Comments on: Guess who’s borrowing $600 million? http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/26/guess-whos-borrowing-600-million/ A New York City Subway Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 20:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/26/guess-whos-borrowing-600-million/#comment-62117 Adam Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:23:59 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3191#comment-62117 When are the next elections? Can New Yorkers have a vote of no confidence in their legislature? When are the next elections? Can New Yorkers have a vote of no confidence in their legislature?

]]> By: Paul http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/26/guess-whos-borrowing-600-million/#comment-62115 Paul Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:33:32 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3191#comment-62115 That was Malcolm Smith that said that. I really can't understand how this man was elected in the first place. I have met him and he comes across as a unintellignet scam artist in person much like Al Sharpton his biggest supporter. That was Malcolm Smith that said that. I really can’t understand how this man was elected in the first place. I have met him and he comes across as a unintellignet scam artist in person much like Al Sharpton his biggest supporter.

]]> By: Rob Walker http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/26/guess-whos-borrowing-600-million/#comment-62113 Rob Walker Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:12:18 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3191#comment-62113 Remember back when all the politicians stalling said the deadline was artificial and didn't mean anything? Well, to me at least, it looks like that deadline had a $5M price-tag. Shame on them. Remember back when all the politicians stalling said the deadline was artificial and didn’t mean anything?

Well, to me at least, it looks like that deadline had a $5M price-tag.

Shame on them.

]]> By: Josh Karpoff http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/26/guess-whos-borrowing-600-million/#comment-62112 Josh Karpoff Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:59:25 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3191#comment-62112 The State Legislature (both houses, both parties) is an unsalvageable wreck. The elected officials care more about self aggrandizement and personal profiting off their positions than actually doing any work to help their constituents. Logic, common sense, following even popular opinion have no place in the halls of the Capitol. Transit is just one issue of many where the elected politicians stand on the opposite side form the majority of New Yorkers. Instead our politicians stand with their financial backers (as one would logically expect), who make up a very small minority of state residents. Until there is real reform, or even possibly a revolution, the people of the state of New York are going to continue to be screwed over by their elected officials. The biggest problem is that these very individuals that need to be shoved out of power, along with their financiers, are the people who control the process to reform the system. /end rant The State Legislature (both houses, both parties) is an unsalvageable wreck. The elected officials care more about self aggrandizement and personal profiting off their positions than actually doing any work to help their constituents.

Logic, common sense, following even popular opinion have no place in the halls of the Capitol.

Transit is just one issue of many where the elected politicians stand on the opposite side form the majority of New Yorkers. Instead our politicians stand with their financial backers (as one would logically expect), who make up a very small minority of state residents.

Until there is real reform, or even possibly a revolution, the people of the state of New York are going to continue to be screwed over by their elected officials. The biggest problem is that these very individuals that need to be shoved out of power, along with their financiers, are the people who control the process to reform the system.
/end rant

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