A CHEER FOR THE MAYOR.ALLOW US TO ADD A postscript to our crack about the Mayor of New York City The Mayor of New York City is the head of the executive branch of the Government of New York City. The office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within the city. last month. We stuck a dagger into him for offering to build an unneeded $1 billion stadium for the richest guys in town (the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. ) -- while the sports facilities See:
Our timing couldn't have been worse -- or, maybe, better. As the issue containing our editorial went to press, Mayor Rudy Giuliani announced a three-year $100 million program to renovate the deteriorating high school facilities. It was fabulous news, of course, and it made the mayor the MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. (Most Valuable Politician) of the Year. But it still begged the question: Why do our politicians keep blabbing about the importance of sports, health, exercise, clean living, and sportsmanship, but every time a school budget has to be cut, they will immediately start slashing the physical education and sports components? What makes "the other side of education" so expendable to them? It is obvious: Because they have never stopped thinking of sports and physical education as frills Frills see frilled. . |
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