Another day, another waste of time and money from the office of the second highest executive official in NYC...
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum threw a temper tantrum yesterday and whined that she will no longer fulfill her legal role as presiding officer of City Council meetings.
The reason for her snit fit?...Mayor Bloomberg and the council slashed her office's budget by 40 percent this year.
Or maybe, Betsy, because you've done NOTHING in 8 full years in office and the taxpayers can't afford to waste any more resources on you personally. I'd say that it's time to give a Republican a Chance...
As your Public Advocate, I will fight to lower spending in city government and ensure that critical services aren't cut. I will do this by identifying cuts that can be made in the budget as well as increasing government productivity. I will focus on strengthening our small business community which drives NYC's economy and focus on promoting tourism to bring more business into all five boroughs.
...sounds a lot better than any of his typical Democratic contenders. Take another waste of hot air, Eric Gioia...
Only Queens Councilman Eric Gioia voted against the overall budget, denouncing money that is handed out to lawmakers' districts, including his. His stand drew protests from other members, who asked that he not accept any city money.
...where was Eric on this issue for the last 8 years? Sadly, this is the pattern for the councilmember. He barked loudly a few years ago when Con Edison left his constituents in the dark, but produced NOTHING for any of them - other than getting himself in the paper a few times. Businesses, who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in the two week blackout, ended up with a measly $350 credit on thier bills.
Like most of Gioia's "work," it's all talk no action.
Speaking of all talk, no action, just think if this guy gets back into his old office...
What are your ideas? How do we create effective public-private partnerships to lift all economic sectors? Should we require that federal stimulus dollars dedicated to New York City projects only hire New Yorkers for the work? Do we need a multi-millionaire’s tax as part of the package that gets us out of our budget imbalance -- or are there other progressive ways to increase municipal revenues or reduce spending?
...Green doesn't even offer any real policies. He and his tax-and-spend liberal friends have spent us into deficits and this economic decline. Where we you during this time, Mark? Oh, yeah. On NY1 cheering the liberals on every step of the way.
Give Zablocki a chance to run this office. Maybe in Republican hands, it can be shown valuable enough not to eliminate...
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written by Daniel Peterson , June 20, 2009
I've always felt the current City Charter puts the Borough Presidents in the best position to be advocates for the public in their boroughs. But we have this office of Public Advocate which is not much more than a bullhorn. If used correctly, the PA can advocate for the people in any shape or form. He can stand against the mayor or for the mayor. Against the council or for the council. He can agree or disagree with the comptroller of budgeting.
Alex is a solid republican who doesn't like seeing tax revenue wasted. He's young enough to not be in (or exposed to) the business of corrupt politics.
Gioia also put out some silly release about fastfood joints in low-income areas causing obesity. If Gioia really wanted to go after food that makes people fat, he should go after the food in the supermarkets. At one time, families had to buy ingredients to make a meal. Today, it's all prepackaged. Just take it out and pop it in the oven for a half hour and there you go. If you look on the packages, it's filled with preservatives and other fattening ingredients. That's where the fight should be.
Over the past 30 years, fast food joints have gotten healthier because of demand, while the food at your local supermarket has gotten unhealthier because people have gotten lazier with cooking. Who's the smarter one now, Public Advocate?
written by Jay Golub , June 22, 2009
http://www.nydailynews.com/blo...ocate.html
Do more with less???? I think we should have leadership on this issue from all of our executive branch.
Why would any city official try to do more with less when the city overall is now on it's way to "doing less with more" - remember that the budget for NYC has grown 54%, or twice the rate of inflation, over the last 8 years....
written by Jay Golub , June 24, 2009
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06...175804.htm
Now those who would benefit from the cash in the office are crying foul too.
Honestly, if Gotbaum just ever did anything with the job other than issue a few "reports" every year on some pet Democratic-liberal issue she may not be in this un-funded situation...
written by Jay Golub , June 24, 2009
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06...175758.htm
Mark Green is the gift that just keeps on giving...
"Mark Green, typically, out-hyperboled the field -- charging that the cut besmirched the "178-year" history of an office created in 1994."
written by Octavia , July 12, 2009
http://www.nypolitics.com/2009...-advocate/
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