{"id":9584,"date":"2014-01-07T11:44:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T16:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9584"},"modified":"2014-01-07T11:44:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T16:44:27","slug":"bloomberg-keeping-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9584","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg keeping busy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Mayor Mike is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/dailypolitics\/2014\/01\/mike-bloomberg-gives-25-million-to-democratic-super-pac\" target=\"_blank\">keeping himself busy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;In his first big donation as a private citizen, former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikebloomberg.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Michael Bloomberg<\/a> gave $2.5 million of his personal fortune to a superPAC that is helping <a href=\"http:\/\/democrats.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic Senators<\/a> maintain their majority &#8230;\u00a0The donation from the billionaire was made to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senatemajority.com\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Majority PAC<\/a> &#8230; The PAC is run by former aides to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reid.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid<\/a> and was founded in 2011. \u00a0\u201cMike Bloomberg and Senator Reid worked closely together over the last several years on issues that matter to New Yorkers, most especially around the Sandy Aid package and <strong>gun safety measures<\/strong>,\u201d ex-Deputy Mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_Wolfson\" target=\"_blank\">Howard Wolfson<\/a> explained of the donation &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D9584&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9584\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9584\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=9584\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Mayor Mike is keeping himself busy: &#8220;In his first big donation as a private citizen, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave $2.5 million of his personal fortune to a superPAC that is helping Democratic Senators maintain their majority &#8230;\u00a0The donation from the billionaire was made to the Senate Majority PAC &#8230; 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