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<title>Blike Moomberg</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:25:37 -0500</pubDate>
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Okay, let me get this straight.

Bloomberg made a mockery of the democratic process by firing three members of the Panel for Educational Policy solely because they disagreed with his views on social promotion.

Because of Bloomberg&apos;s actions regarding property tax codes, the rent boards had to raise annual rent increases at least twice in the past couple of years.

Under Bloomberg&apos;s watch, we&apos;ve seen the city&apos;s Consumer Price Index rise noticeably higher.

Bloomberg proposed a unitary ballot for primaries, specifically designed to help the Republican party.

Bloomberg successfully turned NYC into a police state by using resources to ticket people for &quot;quality of life&quot; violations, such as taking up two seats on the subway, sitting on steps, fonts being too large on store signs, climbing trees in parks, feeding pigeons, &quot;loitering&quot; in front of your own home, using the wrong color garbage bag, etc.

Bloomberg banned smoking yet wrote exemptions specifically designed to allow the upper-class to smoke in certain conventions.

Bloomberg supported the illegal arrests of cyclists during the recent Critical Mass bike rides.

Bloomberg supported the NYPD&apos;s illegal search-and-arrest methods during the RNC.

Bloomberg proposed making extended dog barking illegal.

Because Bloomberg was too busy brown-nosing the Republican party, he didn&apos;t actively address the fact that the federal government has even come close to giving NYC all of our 9/11 rebuilding money.

Bloomberg personally donated a good amount of money to the RNC and supported George W. Bush, which needs no further explanation.


...And why does Gothamist like Bloomberg, despite all of this?

His &quot;wishy-washy-ness&quot;!!!


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