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Message: [QUOTE="cto, post: 2591142, member: 412"] What you say is all true ... however, they were all friends of the Mayor (especially all of Lindsay's appointments). Henry Stern is actually a friend of mine ... but he was extremely close to Koch and that is why he was appointed after he was no longer on the City Council. He turned out to be a terrific parks commissioner (in great part because he loves the city and is creative) but he had no previous parks experience before Koch named him to the job. I was not saying any of these people was unqualified. I was just noting their personal connections to the mayor who appointed them. It's kind of like being named U.S. ambassador to Paris. [/QUOTE]