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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1112314" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=1]Mayor Bloomberg says he will spend millions more to defeat the National Rifle Association and pro-gun pols[/h]&nbsp;&nbsp; [h=2]Says&nbsp; on &#039;Meet the Press&#039; he has &#039;responsibility&#039; to keep the public safe.&nbsp; Decries politicians who don&#039;t listen to the will of the people.[/h][h=1]New York’s Mayor, but Bermuda Shares Custody[/h]Mr. Bloomberg, who owns a waterfront estate here, has walled off his&nbsp; life in Bermuda from voters in New York, arguing it is none of their&nbsp; business. He steadfastly refuses to say when he is on the island, and to&nbsp; blindfold prying eyes, he has blocked aviation Web sites from making&nbsp; public the movements of his private planes.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The Bermudan jaunts do pose political risks. New York City mayors have&nbsp; historically prided themselves on working seven days a week and racing&nbsp; to the scene of an emergency even on the weekends.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Mr. Bloomberg does not. His aides know better than to schedule public&nbsp; events after Friday mornings, allowing the mayor to make his getaways to&nbsp; Bermuda on Friday afternoon and be back in New York by Sunday evening.&nbsp; (Of the 17 Fridays since Dec. 31, the mayor had no public events&nbsp; scheduled after 10 a.m. on 13 of them.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The mayor also takes along a police detail when he travels, flying two&nbsp; officers on his private plane and paying as much as $400 a night to put&nbsp; them up at a hotel near his house; the city pays their wages while they&nbsp; are there, as it does whether Mr. Bloomberg is New York or not. Guns are&nbsp; largely forbidden in Bermuda — even most police officers do not use&nbsp; them — but the mayor’s guards have special permission to carry weapons. A&nbsp; spokesman for the Police Department declined to comment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1112314, member: 12952"] [h=1]Mayor Bloomberg says he will spend millions more to defeat the National Rifle Association and pro-gun pols[/h] [h=2]Says on 'Meet the Press' he has 'responsibility' to keep the public safe. Decries politicians who don't listen to the will of the people.[/h] [h=1]New York’s Mayor, but Bermuda Shares Custody[/h]Mr. Bloomberg, who owns a waterfront estate here, has walled off his life in Bermuda from voters in New York, arguing it is none of their business. He steadfastly refuses to say when he is on the island, and to blindfold prying eyes, he has blocked aviation Web sites from making public the movements of his private planes. The Bermudan jaunts do pose political risks. New York City mayors have historically prided themselves on working seven days a week and racing to the scene of an emergency even on the weekends. Mr. Bloomberg does not. His aides know better than to schedule public events after Friday mornings, allowing the mayor to make his getaways to Bermuda on Friday afternoon and be back in New York by Sunday evening. (Of the 17 Fridays since Dec. 31, the mayor had no public events scheduled after 10 a.m. on 13 of them.) The mayor also takes along a police detail when he travels, flying two officers on his private plane and paying as much as $400 a night to put them up at a hotel near his house; the city pays their wages while they are there, as it does whether Mr. Bloomberg is New York or not. Guns are largely forbidden in Bermuda — even most police officers do not use them — but the mayor’s guards have special permission to carry weapons. A spokesman for the Police Department declined to comment. [/QUOTE]

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