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Don’t forget to watch the most pointless mayoral debate ever tomorrow night on NY1.  The first of at least two debates, this one is being held at the Apollo theatre in Harlem.  There’s only one problem.  Mayor Bloomberg has declined to participate.  His excuse is that he didn’t have time to prepare because of the recent Jewish holiday.  So now the debate is going to be Ferrer, who is a long shot anyway and some conservative party candidate that really doesn’t have a shot at all.   Should be a great time.

The problem is, the campaign finance laws say that candidates using public funds are required to debate.  The catch?  Bloomberg is refusing to use public funds.  He’s completely financing his campaign with his own money, which exempts him from having to adhere to the campaign finance laws.  You gotta love loopholes and American politics, they’re becoming synonomous.

Bloomberg’s been taking a lot of slack for refusing to debate, mostly from the black community who sees it as a snub that he is refusing to debate at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.  Still, most people believe that it doesn’t matter whether or not Bloomberg debates at all.  What matters is his record of running the city.  We believe that Bloomberg is intimidated to be on the same stage that such greats as Super Bad Brad have performed on, of course that’s a completely unfounded and baseless assumption on our part.  Rumor has it that Bloomberg may still show up, but don’t hold your breath.  Bloomberg is a huge favorite to be re-elected, he really has no need to show up and debate.

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