NY Post editorial

[Crown@club]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

"Mayor, this is someone that knows what you are up to"-Liam on phone in Taken voice

"Who is this?? Is this Al Roker again?"-DeBlasio angrily

"Listen carefully communist mayor as I am only going to say this once. Leave the horses alone"

"You can't tell me what to do! I'm the fukin mayor of New York!! We do want we want!"

"Shut up idiot! This is what is going to happen, you are going to leave the horses alone or I am going to take the fork and knife that your pansy ass eats pizza with and jam them into your eyes"

"Uh ok, I will leave the horses alone. I have enough fun making public school children go to school in blizzards and closing charter schools that actually teach kids something. Hey you dont need an SNAP card do you? I can have your neighborhood roads cleared 1st next time it snows...even if it is on the upper east side. If you get arrested I can make some calls for you. Hello? Are you still there...."

"The Duke? The Duke of New York, A-Number-1, the Big Man, that's who!"

[GenuineRisk]

And hizzoner refuses Liam's invitation to visit the stables:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...icle-1.1709757

In all fairness, I understand why the school system was kept open on those snow days and I support rolling back the endless free goodies that Bloomie gave to his charter school buddies, but this carriage horse thing is so blatantly di Blasio giving something away to his real estate buddies it's just ridiculous. His time would be better spent dealing with the labor contracts that Bloomberg ignored for years so that they could be the next mayor's problem (way to run a business, Bloomie! You kick that can!). And eliminating an entire class of unionized workers is not a way to begin handling it.

Bleah.

[OldDog]

Hooves up! Don't shoot!

de Blasio Unveiling Bill to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/ny...=top-news&_r=0

[OldDog]

2 years later...

De Blasio retreats to his "safe space:"

http://nypost.com/2015/11/29/de-blas...re-ridiculous/

Mayor de Blasio’s affordable-housing plan is in shambles. There’s traffic chaos in the streets. Sixty percent of New Yorkers say they see more homeless people around. And 48 percent of New Yorkers don’t want de Blasio to have a second term.

So what does the mayor do? He races back into the arms of the special interests who helped get him elected. That’s right — he’s re-embracing the nuts who want to ban the Central Park carriage horses.

[Danzig]

hey, gotta have priorities.....

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by OldDog

2 years later...

De Blasio retreats to his "safe space:"

http://nypost.com/2015/11/29/de-blas...re-ridiculous/

What's even dumber about this is that the idea of moving the carriage horses to the park has been floated before and it's just not financially feasible. The old stables have been converted and the cost of converting them back is astronomical. I have no idea what he's thinking, other than, as it's pretty clear he was just looking at being Mayor as a stepping stone to national office, he's trying to suck up to the people who financed both his campaign and the smears against Christine Quinn. Because after he doesn't win reelection he's likely to be little more than a political footnote. #sorrynotsorry

That said, and even though I'm no fan of his, I do give his administration huge props for expanding Pre-K here in the city. And for at least attempting some pushback against the Success Boondoggle, sorry, Success Academy bs.

[casp0555]

Union backs out....

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ne...-idUSKCN0VD1HD

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by casp0555

Union backs out....

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ne...-idUSKCN0VD1HD

God bless the Teamsters. Once they pulled out, the deal collapsed and the vote is now off. I'm so relieved for all the drivers and the horses.

http://gothamist.com/2016/02/04/hors...ls_through.php

Allegedly, de Blasio had the votes to pass it, so this really is a victory by the union. Good work, Local 210!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnEAH5wCzo