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Feb. 1st, 2013 08:43 amWow. CNN just said Ed Koch passed away today. Congestive heart failure, age 88.
I don't normally comment on famous-people-death-things, but... man, when I was a kid I thought once you became mayor, you were always mayor. Because Ed Koch had been mayor since, like, ever. I was dimly aware that there had been other mayors, mostly because LaGuardia Airport was named after Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, but that was the only other mayor of New York City I could name. And, yeah, there were mayoral elections but since Ed Koch always won, I kind of thought they were... I don't know, tokens. An attempt to make sure he was still doing his job, or something.
Countdown to the editorial cartoons involving Koch asking Saint Peter "How'm I doing?", anyone?
I don't normally comment on famous-people-death-things, but... man, when I was a kid I thought once you became mayor, you were always mayor. Because Ed Koch had been mayor since, like, ever. I was dimly aware that there had been other mayors, mostly because LaGuardia Airport was named after Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, but that was the only other mayor of New York City I could name. And, yeah, there were mayoral elections but since Ed Koch always won, I kind of thought they were... I don't know, tokens. An attempt to make sure he was still doing his job, or something.
Countdown to the editorial cartoons involving Koch asking Saint Peter "How'm I doing?", anyone?
