{"id":231,"date":"2014-05-23T00:39:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T00:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/?p=231"},"modified":"2016-08-11T04:03:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T04:03:22","slug":"be-terrified-de-blasio-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pearlsofwisdom.guru\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"Be Terrified! De Blasio has arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Living in Fort Lee, we often ignore the politics of New York City in spite of the fact that it is our next door neighbor.\u00a0\u00a0 But when an individual that is ultra-progressive to the point where the word \u201ccommunist\u201d is being whispered, it might tend to get our attention.<\/p>\n

On April 16, 2014, The NY Times reported that Bill De Blasio had declared Al Sharpton \u201ca blessing\u201d.\u00a0 After half the population of NYC regurgitated their breakfast at this statement, they must have realized how desperate De Blasio must be to garner support from the Black population of the city.\u00a0 Personally, I would be terrified to know what Bill DeBlasio considers \u201ca curse\u201d if that is how he views Sharpton.\u00a0 To be clear, I have never been a huge fan of Sharpton since his debacle with Tawana Brawley.\u00a0 His spurious allegations wrecked the career of an upstanding asst. D.A., Stephen Pagones. When Mr. Pagones sued Sharpton for defamation of character and won his case, lo and behold, Al Sharpton had no resources in his name.\u00a0 How very convenient!\u00a0 (Note: later this debt was apparently paid by Sharpton supporters).\u00a0 Sharpton followed that embarrassing performance with his outrage at the police shooting of Phillip Pannell, an \u201coutstanding example of Teaneck youth\u201d, in reality a victim of dysfunctional parents?! \u00a0The career of Gary Spath, a Teaneck police officer, was ruined by Sharpton\u2019s arrogance.\u00a0 To further exemplify this strong connection with the Sharpton, Chirlane McCray, De Blasio\u2019s wife, hired an Al Sharpton aide, Rachel Noerdlinger, to help with efforts to neighborhoods around the city, specifically with children and family issues.\u00a0 I personally would not be shocked to see a photo in the Times of DeBlasio shining Sharpton\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n

After De Blasio settled his wars against charter schools, on April 10, 2013, the NY Times reported that Carmen Fari\u00f1a, the new School Chancellor, who apparently is following De Blasio\u2019s formula to undo all of Bloomberg\u2019s educational improvements, declared that students would no longer be held back on the basis of standardized testing.\u00a0\u00a0 Ms.\u00a0 Fari\u00f1a is quoted: \u201cthis new way forward maintains accountability, but mitigates the unintended consequences of relying solely on a single test\u201d.\u00a0 I remember that program.\u00a0 It was called \u201csocial promotion\u201d when I was growing up.\u00a0\u00a0 The results: less kids are left back, improving the rating of the school system, without improving the education of the students.\u00a0 This sounds good to me, unless you happen to care about the future of the children.<\/p>\n

To continue his onslaught against Bloomberg policies, De Blasio dropped all legal actions regarding \u201cStop & Frisk\u201d, basically stating that his \u201cnew police programs\u201d would refrain from these tactics.\u00a0\u00a0 It is important to recognize that the arguments against \u201cStop & Frisk\u201d were that racially profiling was involved, not that the tactic did not work, because statistics indicated that it had a positive effect on reducing crime.<\/p>\n

Most recent, De Blasio, has proposed a budget plan for increased funding in NYC with no increase in taxes.\u00a0\u00a0 Fiscal experts have basically stated that De Blasio used \u201csmoke and mirrors\u201d to find savings where they don\u2019t exist.\u00a0\u00a0 This type of budget manipulation will obviously lead to another generation of fiscal disasters for New York.\u00a0\u00a0 De Blasio\u2019s quick settlement of the negotiations with the Teacher\u2019s Union in New York can be attributed to his close relationship with Randy Weingarten, prior head of the Union, and his willingness to make major concessions to the teachers that Bloomberg was unwilling to concede.\u00a0 Now we will have to see if there is any ship left to give up when DeBlasio negotiates with the other city unions.<\/p>\n

In a times article, May 21, 2014, it stated that De Blasio had put a slowdown on the issuance of permits to the new \u201cgreen cabs\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 It appears that the \u201cyellow cab\u201d lobby can influence DeBlasio substantially more than it influenced Bloomberg, i.e. no shock there!<\/p>\n

When De Blasio\u2019s entourage is not \u201cspeeding\u201d through the city, he is proclaiming that he will utilize ideas from the Swedish model on how to eliminate accidents in NYC and to clean up the city. \u00a0\u00a0The following are a few suggestions to assist him with this endeavor:<\/p>\n

(1)\u00a0 Eliminate dangerous taxi drivers from the city.\u00a0\u00a0 Have all taxi drivers retake driver\u2019s ed and then have to retake the \u00a0driver\u2019s test. \u00a0\u00a0That will eliminate at least half the taxi drivers in the city.\u00a0\u00a0 Next, he should fine taxi drivers that take advantage of tourists by taking circuitous routes to destinations to increase their fares substantially.<\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0 Shoot all pedestrians on sight who are speaking on their cell phones as they cross the street.<\/p>\n

(3)\u00a0 Immediate deport all illegal immigrants driving in NYC without licenses and\/or insurance.\u00a0\u00a0 Immediately institute a $ 10,000 fine all NYC drivers with no license or no insurance. If they do not pay, deport them even if they are citizens (it really doesn\u2019t matter to where).<\/p>\n

(4)\u00a0 Synchronize the lights in the city so that you can never drive more than one block without encountering a red light.\u00a0 This will create more road rage and maybe a few more fist fights, but it will probably lower the fatality rate from speeding cars.<\/p>\n

(5)\u00a0 Do not allow any diplomats to drive in NYC. They don\u2019t pay the ticket fines anyway.<\/p>\n

(6)\u00a0 Ban Obama, all Congressional representatives and\/or foreign statesman from visiting NYC.\u00a0 Their entourages tie up traffic all day and create havoc.<\/p>\n

(7)\u00a0 Have a police SWAT team bomb all trucks double and triple-parked on city streets, blocking traffic all day long as they are making deliveries.<\/p>\n

(8)\u00a0 During the winter, have police carry blowtorches to melt all the snow from the cars that are iced in.<\/p>\n

(9)\u00a0 Release goats around the city to eat all the garbage on the streets from the haphazard job done by the sanitation department and the careless, indifferent residents of NYC.<\/p>\n

(10)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have the NY Fire Department tow away all the police vehicles parked illegally in fire zones and no-parking zones all around the city while the officers are having a quick slice of pizza or a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n

Are we having fun yet?<\/p>\n

Continuing to follow his Stalinesque tendencies, De Blasio decided to \u201cease up\u201d on some of the obstacles facing individuals applying for public assistance.\u00a0 Some examples are that adults without children will no longer have to work full-time to receive food stamps.\u00a0 A new pilot program will be instituted to allow people receiving welfare up to five (5) excused absences from their employment programs for illness or family emergency.\u00a0 A new system will be created to notify welfare recipients by text message of their appointment with agency staff (on their new I-phones undoubtedly). De Blasio\u2019s NYC Commissioner for Human Resources Administrator, Steven Banks, had been highly critical of Mr. Bloomberg\u2019s punitive approach to welfare stating that 1\/3 had their first application rejected and 8,000 people per month were kicked off assistance for missing appointments and other infractions.\u00a0 I guess one could extrapolate these policies to say that De Blasio\u2019s approach is that welfare recipients should take no responsibility whatsoever for what they do, be treated with kid gloves, and stay on government assistance for as long as they would like because NYC has unlimited funds available to support them.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, that certainly seems reasonable to me if you want to create a catastrophic financial budget deficit in the city in your first term of office.\u00a0www.nytimes.com<\/a>5\/20\/2014<\/p>\n

Bloomberg was a fiscally responsible mayor who, as a result of his own personal fortune, was never dependent on donations from special interest groups. He was a successful businessman who understood finance, the need for accountability, and the necessity for strict law enforcement in the city.\u00a0 He made mistakes, but kept the city fiscally solvent and reasonably safe.<\/p>\n

When De Blasio is finished undermining the fiscal infrastructure of the city with his catering to welfare clients, cozying up to Al Sharpton, negotiating untenable union contracts, restructuring the school system with social promotions, and resolving the issue of \u201cincome inequality\u201d, we will all be grateful that we are living in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

So when the tolls to NYC over the GW Bridge and Lincoln Tunnel have escalated to $ 25 per trip to see a Broadway Show or to see the Yankees or Mets lose a game, please do not be surprised!\u00a0 De Blasio is going to have to support his newly created welfare city somehow.\u00a0\u00a0 That is as plausible a method as any.\u00a0\"cb05e048ca01d09c991ee07f975becee\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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