Suzannah B. Troy
12/27/2009 9:28 AM
Mike Bloomberg, the king of New York, stole the election and certain city council members aided and abetted him in denying us a referendum thereby flushing democracy down the toilet. The Bloomberg administration pushed a reckless tsunami of community crushing development knowing it was too fast and furious to police which suited developers and contractors many that have unpaid fines from DOB and ECB (environmental control board) in what would be the real estate version of the implosion of Wall Street. Mike did not do the math. You can't displace -- drive out large amounts of New Yorkers, deny them a referendum and expect they will vote for you. But Mike and the media that backed him like they were Team Bloomberg did not figure it out so we had the last laugh election night. Mike Bloomberg set two records Nov. 3 -- one- to spend the most money to buy - oops, win an election and two -- to win the most humiliating win in NYC history. The good news is city council got the message as well and they have a lot to worry about. City Council member Miguel Martinez was arrested for stealing tax payer money and I am praying there will be more arrests in 2010. The people of New York deserve a lot better. By the way, is there some law that prevents a mayor from showing up at an eviction rally. I attended rallies fighting mass eviction, eminent domain abuse of entire neighborhoods, protests to save small businesses and never saw Mike Bloomberg at one of these events.
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