All right, time to claim all the food wagers. Bloomberg, pony up the pastrami and corned beef. (I love Katz’s, by the way, but I remain unimpressed by Junior’s cheesecake. Also, judging from the list, it looks like Menino took greater advantage of the opportunity to promote a whole range of Boston-area restaurants.) Not that you need the food - hard to eat when you’re choking. Anyway, I know Bloomberg’s supposed to be loyal to New York now, but he’s an ex-Medford boy, and the taunting of his statement was kind of over the top. (Of course, to be fair, Mitt Romney’s “St. Louis is the gateway to the next Red Sox championship” wasn’t much nicer.)
Still, Bloomberg gave lots of food. The offerings of Mayor Slay from St Louis seem quite pathetic by response, actually: Anheuser-Busch products, toasted ravioli, Bissinger chocolate; and “everything he won in his previous wagers this season”. Talk about regifting.
Senator Kit Bond and Governor Bob Holden, you know what to do.