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Does this bother anyone else? After eight YEARS he's suddenly mentioning plans to improve the transit system? Up until now he just stood by when fares went up.
The MTA is not under the Mayor's control. If anything, blame ALBANY.
True but at the same time why is he introducing plans if its not under his control (the MTA serves more than NYC so it can't be under his control anyways) and why 8 years later?
True but at the same time why is he introducing plans if its not under his control (the MTA serves more than NYC so it can't be under his control anyways) and why 8 years later?
I think he's just trying to get votes.
We'd be OK if it was just grandstanding. Actually, the Mayor has some pretty grand delusions involving control, which he first demonstrated with his involvement (or, depending upon your viewpoint, his overinvolvement) with the Board of Education. His five votes on the MTA Board aren't sufficient, in his eyes. He wants to run the whole show.
If we had a Governor with any backbone--the Governor is the one person over the MTA Board--none of this would even be mentioned. But Bloomberg knows his customers, and Patterson is hardly likely to step up and take control of things now, if he didn't right at the outset of his administration.
Does this bother anyone else? After eight YEARS he's suddenly mentioning plans to improve the transit system? Up until now he just stood by when fares went up.
It's all political posturing anyway since he can't really do much, it's more of a state issue not a city issue.
True but at the same time why is he introducing plans if its not under his control (the MTA serves more than NYC so it can't be under his control anyways) and why 8 years later?
It's all political posturing anyway since he can't really do much, it's more of a state issue not a city issue.
Excuse me, but whether or not he has actual control, any mayor can do tons in terms of general influence, and you'd better believe that with Bloomberg in particular people pay heed to someone with that kind of financial clout.
Excuse me, but whether or not he has actual control, any mayor can do tons in terms of general influence, and you'd better believe that with Bloomberg in particular people pay heed to someone with that kind of financial clout.
Part of the problem with Bloomberg as regards MTA is the fact that all his money actually gets him nothing. He does not have anything more than a minority say in MTA affairs (the Mayor of New York City controls five seats on the MTA Board), and that's what drives him crazy. It turns out that he's pretty much a control freak. If he can't be the one making the decisions, he gets nasty about things.
Excuse me, but whether or not he has actual control, any mayor can do tons in terms of general influence, and you'd better believe that with Bloomberg in particular people pay heed to someone with that kind of financial clout.
The people on the MTA board are all rich anyway. The MTA board is one of the few places where Bloomie's money doesn't really get him anywhere and like Fred says it kills him. The only way to really get at the MTA is through a massive boycott.
The only way to really get at the MTA is through a massive boycott.
Actually, the only way to get at MTA is to elect a governor who's serious about making the changes that ought to be made. It's become pretty obvious that David Patterson isn't the answer (Eliot Spitzer was going to do the job, but he made more enemies than he could handle, and look what happened to him--although there's actually nothing preventing him from running again, which is something I'd love to see).
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