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Markowitzes two peas in a pod

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is of the opin ion our four lesser boroughs should stop picking on Marty Markowitz. Taking no time to breathe, he said:

"Today's borough president is powerful, unique, for over 10 years I've seen ambassadors, presidents of small countries, mayors from Japan, China, who look upon me as speaking for the entire borough, not little districts, although we're composed of diverse sections so protocol in those places is to visit their churches, mosques, talk to their arts groups, with Holland especially since the Dutch settled Brooklyn and this was Henry Hudson's 400th anniversary so they wanted both my wife and I to meet the Queen of the Netherlands, for which they underwrote airfare while we shared one room and paid for the hotel, meals, all expenses and my wife bought a hat . . . "

Taking zero time to breathe, Marty rolled on. I broke in to ask how the Markowitzes met:

Jamie , on an extension, answered: "Twelve years ago he saw me on a Brooklyn beach. Never spoke to me. Never asked my name. The next day, July Fourth, he said, 'I met the woman I'm going to marry.' I was 41. He, 54. We'd neither been married before."

Marty, silent for 12 seconds, said: "We always want to spend our time together. She's the best thing ever happened to me.

"On future invitations, I won't travel without her. I love her. I want her with me. I need her. I'm not taking city tax money. For me to find whatever's price, determine what her share costs then divide plus repaying $20,000 of my own money would take a quarter of my take-home pay for being BP in NYC, an international city."

Jamie: "I'm a graphic designer. I create their annual cards, highway signs, help with the newspaper he puts out. He had polyps removed and lost his voice, I made speeches for him. I receive no money. We're a team, two-for-one. Marty has a big heart. He's dedicated to Brooklyn. If I didn't go to major events with him, I'd never see him."

Marty: "It's foreign to me not to have her. I need her. She's got a great sense of what's important. I ask her if I've made right decisions. Yin to the yang, she's my life. My soul mate. Bloomberg has his own jet. I haven't. I can't afford what he can."

So, Jamie, who has the last word? "Me."

So, Marty, who has the last word? "She runs the house. I run the borough.

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