's, Washington was DULL. DAMNED dull. But in NYC, intrigue was afoot everywhere from Gracie Mansion to the Department of Sanitation. Turn any rock anywhere and enough things came crawling out that Breslin never had to leave his stool at the Blarney Stone. :)Where Mike was at though is that when NYCTA took on the debt for all those new subway cars way back when, everybody knew it'd drive the city broke. Supposedly that was Rockefeller's plan. Everybody knew that the MCTA would eventually end up with the subways and Mike looked to the deals that UTU had with the LIRR and said, "me WANT that." Yes, Wagner didn't give a shit and gladly whistled past the graveyard, but Mike saw what was coming and wanted to do everything he could to nail down a deal before the takeover happened. Got that story from the old heads when I was there in 1970 as to what the strike was REALLY about. Mike saw "Lindsley" as Rockefeller's proxy and when Lindsay was in congress, Mike came to him several times and got shown the door. So the animus was already there on day one. |
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