There are Second Acts in America
Ed Koch was New York City in the 1980s. He was the mayor, but he represented everything about New York to the rest of the world. He was loud, obnoxious, arrogant, smart, witty, funny, urbane, he was the New York Mets winning the World Series, he was the New York Mets snorting enough of cocaine that even Elton John gave pause, he was the hookers on Times Square, he was the burned out buildings in the Bronx, he was sticking his tongue out New Jersey, he was a Democrat, but he leaned right. It's no wonder he was elected to serve three terms leading America's largest city.
He stayed mostly out of the news in the 1990s, but now he is back and fighting the New York state government. It's an interesting tale. According to the New York Times, Koch,85, only has a few years to live and wants to go out in a last hurrah by beating back the gridlock in his state. He wants reform and anyone who stands in the way will get a double barrel blast from old Ed.
Will it work? Koch was beloved in his time, but the Times article states that it had been 18 years since he had been to Buffalo before a recent muckraking trip. Koch knows the pitfalls as well, but he wants to try.
And sometimes trying -- as opposed to apathy -- is the best thing. Huzzah for second acts.
He stayed mostly out of the news in the 1990s, but now he is back and fighting the New York state government. It's an interesting tale. According to the New York Times, Koch,85, only has a few years to live and wants to go out in a last hurrah by beating back the gridlock in his state. He wants reform and anyone who stands in the way will get a double barrel blast from old Ed.
Will it work? Koch was beloved in his time, but the Times article states that it had been 18 years since he had been to Buffalo before a recent muckraking trip. Koch knows the pitfalls as well, but he wants to try.
And sometimes trying -- as opposed to apathy -- is the best thing. Huzzah for second acts.
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