XPost: ny.politics, nyc.general, nyc.politics 
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 From: liberty@once.net 
  
 Poor man wants to be rich, rich man wants to be king, 
 And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything! - Bruce Springsteen 
  
 New York's elitist billionaire mayor Bloomberg is trying to outdo his 
 tyrannical predecessor in bullying the city council, among others, into 
 giving him his way on aboloshing term limits so he can stay on as mayor for 
 another four years. This proves his arrogance, as it is a direct slap in the 
 face to the voters that TWICE rejected this change. To REPUBLICAN Bloomberg, 
 as with his autocratic predecessor, there is no such thing as democracy. If 
 the people don't want something and have clearly said so more than once, he 
 sabotages them by circumventing the democratic process entirely. Screw the 
 voters, he seems to think, for I am KING! 
  
 In his hoped-for lame-duck 3rd term, Republican billionaire businessman 
 Bloomberg would establish a commuter tax, increase existing taxes on NYC 
 residents, and use every trick in the book to squeeze every dollar he can 
 from middle-class, working New Yorkers, while benefitting the wealthy. 
 Remember how he fought tooth and nail to keep parking meter rules in effect 
 on Sundays? Have you ever been stung by a ticket under the deceptive SCAM of 
 unnecessary "night regulation" parking rules? Under arrogant Bloomberg, we 
 would be paying higher transit fares, higher tolls, and new tolls on the 
 East River bridges. All fees related to city services would increase. And 
 rents - if you are fortunate enough to be under rent stabilization, kiss 
 that, or at least its benefits, goodbye! If Bloomberg gets away with 
 sabotaging term limits to continue his elitist rule of New York City, make 
 no mistake about it, he will permit such rich-to-richer pro-landlord 
 measures as a rent surcharge for increased fuel costs and high percentage 
 lease renewal rent increases with minimum increase amounts. 
  
 Bloomberg is an arrogant billionaire Republican - one of those that let the 
 CEOs and stock-fixers rape investors and homeowners. Keep him in office, and 
 more greedmongers are waiting for their turn - which he will gladly give 
 them! 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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