Constituent Bribery
Oct. 6th, 2005 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caraigI'm rather incensed right now. I received a letter today, which notified me of a 'second property tax rebate.' It was being issued by 'the Mayor and the City Council,' as a way of 'saying thank you for sticking with New York in these difficult times.' Or something to that effect.
While I'm grateful for the rebate -- if I can ever get it in a form that the estate can make use of, that is -- at this point in time, so close to the elections, it is nothing less than a bribery attempt. It's Bloomberg trying to tell everyone to vote for him because he's giving you MONEY. You want money, right? We all do. Re-elect Bloomberg (nevermind that he tried to bankrupt the city already) and he'll give you MONEY!
Maybe I'm cynical, but that's really all I can see that this is. The timing of it, the wording of the letter... it's all rubbing me the wrong way. Maybe they intended it to really be a thank-you to property owners. But it came off all wrong to me.
The sad thing is that if he's not re-elected, or even if he is and reaches the end of his next term, he'll just go back to his cushy million-dollar-income job.
Anyway. Not much else going on. More of the same. More later. Pax.
While I'm grateful for the rebate -- if I can ever get it in a form that the estate can make use of, that is -- at this point in time, so close to the elections, it is nothing less than a bribery attempt. It's Bloomberg trying to tell everyone to vote for him because he's giving you MONEY. You want money, right? We all do. Re-elect Bloomberg (nevermind that he tried to bankrupt the city already) and he'll give you MONEY!
Maybe I'm cynical, but that's really all I can see that this is. The timing of it, the wording of the letter... it's all rubbing me the wrong way. Maybe they intended it to really be a thank-you to property owners. But it came off all wrong to me.
The sad thing is that if he's not re-elected, or even if he is and reaches the end of his next term, he'll just go back to his cushy million-dollar-income job.
Anyway. Not much else going on. More of the same. More later. Pax.
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Date: 2005-10-07 09:34 pm (UTC)"The announcement sparked behind-the-scenes jostling with security officials in Washington, who downplayed the threat and suggested that Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have overreacted."