Peter Ragone
Peter Ragone
Peter Ragone III is an American public affairs expert and entrepreneur active in a range of political and civic efforts. He has served in advisory roles for a range of local, state and national political figures including United States Vice-President Al Gore, Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York State and California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. From January 2013 to March 2014, Ragone served as Senior Adviser for Strategic Planning for New York Mayor de Blasio...
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Today he informed the mayor that he is going to take on that role. The man should be lauded for his commitment to the city.
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Essentially, we have a turnkey operation in place, and we stand ready to assist the victims of the hurricane if they need it.
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So now we are interviewing three or four other candidates.
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We wanted to institute a mandatory spay and neutering program; however, there was a law in Sacramento pushed by advocates at some time in the past that said you cannot pass breed-specific laws, ... So we had to ask for a change in state legislation.
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Based on the fact that the mayor actually was available to do interviews and this was misreported in the paper, we, like the chief of police, are interested in a thorough review of the facts that were reported here.
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Maybe Mr. Cohen and his team of lawyers think that making fun of Chief Fong's Asian heritage or an officer running over a homeless person is funny or needs context. He should consider heeding the advice of his fellow officers and community leaders and stop trying to publicize and promote this stuff.
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We're confident the measures are being implemented in a way that protects people's rights to express themselves but also allows people to participate in the convention, which is also a form of expression.
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This should be looked at. This is obviously disturbing, to say the least. We cannot let up on our drive to reform the department, no matter what the entrenched interests at DBI do to try and preserve the status quo.
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There have been some sighs on the phone, but they realize that we're doing this for equality of everyone,
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We've worked very hard to make sure city government is prepared for a natural disaster. What we need to happen, as well, is for the citizens to be well prepared.
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It's not good policy and not good politics to go against the will of the voters, and going to a judge will help us make sure that doesn't occur.
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It's clear that the fees are not being imposed as they were designed to. This is an appropriate action.
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When faced with a spike in homicide rates that required additional police staffing, the mayor felt that saving lives was more important than anything.
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We are in contact with both sides of the issue and we feel strongly that hearing from both sides is the best way to develop policy, We support legislation from a myriad of sources if we feel it is sound public policy. In fact, as we speak we are reviewing legislation from the Ethics Commission and we'll likely support some of it.