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Oh, it's on: After Mayor Bloomberg complained about the State Senators stalling on the bill that would give him control of the public school system, the Senators sounded off right back. On Friday, Bloomberg said, "The only thing I can think of is they want to ruin the schools," suggested the state troopers "drag them back" to Albany and saying the Senators' summer off was "Meshughena." This prompted State Senator Hiram Monserrate to say, "We believe it would be meshuganah not to include parents in the education of our children. As opposed to loosely using the word meshuganah, we would also say we don't need a yenta on the other side of this argument and this debate. Raising the issues that he has raised in the manner he has raised them is unfortunate."
The NY Times reports that the "10 senators, all of them Democrats, held an hourlong news conference, ostensibly to demand that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg make some concessions before they consider extending his control. All of the senators spoke, and they proclaimed the issue too important to be sidetracked by political rhetoric. Then some proceeded to vilify the mayor, calling him everything from a dictator to a yenta to a plantation owner." The Post has the plantation quote: Sen. Bill Perkins said, "We are interested in negotiating and ending the plantation politics that apparently the mayor believes requires us to do his bidding." The Daily News notes, "The irony of calls for civility from senators like [Sen. Kevin] Parker, who is under indictment for striking a news photographer, and Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens), who allegedly slashed his girlfriend's face with broken glass, had some Bloomberg loyalists rolling their eyes."
Mayor Bloomberg's spokesman told the Times, "We’re at an impasse because a handful of state senators would rather return to an old school board system well known for being better at handing out patronage than educating our city’s kids." And Sen. Marty Golden (R-Brooklyn) said the State Senate—now controlled by the Democrats—should at least vote on the issue, "It’s amazing that they’re looking for civil discourse and they’re using words like 'plantation.’ This is all about embarrassing the mayor."
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As much as I don't particularly care for Mayor Bloomberg, he at least can be relied upon to show up for work. I'm fairly certain we won't be seeing the mayor miss a meeting because he's in the clink for beating up his girlfriend. The State Senate neglected to do its duty on serious matters of state business, including the issue of mayoral control of NYC schools. They have not earned their pay and should get back to work.
This criticism of Bloomberg might sting more if it made some kind of sense.
Yenta: In the age of Yiddish theater, it started referring to a busybody or gossipmonger.
Is that Bloomberg?
Isn't this what we need? A busybody is active and cares. A loudmouth is passionate. Do we want a bloodless, indifferent politician? Bloomie isn't always right, but he wants the responsibility that comes with the power.
What a bunch of Schmucks.
And Bernie Madoff-Goetz, Schmuck deluxe, that was the funniest post that I have seen in ages.
The truth hoitz.
Sounds like a new Mel Brooks movie.
Gosh, I hate the state senate so much I have to take the mayors side on principle.
If there are any organizations that are going to work toward voting out all the incumbents in the State Senate, regardless of party, in the next election, please post here. I will volunteer my time to such a cause and work to get these fuckers thrown out of office.
I think Bloomberg just found his new campaign promise.
I too will work for any non-incumbent effort. I have a feeling there a good amount of people who will.
I was searching on-line late last week to see if any like minded people had already started organizing (have not found anything yet). I sent Squadron an e-mail around the same time, relating my complete disgust, just for kicks (damn sure he will not read it, or give an F if he does). All of them are culpable in this fiasco. I’m now looking to see if I can find contact information for local Ron Paul supporters from the last Pres election and third parties in NY State. I’m just hoping to find someone who is not a complete wack job with a Jesus complex who understands how to organize such a movement or can lead to information about something in the works.
I'll keep checking back here; this is a pretty valiant proposal.
mayoral control is not working.
he's cooking the books. We need principals like Principal Mickens and not Bloomturd's temper tantrums.
How does Hiram Montserrate have the balls to criticize anyone else. Talk about living in a glass house! Bloomy needs to take that idiot out and school his a**
And Bloomberg's a plosher too.