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Wealthy NYC mayor hopeful: If it takes $100m, maybe you shouldn't be elected
The temptation is to compare supermarket magnate and mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis to pre-mayoral Wall St. magnate Michael Bloomberg in 2001. He's a self-made billionaire with a New York-based business, a longtime contributor to political candidates, and along with his wife Margo, a social host and big charity donor, who has ferried big political figures on his private jets.
But the parallel...
