Flip-Flop Weather

Published: August 3, 2007, 6:20 pm

Photo: Ross D. Franklin/AP Citizens left the city in droves as August began, apparently fleeing the cloud of uncertainty that seemed to have settled over the city. Governor Spitzer called the appointment of a special prosecutor in the Joe Bruno investigation “unnecessary,” then offered to testify under oath. The families of 9/11 victims were told that this year’s anniversary would not be marked at ground zero, but then it was announced they’d convene at a spot overlooking the site.Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid was either staggering (one set of polls showed Barack Obama’s numbers surging in New Hampshire and South Carolina) or swaggering (another showed Clinton with a two-to-one lead over her rival). Fellow senator (and regular guy) Chuck Schumer took a stand against raising taxes on hedge-fund billionaires. The Jamaica Bay marshlands were reported to be on the verge of extinction, perhaps because of smog emitted by Mayor Bloomberg, who was

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