The Mayor does in the poor and middle class every chance he gets and he does it without fan fare from the press which allows his Kingdom to lie to the public with ads and commercials that are truly fictitious.
On Friday it was announced that the Mayor had given raises totalling 69 million over 2 years. This would seem like a good thing but those raises were given to 6,692 of his managers and non union employees. Among the people getting raises were Police Commissioner Kelly going from $189,700 a year to $212,947 a year. Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris received a raise of $18, 541 to bring her yearly salary to $245,760. Other people who got raises of more than $15,000 are the Taxi Commissioner and the Mayor's Press Secretary.
By announcing on Friday the press basically ignored it on Saturday a slow news day. It has not bothered to pick up the issue.
City workers who are not associated with the Mayor lose their jobs while transit fares, rents and taxes are either going up or gone up. Money for police is lacking and quality of life crimes are up but yet the Mayor finds money for his cronies and buddies for raises when the poor and middle class of New York continue to struggle. Let us not forget that unemployement in New York is over 9%.
The Mayor needs to be investigated but the press is falling down on its job to do so.
William Thompson got the endorsement this past week of the Working Families Party. He must defend those families and start pounding at the Mayor on these issues to bring the truth out about a corrupt administration run by Mayor Bloomberg.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
The Mayor Has Failed
It has recently been suggested to me that the way to defeat Mayor Bloomberg is by attacking him over term limits.
I think this is a mistake and will come to haunt anyone who tries this tactic. The people of NYC are looking for a city where employment is up and safety on our streets is assured. We want a city where we can afford the culture we are lucky to be living in. We want a city where our children learn rather than just pass tests for political gain. We want a city to be proud of with a new World Trade Center rather than a city where every attempt by the Mayor to start a new project fails because of arrogance or disdain for the people living in the neighborhoods. We want a city where housing and not baseball stadiums are the priority.
Under the Bloomberg administration rents have soared and have not gotten better at any point during his administration. Tenants can't afford these rents and small landlords can't afford to maintain the buildings. For a Mayor that knows so much about the economy he has totally failed on this issue. If you own a co-op or a house in NYC during the Bloomberg administration you will have seen your property value has gone down rather than up. If Mayor Bloomberg is such a great economist how did he not know that the economy of NYC was in such dire shape? He has failed and the citizens of NYC have suffered because of it.
The World Trade Center was destroyed in 2001 and yet nothing has been done. Every project in NYC that the Mayor has touched is a failure and he refuses to take blame.
The Mayor took credit for crime being down in our schools but the following day it was reported that more student on student violence was up. The Mayor has ignored this issue. He has also ignored the fact that our students can't pass college entrance exams with his methods.
Go on the train early in the morning and you will find homeless people living in the cars. The Mayor does nothing.
The Mayor has failed at his job and must be removed for this reason. Either William Thompson or Tony Avella must show that Bloomberg has failed at his job and that people in NYC are suffering financially. They must begin now because Mayor Bloomberg has failed.
I think this is a mistake and will come to haunt anyone who tries this tactic. The people of NYC are looking for a city where employment is up and safety on our streets is assured. We want a city where we can afford the culture we are lucky to be living in. We want a city where our children learn rather than just pass tests for political gain. We want a city to be proud of with a new World Trade Center rather than a city where every attempt by the Mayor to start a new project fails because of arrogance or disdain for the people living in the neighborhoods. We want a city where housing and not baseball stadiums are the priority.
Under the Bloomberg administration rents have soared and have not gotten better at any point during his administration. Tenants can't afford these rents and small landlords can't afford to maintain the buildings. For a Mayor that knows so much about the economy he has totally failed on this issue. If you own a co-op or a house in NYC during the Bloomberg administration you will have seen your property value has gone down rather than up. If Mayor Bloomberg is such a great economist how did he not know that the economy of NYC was in such dire shape? He has failed and the citizens of NYC have suffered because of it.
The World Trade Center was destroyed in 2001 and yet nothing has been done. Every project in NYC that the Mayor has touched is a failure and he refuses to take blame.
The Mayor took credit for crime being down in our schools but the following day it was reported that more student on student violence was up. The Mayor has ignored this issue. He has also ignored the fact that our students can't pass college entrance exams with his methods.
Go on the train early in the morning and you will find homeless people living in the cars. The Mayor does nothing.
The Mayor has failed at his job and must be removed for this reason. Either William Thompson or Tony Avella must show that Bloomberg has failed at his job and that people in NYC are suffering financially. They must begin now because Mayor Bloomberg has failed.
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