![]() ![]() ``They thought we would go the way of trendy things from the ’70s″ _ disco, Whip Inflation Now buttons, Huckapoo shirts. ![]() ``People thought we would be a fad, a trend,″ Sliwa says. Koch was barely a month into office and The Knack’s ``My Sharona″ was the year’s best-selling single. The only constant is the Angels, conceived during the Carter Administration, back when Mayor Edward I. There was an unlikely radio career (complete with one firing), an admission that he staged several crimes (including his own kidnapping) for publicity, talk of a possible political career (Councilman Sliwa, anyone?). There were two failed marriages, an attempt on his life, a British soccer hooligan using his face as a dartboard. That’s understandable: He has had a strange run since self-promoting his way to national prominence. There’s a little less hair beneath Sliwa’s beret. Want proof that times have changed? One of his Angels is discussing a child-care problem with Sliwa. Sliwa, in a red satin jacket to match his beret, is reflecting on his life as ``Angel One,″ sitting at a small table one block west of Times Square. The group has since relocated these days, their seedy headquarters sits on Manhattan’s West Side: The Angels in Hell’s Kitchen. Sliwa has gone through 10 berets in the 20 years since he created the Bronx-born crime-fighting group. ![]()
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