Topic: Who would you recommend as next Mayor of NYC!!
jaish's photo
Tue 06/22/21 07:42 AM
Edited by jaish on Tue 06/22/21 08:29 AM
De Blasio is finally out!

To assure you all that I've no set prejudices against Democrats; I would root for Cory Booker to be elected cause although he has no sense either, he listens deeply. To me, a man with some sense of fear is a vastly intelligent and cautious leader; but what do I know.

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For the record, De Blasio was a disaster. Remember him keeping New York City schools & bars open 15 days after President Trump declared travel ban to China ... around 10th March 2019. What was amazing is De Blasio is of Italian descent and should have been well aware of Italy (first in Europe & world) to reel under Covid in that period.

Unfortunately, political leaders in countries like India watch and learn from US. If Blasio had closed the city / airports in time, there would have been a ripple effect worldwide.

I understand that lot of New Yorkers share similar sentiments.

A reporter who joined the deeply unpopular outgoing Mayor BILL DE BLASIO on one of his meandering daily walks writes:

Our favorite scene: “[A] father and his young son are playing catch with a miniature football. De Blasio is barely in sight before the father stops, spots the mayor, and yells: ‘No one wants you! You’re the worst. You’re the WORST!’ His son watches in silence. ‘I CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU TO GET OUT.’ De Blasio turns, as if saying goodbye to a cashier. ‘Have a nice day!’ he says, then plows ahead on the trail.”





Smartazzjohn's photo
Tue 06/22/21 08:35 AM
"What's amazing is De Blasio is of Italian descent and should have been well aware of Italy (first in Europe & world) to reel under Covid in that period."
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A little info about de Blasio and his heritage:

de Blasio was born Warren Wilhelm Jr. His mother was of Italian heritage, and his father was of German, English, French, and Scots-Irish ancestry.

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Supposedly he changed his name because of his alienation from his father but He changed his name to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm in 1983 and finally to Bill de Blasio in 2001. Why would he have hyphenated his name and then drop Wilhelm?

IMO I believe it was a personal, and probably a political, advantage for his adoption of his mothers maiden name.

He probably doesn't care about his heritage since he has chosen to change his name so it doesn't reflect half of his heritage.

Rock's photo
Tue 06/22/21 09:21 AM
As long as that douchebag doesn't retire to Texas,
good riddance.

jaish's photo
Tue 06/22/21 12:57 PM
Edited by jaish on Tue 06/22/21 01:04 PM
A ballot system where you may vote for more than one person by ranking in your second choice and so on up to 5 candidates! Not bad.


Opinions:

Saquan Jones, 45, ranked only Adams on his ballot for mayor, saying he was under the impression that only ranking one person meant one’s vote carried more weight.

“I just don’t understand it, I don’t think it was explained properly,” he said of the new system, adding he agreed with Adams’ recent comments about the Yang-Garcia matchup.

“I felt that what they were trying to do is manipulate the system,” Jones said. “That was unscrupulous.”




Opinions:



New Yorkers seemed to be settling into the new voting system in characteristic fashion: An older woman brushed off an Adams canvasser on the Upper East Side, who had entreated her to include Adams in her ranking.

“Not even number two?” the canvasser pleaded.

“Not even number six,” she replied.



Smartazzjohn's photo
Tue 06/22/21 03:18 PM
I don't know who should be the next mayor of NY City but I know who it shouldn't be.

Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley wants to cut $1 billion from the NYPD’s budget so I'm hoping for the residents she is shot down in flames. Wiley's home is being protected by a private security patrol in her Brooklyn neighborhood so the cut she is proposing won't affect her.....shocking isn't it????

Mayoral candidate Dianne Morales supports the “defund the police” movement, pledging to cut $3 billion from the NYPD budget. She actually said "“Police actually don’t keep us safe” and that may be true since so many criminals who are arrested are never even prosecuted or have their charges reduced from felonies to misdemeanors.



Hopefully the next mayor will be a pro law, pro police, anti crime and pro law abiding resident of NY City.

Rock's photo
Wed 06/23/21 01:38 AM
I just realized, a friend of mine in Brooklyn
has a pet tarantula.

I'm nominating the spider.