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"The city left more than a dozen generators desperately needed by cold and hungry New Yorkers who lost their homes to Hurricane Sandy still stranded in Central Park yesterday.
And that’s not all — stashed near the finish line of the canceled marathon were 20 heaters, tens of thousands of Mylar “space” blankets, jackets, 106 crates of apples and peanuts, at least 14 pallets of bottled water and 22 five-gallon jugs of water.
This while people who lost their homes in the Rockaways, Coney Island and Staten Island were freezing and going hungry........."
"The city left more than a dozen generators desperately needed by cold and hungry New Yorkers who lost their homes to Hurricane Sandy still stranded in Central Park yesterday.
And that’s not all — stashed near the finish line of the canceled marathon were 20 heaters, tens of thousands of Mylar “space” blankets, jackets, 106 crates of apples and peanuts, at least 14 pallets of bottled water and 22 five-gallon jugs of water.
This while people who lost their homes in the Rockaways, Coney Island and Staten Island were freezing and going hungry........."
Don't worry. Big government is just trying to figure out whose job it is to move those items.
The cancelation wasn't in their process guidelines so they must be having meetings and committees to decide who needs to be in charge of moving those items and where they should go. They should figure it out in a week or so.
I read somewhere that those generators (and other items) were rented out from private companies (or supplied by private companies) and therefore Mayor Bloomberg and the city of NYC cannot force the owners of the generators or other items to make them available to hurricane damaged areas/victims.
I used to be much more of a survival nut than I am now. I always had supply of food & water that I rotated religiously. I still have my katadyn water filter, but not really much food. And if I was forced to leave my home now, I don't have much of a plan in place. As years went by, the big earthquake/terrorist attack/yuppie riot (yuppies where I live) never happened, and I started to see my preparations as silly.
I think my new year's resolution is going to be to go back to that survivalist mindset. The fact is, if you leave it to gov't, you just might end up like the people in the SuperDome after Katrina.
I read somewhere that those generators (and other items) were rented out from private companies (or supplied by private companies) and therefore Mayor Bloomberg and the city of NYC cannot force the owners of the generators or other items to make them available to hurricane damaged areas/victims.
Correct. The city of New York did not organize the marathon, nor did "big government". The marathon is a private, non-profit organization which rented generators and other equipment, and purchased blankets and food for the racers. The marathon director was responsible for those items.
Should the city have seized them via eminent domain? Oh, what the hypocritical shouting would have been like in that case!
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