{"id":9191,"date":"2013-10-11T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9191"},"modified":"2013-10-11T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T14:32:00","slug":"bloomberg-is-never-going-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9191","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg is never going away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0is leaving office at the end of the year, but he’s made it clear he is not going to go away<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Michael Bloomberg makes no secret of his ambition. \u00a0“I want to do things that nobody else is doing,” he told TIME … Officially Bloomberg was still acting as a political office-holder, but in practice the outgoing three-term mayor of New York City had already begun his next life, a jet-setting blur of wealth, power and international recognition. \u00a0In 2013, Bloomberg plans to spend about $400 million on pet causes … “A lot of elected officials are afraid to back controversial things. \u00a0I’m not afraid of that,” he said. \u00a0“You’re not going to hurt my business, and if you are, I don’t care. \u00a0I take great pride in being willing to stand up.” …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n