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March 28, 2005
Public Advocate (1993 election)

Adding “public advocate” to the OED

"Public Advocate" is not in the Oxford English Dictionary. OED is currently revising the letter "P." I'm putting "public advocate" in the dictionary! "Public…

March 28, 2005
Public Advocate (1993 election)

Betsy Gotbaum and the fictional “Big Apple whores” (2004)

Betsy Gotbaum was elected New York City's Public Advocate in 2001. In 2004, I created this website for the Big Apple Fest. I had told the Big Apple Fest directors that the "Big Apple…

March 28, 2005
Public Advocate (1993 election)

Mark Green and Audrey Munson (“Civic Fame”)

Mark Green was elected "public advocate" in 1993 and again in 1997. His term limits (two terms) were up and he unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2001, losing to Michael Bloomberg. In the…

March 28, 2005
Public Advocate (1993 election)

Olympics (NYC 2012), the Big Apple, and the “Public Advocate” disgrace

"Public Advocate" Betsy Gotbaum is against the Olympics and seeks to kill it because the mayor is for it. Is this what we need a "public advocate" for? Does she have any ideas…

March 28, 2005
Public Advocate (1993 election)

Summary, or, “How to waste $40 million, violate the City Charter, disregard our Civic Fame, and prom

This is a long story. It may have a somewhat happy ending, or it may have the usual sad ending. It's up to New York. 21 March 2005, AM New York, pg. 4:The race for public advocate(...)To some…

March 28, 2005
Public Advocate (1993 election)

Theatre of the Absurd, 2005

This is how it's been for about ten years now:... ...4 March 2005, Tulsa World, "Historical facts," pg. A18:"The big what?" (Feb. 25) about the new campaign by New York…

April 30, 2005
Public Advocate (1993 election)

YOU CAN HELP! REALLY!!

Write to the mayor! Letters are probably better, but e-mail is good, also! Tell him about this website and about my 12-year campaign to run for "public advocate," and ask him if I have…

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