December 28, 2010
New York City
Photographer states: "Day 3 and counting" and the words below.
The snow came Sunday, it’s now Tuesday, and still no plows. One *did* come by sometime late Sunday, but acto a neighbor, it was a private plow, like a regular pickup-truck with a plowblade in front, *not* the usual city-run plows/salters. I wasn’t there, but I’ll take her word for it.
I built something of a “snow fort” around my car (left foreground), so that in case — B’harni willing — a plow *would* come ever by before the spring thaw, I wouldn't end up with a 6ft-high wall of compacted snow pushed up against it. Bad enough my “fort” is about the height of the car’s roofline as it is…
Where I’m standing, and the street in general, is about 8in-high packed snow with some loose snow thrown on top of it, as I found out digging around my car.
So while Mayor Nero fiddles (that's *YOU*, Bloomberg) clearing Times Square for the riff-raff that comes around New Year’s Eve, all the outer-boroughs can apparently all just go to Hell.
Well, at least there the snow will eventually melt off.
Hey, Bloomers! We’ll remember that, come next election. Then-mayor Lindsey got ousted for *his* non-performance during the blizzard way back when; you’re next.
Governor Christie, considered a rising star in the Republican Party, left for a family vacation at Disney World in Florida ahead of the storm....
And this was back in November.
A Marist poll out Friday showed 59% of voters think he is doing an excellent or good job, down from 68% a month ago.
It's the first time his popularity has fallen below 60% since August 2005....
New York City
Photographer states: "Day 3 and counting" and the words below.
The snow came Sunday, it’s now Tuesday, and still no plows. One *did* come by sometime late Sunday, but acto a neighbor, it was a private plow, like a regular pickup-truck with a plowblade in front, *not* the usual city-run plows/salters. I wasn’t there, but I’ll take her word for it.
I built something of a “snow fort” around my car (left foreground), so that in case — B’harni willing — a plow *would* come ever by before the spring thaw, I wouldn't end up with a 6ft-high wall of compacted snow pushed up against it. Bad enough my “fort” is about the height of the car’s roofline as it is…
Where I’m standing, and the street in general, is about 8in-high packed snow with some loose snow thrown on top of it, as I found out digging around my car.
So while Mayor Nero fiddles (that's *YOU*, Bloomberg) clearing Times Square for the riff-raff that comes around New Year’s Eve, all the outer-boroughs can apparently all just go to Hell.
Well, at least there the snow will eventually melt off.
Hey, Bloomers! We’ll remember that, come next election. Then-mayor Lindsey got ousted for *his* non-performance during the blizzard way back when; you’re next.
Mayor Bloomberg on the ropes: Seven ways the blizzard still lingers (click title to entry - thank you)
7. Two political losers: Chris Christie and Michael Bloomberg
The storm damage wans't on the scale of a major hurricane, but the blizzard is serving as a kind of Katrina moment for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. One was absent and the other perceived by city residents as ineffectual.Governor Christie, considered a rising star in the Republican Party, left for a family vacation at Disney World in Florida ahead of the storm....
And this was back in November.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's approval rating drops to 3-year low after term limits, tax hike (click here)
Friday, November 21st 2008, 7:44 PM
Mayor Bloomberg's approval rating has dropped to its lowest point in three years - a 9% nose dive that shows New Yorkers are angry with his change in term limits and plan to raise taxes on homeowners.A Marist poll out Friday showed 59% of voters think he is doing an excellent or good job, down from 68% a month ago.
It's the first time his popularity has fallen below 60% since August 2005....
