George Conklin
2007-08-01 11:47:57 UTC
I knew that Bloomberg's transit stand was a fake for the public. Now the
New York Times proves it. He takes a Chevrolet Suburban to a remote subway
stop, so he can be seen emerging from the subway for reporters. This is
just like Kerry saying he did not drive a Suburban because it was his
family's car!!! Or Al Gore using 10 times average amounts of electricity
while preaching Puritan drivel for the rest of us. Getting the middle class
out of cars may be Bloomberg's goal, but it is not a goal for him.
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He is public transportation's loudest cheerleader, boasting that he takes
the subway "virtually every day." He has told residents who complain about
overcrowded trains to "get real" and he constantly encourages New Yorkers to
follow his environmentally friendly example.
But Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's commute is not your average straphanger's
ride.
On mornings that he takes the subway from home, Mr. Bloomberg is picked up
at his Upper East Side town house by a pair of king-size Chevrolet
Suburbans. The mayor is driven 22 blocks to the subway station at 59th
Street and Lexington Avenue, where he can board an express train to City
Hall. His drivers zip past his neighborhood station, a local subway stop a
five-minute walk away.
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So there. We know how the rich behave. They want to hurt the average
person, while pretending to take the subway.
New York Times proves it. He takes a Chevrolet Suburban to a remote subway
stop, so he can be seen emerging from the subway for reporters. This is
just like Kerry saying he did not drive a Suburban because it was his
family's car!!! Or Al Gore using 10 times average amounts of electricity
while preaching Puritan drivel for the rest of us. Getting the middle class
out of cars may be Bloomberg's goal, but it is not a goal for him.
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He is public transportation's loudest cheerleader, boasting that he takes
the subway "virtually every day." He has told residents who complain about
overcrowded trains to "get real" and he constantly encourages New Yorkers to
follow his environmentally friendly example.
But Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's commute is not your average straphanger's
ride.
On mornings that he takes the subway from home, Mr. Bloomberg is picked up
at his Upper East Side town house by a pair of king-size Chevrolet
Suburbans. The mayor is driven 22 blocks to the subway station at 59th
Street and Lexington Avenue, where he can board an express train to City
Hall. His drivers zip past his neighborhood station, a local subway stop a
five-minute walk away.
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So there. We know how the rich behave. They want to hurt the average
person, while pretending to take the subway.