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Re: Agreement Hashed Out In Private? This has nothing to do with the precedent set by the president. When Bloomberg negotiated the NYC deal with Verizon he did it behind closed doors. Why did he do it that way? Was it because of a precedent set by Bush? Come on. He did it that way because there's alot of political, well, agitation (for lack of a better word) in many urban areas. Things just don't get done because of political pandering and posturing. Bloomberg said he went behind closed doors because he knew the deal would never happen if it was publicly disclosed. Heck he didn't even notify the borough presidents that he was taking part in those negotiations. He wasn't hiding it from the people of NYC - he was hiding it from the politicians of NYC. But, because you can't hide it from the politicians unless you hide it from everyone, he had to go behind closed doors to make the negotiations work.
Look at what's happening here in Philly, for crying out loud. A member of city council proposed setting up a franchise with Verizon. The mayor seems to be in favor of it. The negotiation for the deal was publicly disclosed, and what happens? Comcast leans on other local politicians to put the breaks on the deal. It's now sitting in limbo because some of these morons express the concerns spoon fed to them by Comcast. Please. THAT'S why these deals are happening in more and more secretive fashions. |
