Stubborn Jew Rolled By More Stubborn Jewier Jew
You know, if the main selling point on this whole "Mike Bloomberg for President" thing is that the guy is such a genius at running things, you've got to wonder what the hell he was thinking with the way he managed this whole congestion pricing plan. The plan - which would have charged motorists entering Manhattan during peak hours anywhere from $8 to $21 for freight carriers - died yesterday after Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver declined to reconvene his chamber, and Senate Democrats figured that if the Assembly wasn't going to stick their neck out, why should they? The mayor comes off sounding a lot like Governor Spitzer.
During a sometimes-testy hourlong closed-door meeting with the mayor, Senate Democrats said Bloomberg cut off their questions and at times insulted them.
According to two senators, when the mayor was asked a question, he responded, "We sent you a packet of materials on it. Didn't you bother opening your mail?"
"He does not accept criticism and he views advice as criticism," said one Senate Democrat. "He had no answers for complaints that weren't flippant."
The city stands to lose $500 million in federal money, but whatever, back to Mike as "master strategist." Didn't this guy learn anything from the West Side stadium debacle? Anyone who has even a passing familiarity with the way Albany works understands that every single Assembly member on the Democratic side has his or her nuts in a vise that sits on Shelly Silver's desk; you'd think our genius technocrat billionaire would have known by now which Lower East Side Orthodox Jew ass to kiss if he wanted to get anything done. Nice job, Mike. We'll think of you the next time we're stuck sucking the smoke-filled air in a stalled cab heading crosstown.
