Comments on: Rethinkin’ Dinkins

By: DanielNYC

DanielNYC — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:36:01 +0000

Mary, you don't think Bloomberg can? He's a liberal politician that has been VERY fortunate to have had the Bush tax cuts over the previous years to spurn the economy. Democrats (and liberals like the mayor) apparently don't see how the Bush tax cuts helped move much of our economy forward over the past eight years. Instead of cutting the budget and promoting small business policies, Bloomberg raised taxes and prevented the NYC economy to expand even more.

Thompson is far more qualified than Dinkins. At least he's held a real position. Dinkins was what? A borough President? He's far more qualified than Abe Beame and apparently everyone loved him enough to vote for him in the 70s.

By: mary

mary — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:36:38 +0000

daniel,you don't think he could turn into Dinkins.I have to laugh because did anyone think Ohbuma would turn into a German?

By: DanielNYC

DanielNYC — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:46:30 +0000

Oh, And a vote for Thompson isn't voting NYC back to the Dinkins era. There is no way Thompson would be stupid enough to reverse policies that have been effective under GIuliani or Bloomberg. And I can't imagine him turning into the next Dinkins or Abe Beame.

Thompson has been an executive as the Comptroller for 8 years. He will be the either the same as Bloomberg or be similar to Koch.

By: DanielNYC

DanielNYC — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:44:23 +0000

You want change, vote Republican for Comptroller and Public Advocate. If a Republican held a citywide office, at least a fiscal conservative can challenge one of these two liberal mayors at the citywide level. You want a more responsible legislature, then vote Republican for City Council if you live in one of the following districts: 4,5,19,20,23,30,32,43,46,50,51. I listed eleven council districts where we have quality Republicans. If we win, say all of them, the city council will be 40 Democrat to 11 Republican. You can argue to your liberal friends, "hey, you still have a majority for your 'progressive' ideas, but if you ever want fiscal responsibility, you'll have a stronger minority to fight for it."

Truthfully, we have a chance of winning five council seats. Not the greatest, but still better than the current three we have. The only way Republicans will win is if the moderate to conservative voters do vote on November 3 and focus on the Republican choices they have for any race other than mayor.

By: DanielNYC

DanielNYC — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:42:48 +0000

There is no different between Bloomberg and Thompson. During the debate, Bloomberg argued that Thompson will raise someone's taxes. Well, excuse me, Mr. Mayor, but over the last eight years YOU RAISED OUR TAXES TOO!!! I guarantee if this man wins, he will raise more taxes. I bill retail spaces their share of taxes. These are small businesses like dry cleaners, magazine shops, nail salons and restaurants. One tenant (for example) was $29,289 for a fiscal year 2008/09 in taxes. This year, the same tenant was billed $38,061. That's about a 30% INCREASE in taxes and I don't think this guy can afford running a business here anymore.

Of course, Thompson is oblivious to this as well.

When someone doesn't see the correlation of lowering these types of taxes to keep these kinds of businesses, and how you'll end up with more revenue because you have more businesses to collect from.

By: Brian Scott Mednick

Brian Scott Mednick — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:08:45 +0000

Remember, Bloomberg was a lifelong Democrat who only switched to the Republican party to run for Mayor. He entertained President Bush at his Manhattan townhouse and raised money for Republicans because it made him seem like one of them. By his second term, he no longer needed to remain in a party he clearly was not a part of to begin with. He never endorsed a candidate in last year's presidential election, but it is a safe bet that he voted for Obama. He is independent in the sense that he does not need to bow to special interests, but he is deep down a liberal Democrat, which is why he would not stump for Republican candidates in the city, who have zero chance of winning anyway.

By: john k.

john k. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:21:14 +0000

That's because bloomberg has the biggest napoleon complex the US has ever seen. he only cares about control and it's evident from many of his positions from gun control to health policy and schooling.

i kinda feel sorry for the guy.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:12:38 +0000

I am no fan of Bloomberg – but you are 100% correct Dinkins was a total disaster and Rudy was a breath of fresh air who fixed this city. Rudy would have easiliy won a 3rd term. What I find most disturbing about Bloomberg is his lack of willing to help the other Republicans running for office this year i.e. Joe Mendola running for Controller and Alex Zablocki running for Public Advocate.. Also lets not forget about Robert Hornak running for Queens boro president and Ashok Chandra running for City Council District 4. I have seen no signs for them in any of Bloomberg's campaign offices.