Bloomberg’s Mental Rolodex Bigger Than Once Believed And Perhaps Even Includes Superman

I don’t know where this is coming from or if it’s supposed to make everyone feel better or what:

In defending his selection for schools chancellor, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has called Cathleen P. Black, a publishing executive with no education experience, “exactly the right person for the job” and suggested that her skills as a manager were unrivaled.

Ms. Black, however, was not the first person the mayor asked to take the position. Mr. Bloomberg tried to persuade Geoffrey Canada, the prominent Harlem education leader and a friend of the mayor, to be chancellor, but Mr. Canada turned it down, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions.

The two people did not want to be identified because Mr. Bloomberg has sought to keep the process private.

If Bloomberg didn’t tell anyone about the search and “the two people did not want to be identified because Mr. Bloomberg has sought to keep the process private” then wouldn’t “two people with direct knowledge of the discussions” be Canada and Bloomberg?

Earlier: Maybe She Really Will Shake Up The Schools? After All, She Does Come From An Industry Where They Seem To Excel At Laying Off People, And If You Choose Not To Receive An Education, 75 Cents Will Be Credited To Your Hotel Bill, If By “Story Line” They Mean Unilaterally Appointing Someone Without Any Discernable Qualifications To Run The Largest School System In The Country And Not Bothering To Talk It Over With Anyone At All, Much Less The Key Stakeholders And Much Much Less The Constituents He Serves, Then I Think That Story Line Is Clear, I Don’t Understand, Gossip Girl Makes Manhattan And Dumbo Look So Appealing, When In Doubt, You Can Always Beat Up On High Fructose Corn Syrup, Wow, Is That Toby Keith Or Tom Jones?, It’s Actually Worse Than The Worst Cover Letter You Ever Wrote For A Job That You Were In No Way Qualified For, Except That You Were 22 And Just Out Of School And This Guy Wants This Person To Lead The Largest School System In The Country, As That Great Educational Mind Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Once Said, “This Is The Democracy, We Will Have No Pretext”, What Has Bloomberg Learned From This Rebuke?, Now That That’s Over, You Can “Get To Know” Cathie Black.