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		<title>Morning Read: Rangel Mailer Hit; Romney Heads To The Hamptons; Soda Ban Moves Forward</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Campaign For Our Future SuperPAC is dropping 100,000 pieces of anti-Charlie Rangel mail to residents in his new congressional district, with the words, "<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/rep-charlie-rangel-hit-big-bucks-pac-attack-article-1.1093813#ixzz1xZyVwkfk">Sorry, Charlie. “Barack Obama isn’t supporting Charlie Rangel</a>. Why should we? It’s time for new leadership, fresh ideas and a new voice for our community in Washington."</p>
<p>Andrew Cuomo pulled in over <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cuomo-raked-423-278-lobby-cash-article-1.1093797">$400,000 from lobbyists last year.</a></p>
<p>In addition, lobbyists steered their clients <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Lobbyists-directed-contributions-3626234.php">money to places where they thought it should go. </a></p>
<p>Mayor Mike Bloomberg <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mike_vows_drop_in_stop_frisk_xodtm5cOCjmVm14r7tr2XO">said that the number of stop-and-frisks</a> should drop significantly in the near future.</p>
<p>Charlie Rangel wants <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/nyregion/at-primary-debate-main-quarrel-is-whether-rangel-should-retire.html?ref=nyregion">to compare resumes with his opponents. <!--more--></a></p>
<p>Adriano Espaillat says Rangel is wrong <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/foe_tangles_with_rangel_RwVTwCWRxb9JJ9kFs4XeHP">to think that he is the only one who can do his job. </a></p>
<p>After a report that Ruben Willis is being investigated by the state attorney general for misappropriating City Council funds, the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-council-eyes-ruben-wills-daily-news-report-article-1.1094019">Council is mounting their own investigation</a>.</p>
<p>The Queens <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/dems-vying-congressional-seat-face-debate-article-1.1093591">congressional candidates will debate on Thursday. </a></p>
<p>Due to a backlog in verifying whether New York City homeowners are legally entitled to a wide range of property-tax exemptions, thousands will receive bills next month that are higher than they should be, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303901504577460780559796276.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories">Michael Howard Saul reports. </a></p>
<p>The Bloomberg administration<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/meters_may_go_private_jX8lHaWGEHI033Co0oEvlL"> is looking into privatizing parking meters. </a></p>
<p>More than one out of every 10 police officers and firefighters in the New York state pension system <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/more_cops_firefighters_join_state_52wGXd8FEmM2iNtYqsgnYL#ixzz1xa31PmSE">retired last year with pensions exceeding $100,000 a year</a>, <em>The Post</em> reports.</p>
<p>The city is asking <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577460874054339442.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories">agencies and contractors to buy more local food. </a></p>
<p>A variety of initiatives have done little to slow down the obesity rate in the Bronx, a fact that <a href="http://http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/nyregion/persistent-obesity-fuels-soda-ban-by-bloomberg.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">led Mayor Bloomberg to propose banning large soft drinks</a>.</p>
<p>The ban will go before <a href="http://ap.cjonline.com/pstories/us/20120612/1003424407.shtml">the Board of Health this morning. </a></p>
<p>A call to allow <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/let_us_drink_in_the_parks_rJL5DGQmnf3HQCZR6fp2xL">drinking in parks.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/nyregion/new-yorks-jewish-population-is-growing-again.html?ref=nyregion">The city's Jewish population has increased to 1.1 millio</a>n due to increasing birth rates among the Orthodox, who are more conservative and less well-off than the rest of the city's Jewish population.</p>
<p>A judge rejected an effort by the city to review the bills it pays to a special monitor charged with overseeing <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mayor_fdny_bid_is_hosed_Jgn3axUApi00gQ8wvmJJ5L">the FDNY's minority hiring practices.</a></p>
<p>City graduation <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/city-graduation-rate-flat-class-2011-21-leave-high-school-time-prepared-college-article-1.1093628">rates remained flat. </a></p>
<p>Hiring appears <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/ny_hiring_on_rise_rxloRgtXtVEJeqTs2UiYAI">set to rise in New York. </a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/mitt-romneys-nonsensical-claim-about-obamacare/2012/06/11/gJQAdGtdVV_blog.html">Mitt Romney's claim that after Obamacare is implemented,</a> government will account for half of the economy seems inflated.</p>
<p>Compared to Mitt Romney, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-message-20120612,0,1568362.story">Barack Obama has a convoluted message.  </a></p>
<p>Michelle Bachman <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/06/good-news-liberals-crazy-michele-bachmann-is-back/258376/">is back with the crazy. </a></p>
<p>There is a special election to replace <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igZ7Uop9EWiUfQcdL5dS3MiRtIKQ?docId=4753de51cf594851b8cabc9fc501c5f6">Gabby Giffords in Congress tonight. </a></p>
<p>Mitt Romney will be fundraising<a href="http://images.politico.com/global/2012/06/wmr_national_finance_event_schedule_-_11_june_2012.html"> in the Hamptons next month. </a></p>
<p>The Obama campaign hit <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/obama-campaign-romney-number-one-in-debt-number">Romney on his job creation record. </a></p>
<p>The Romney campaign won't say<a href="http://www.kvor.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=112&amp;itemid=29862136"> if he will actually cut firefighters. </a></p>
<p>More on Jeb Bush, <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/06/jeb_bush_s_ideas_about_leadership_are_at_odds_with_mitt_romney_and_the_republican_party_.single.html#pagebreak_anchor_2">man without a party. </a></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Campaign For Our Future SuperPAC is dropping 100,000 pieces of anti-Charlie Rangel mail to residents in his new congressional district, with the words, "<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/rep-charlie-rangel-hit-big-bucks-pac-attack-article-1.1093813#ixzz1xZyVwkfk">Sorry, Charlie. “Barack Obama isn’t supporting Charlie Rangel</a>. Why should we? It’s time for new leadership, fresh ideas and a new voice for our community in Washington."</p>
<p>Andrew Cuomo pulled in over <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cuomo-raked-423-278-lobby-cash-article-1.1093797">$400,000 from lobbyists last year.</a></p>
<p>In addition, lobbyists steered their clients <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Lobbyists-directed-contributions-3626234.php">money to places where they thought it should go. </a></p>
<p>Mayor Mike Bloomberg <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mike_vows_drop_in_stop_frisk_xodtm5cOCjmVm14r7tr2XO">said that the number of stop-and-frisks</a> should drop significantly in the near future.</p>
<p>Charlie Rangel wants <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/nyregion/at-primary-debate-main-quarrel-is-whether-rangel-should-retire.html?ref=nyregion">to compare resumes with his opponents. <!--more--></a></p>
<p>Adriano Espaillat says Rangel is wrong <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/foe_tangles_with_rangel_RwVTwCWRxb9JJ9kFs4XeHP">to think that he is the only one who can do his job. </a></p>
<p>After a report that Ruben Willis is being investigated by the state attorney general for misappropriating City Council funds, the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-council-eyes-ruben-wills-daily-news-report-article-1.1094019">Council is mounting their own investigation</a>.</p>
<p>The Queens <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/dems-vying-congressional-seat-face-debate-article-1.1093591">congressional candidates will debate on Thursday. </a></p>
<p>Due to a backlog in verifying whether New York City homeowners are legally entitled to a wide range of property-tax exemptions, thousands will receive bills next month that are higher than they should be, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303901504577460780559796276.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories">Michael Howard Saul reports. </a></p>
<p>The Bloomberg administration<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/meters_may_go_private_jX8lHaWGEHI033Co0oEvlL"> is looking into privatizing parking meters. </a></p>
<p>More than one out of every 10 police officers and firefighters in the New York state pension system <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/more_cops_firefighters_join_state_52wGXd8FEmM2iNtYqsgnYL#ixzz1xa31PmSE">retired last year with pensions exceeding $100,000 a year</a>, <em>The Post</em> reports.</p>
<p>The city is asking <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577460874054339442.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories">agencies and contractors to buy more local food. </a></p>
<p>A variety of initiatives have done little to slow down the obesity rate in the Bronx, a fact that <a href="http://http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/nyregion/persistent-obesity-fuels-soda-ban-by-bloomberg.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">led Mayor Bloomberg to propose banning large soft drinks</a>.</p>
<p>The ban will go before <a href="http://ap.cjonline.com/pstories/us/20120612/1003424407.shtml">the Board of Health this morning. </a></p>
<p>A call to allow <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/let_us_drink_in_the_parks_rJL5DGQmnf3HQCZR6fp2xL">drinking in parks.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/nyregion/new-yorks-jewish-population-is-growing-again.html?ref=nyregion">The city's Jewish population has increased to 1.1 millio</a>n due to increasing birth rates among the Orthodox, who are more conservative and less well-off than the rest of the city's Jewish population.</p>
<p>A judge rejected an effort by the city to review the bills it pays to a special monitor charged with overseeing <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mayor_fdny_bid_is_hosed_Jgn3axUApi00gQ8wvmJJ5L">the FDNY's minority hiring practices.</a></p>
<p>City graduation <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/city-graduation-rate-flat-class-2011-21-leave-high-school-time-prepared-college-article-1.1093628">rates remained flat. </a></p>
<p>Hiring appears <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/ny_hiring_on_rise_rxloRgtXtVEJeqTs2UiYAI">set to rise in New York. </a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/mitt-romneys-nonsensical-claim-about-obamacare/2012/06/11/gJQAdGtdVV_blog.html">Mitt Romney's claim that after Obamacare is implemented,</a> government will account for half of the economy seems inflated.</p>
<p>Compared to Mitt Romney, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-message-20120612,0,1568362.story">Barack Obama has a convoluted message.  </a></p>
<p>Michelle Bachman <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/06/good-news-liberals-crazy-michele-bachmann-is-back/258376/">is back with the crazy. </a></p>
<p>There is a special election to replace <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igZ7Uop9EWiUfQcdL5dS3MiRtIKQ?docId=4753de51cf594851b8cabc9fc501c5f6">Gabby Giffords in Congress tonight. </a></p>
<p>Mitt Romney will be fundraising<a href="http://images.politico.com/global/2012/06/wmr_national_finance_event_schedule_-_11_june_2012.html"> in the Hamptons next month. </a></p>
<p>The Obama campaign hit <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/obama-campaign-romney-number-one-in-debt-number">Romney on his job creation record. </a></p>
<p>The Romney campaign won't say<a href="http://www.kvor.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=112&amp;itemid=29862136"> if he will actually cut firefighters. </a></p>
<p>More on Jeb Bush, <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/06/jeb_bush_s_ideas_about_leadership_are_at_odds_with_mitt_romney_and_the_republican_party_.single.html#pagebreak_anchor_2">man without a party. </a></p>
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