DAYLIGHT: The Common Good Hosts Mayor Ed Koch at the Midtown Executive Club
Mayor Koch is determined to change the dysfunctional Legislature in Albany, and he wants the members to support three concepts which we find reasonable:
1. Vote For Impartial Redistricting Commission
2. Balance the Budget
3. Ethics Reform
Redirecting anger into these positive concepts should prevail. He believes it will win the majority of the Senate, and every Republican in the Senate has signed up to support these three concepts. The overall objective is to create a level playing field through redistricting, and although he thinks it would be a miracle to win all over, he believes in Miracles. We do too....Peachy Deegan does know Mark Johnson from the 1980 Olympic Hockey team and that is our favorite Miracle.
Among other topics of discussion included Illegal Aliens, which he does not support, and suggests putting their white collar employers in jail for three months to cut down on the problem. Mayor Koch does support increasing legal immigrants by multiple factors- 2 to 4 times we believe he said. He likes what the State of Arizona is doing. You know Peachy started as a journalist at age 17 at CBS News here on West 57th Street, but we never told you she started in politics at age 16 in Washington, D.C. for Congresswoman Nancy L. Johnson. And before that in 8th grade she won high honors for the State of Connecticut in debating, but since she lived in Ireland and kissed the Blarney Stone, her talking has been even more effective. One day maybe we will be as funny as Mayor Koch. Much of what he said you had to be there for!
One of his funniest remarks:
"Bless the New York Times, not the Editorials, the News."
The Common Good: Not mine. Not yours. Not theirs.
We find The Common Good to be Uncommonly Excellent in our first interaction! We will tell you more in the future, but not on September 29th as Peachy will be at Fete de Swifty then!
The Common Good Luncheon for Mayor Ed Koch
Wednesday, September 15th, 12:15PM
Midtown Executive Club, 40 W. 45th Street
http://www.thecommongood.net/
Their upcoming events:
Wednesday, September 29th, 7pm, Special Screening of Restrepo with Sebastian Junger & Tim Hetherington
Wednesday, October 13th, 6-8pm, Town Hall at Hunter College on the Mid Term Elections
Tuesday, October 26th, 12:15pm Luncheon with author Michael Hirsh, on his new book, Capital Offense, How Washington's Wise Men Turned America's Future Over to Wall Street.
Follow Mayor Koch on Twitter! Peachy is.
http://twitter.com/mayoredkoch
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1. Encourage national debate and support the free exchange of ideas
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5. Challenge our leaders and hold them accountable
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1. Encourage national debate and support the free exchange of ideas
2. Promote active participation in the democratic and elective process
3. Ensure freedom of press and speech and promote creative freedom
4. Support tolerance for differing points of view
5. Challenge our leaders and hold them accountable
6. Seek new ideas
7. Encourage resolution of problems by finding common ground
8. Advocate for issues of reform and good government
9. Educate and empower its members on issues of public importance
THE COMMON GOOD prides itself on its intimate discussions with leading political, media, entertainment figures. Past speakers include:
President: Bill Clinton
Vice Presidents: Al Gore, Dick Cheney
Government Officials: James Baker, William Cohen, Henry Kissinger, Peter Peterson, General Wesley Clark, Leslie H. Gelb, Dee Dee Myers, Robert Hormats
Ambassadors: Dan Gillerman, Munir Akram, Felix Rohatyn, Pierre Vimont
Governors: Janet Napolitano, David Paterson, Ed Rendell, Bill Richardson, Bill Ritter, Kathleen Sebelius, Brian Schweitzer, Tom Vilsack, Mark Warner, Bill Weld
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