Talk:Robert F. Wagner Jr.

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I have heard that Mayor Wagner said that he was lucky that his father, a graduate of City College, had be come a Senator and made enough money to send his son to Yale, because the son was not bright enough to go to City College. Can anyone verify this quote, so that it can be included in this article? Too Old 16:44, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)

Not a lick of sense ....
What sense does it make deleting Robert F. Wagner, Jr.'s bio then making it part of the "WikiBiography Project" (whateverthehell that is ....)

Article bias and lacking in Wold-View

 * Mayor Wagnor was INFAMOUS for his hatred of gays and lesbians! He persecuted gays and shut down gay owned business and bars to "clean-up" his city!  It was in rebellion of his surviving policies which caused the Stonewall Rebellion!  The complete truth really deserves to be told on Wikipedia!  Roz Lipschitz (talk) 22:33, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Wagner's role in Brooklyn's loss of the Dodgers
I guess this article shows that one can put a "spin" on just about anything. Maybe he was somewhat part of the beginning of the Mets. But a more well-rounded, NPOV article would mention Wagner's apathy and lack of effort in keeping the Dodgers in Brooklyn. Of course, Robert Moses and, of course, Walter O'Malley were villains in this terrible loss for Brooklyn, as well. It was, primarily, a combination of O'Malley's greed, Moses' stubborness, and Wagner's apathy that contributed to the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn, not to mention the city of Los Angeles' eagerness in making O'Malley feel at home. The mayor of Los Angeles' eager attitude was the total opposite of Mayor Wagner when it came it came to the Dodgers situation. I recommend Neil J. Sullivan's well-researched book, "The Dodgers Move West", originally published in 1987. The book makes a compelling case of showing that it was not only Walter O'Malley's greed and disregard for the baseball fans of Brooklyn caused the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, but it was just as much Moses' stubborness and one-track mind in having the Dodgers move to Flushing Meadows and ONLY Flushing Meadows so that he could continue to destroy the infrastructure of the five boroughs of New York City with his highways), and just as much Mayor Wagner's apathy about whether the Dodgers would leave or not. He didn't care one way or another. He was totally hands-off and unenthusiastic when it came to the Brooklyn Dodgers situation.- Runt (talk) 14:49, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Barbara Cavanagh Wagner
WAGNER'S FORMER WIFE DIES [NY Times, February 9, 1986]

Barbara Cavanagh Wagner, the ex-wife of former Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York, died Friday at the Boca Raton Community Hospital in Boca Raton, Fla.

She was 57 years old and lived in Hillsboro Beach, Fla. She married Mr. Wagner in 1965, during the last year of his three terms as mayor. They were divorced in 1971. She is survived by a brother, Edward F. Cavanagh Jr., who was a Fire Commissioner and Deputy Mayor under Mr. Wagner, and by nine nieces and nephews.

http://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/09/obituaries/wagner-s-former-wife-dies.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karl gregory jones (talk • contribs) 17:24, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

A classic "Free Stuff for everyone" Wikipedia article.
To read this article one would think that all the stuff Mayor Wagner "gave" people, Collective Bargaining for city employees, housing, welfare, and on and on, was WITHOUT COST. In reality Mayor Wagner set the scene for the financial and economic crises what was to hit New York City - but to read this article the role of government is to give everyone a "free" pony with the Tooth Fairy paying the bill. Thus a Mayor who, in reality, did more harm to New York City than any other Mayor before or since, is presented as some sort of hero.2A02:C7D:B48D:1200:DD11:A141:5031:FCD3 (talk) 00:07, 25 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi 2A02:C7D:B48D:1200:DD11:A141:5031:FCD3 (talk) - can you please provide reliable sources for these claims? Mcourneyea (talk) June 29, 2024

Well, you may say free stuff for everyone. But I say free stuff for everyone except for gays. He's the one that many of us were entrapped by his police. Please remember that. Allyn (talk) 04:36, 5 February 2020 (UTC) Mark Allyn, Bellingham, Washington