Ed Koch--"A Liberal with sanity"-- dead at 88

  

Former New York City Mayor, Ed Koch

     "You punch me, I punch back," Koch once memorably observed. "I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag."

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     "Under his watch from 1978-89, the city climbed out of near-financial ruin thanks to Koch's tough fiscal policies and razor-sharp budget cuts, and subway service improved enormously."

                                                                                                                                      

      His tombstone is inscribed

"He was fiercely proud of his Jewish faith. He fiercely defended the City of New York, and he fiercely loved its people. Above all, he loved his country, the United States of America, in whose armed forces he served in World War II."

 

Thank you for your service,

'MISTER MAYOR'