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nymaverick (not verified) says:
It was the very squirreling-away of this money that made it necessary for Mr. Fidler to go and ask for it back in the first place!
Is it somehow illogical to presume that the absence of $50,000 to be appropriated for a non-profit and the existence of $50,000 in city slush fund, in the same fiscal year, are not directly related?
Instead of being his area's non-profit's advocate on the floor of the City Council and in public hearings, Mr. Fidler had to go talk to Christine Quinn, presumably in her office, presumably in an undocumented face-to-face meeting, to get that money appropriated.
That this money was most recently hidden as appropriations for phony organizations isn't what bothers me. What bothers me is that the City Council has, for two decades, taken an end-run around the open, public, and deliberately arduous process of handling taxpayer money -- and apparently its members see nothing wrong with this so long as it was for a good cause.
Well, who's good cause was it? We out here on the outside don't know. This end-around passed that transaction right over our heads without our purview, which, need I remind you, counts -- it's our money.
Respectfully, Mr. Fidler, if you think should we trust our elected officials enough to let them take our money out of our sight, then let's talk. Maybe I could sell you this tunnel to Jersey I've got.
It was the very squirreling-away of this money that made it necessary for Mr. Fidler to go and ask for it back in the first place!
Is it somehow illogical to presume that the absence of $50,000 to be appropriated for a non-profit and the existence of $50,000 in city slush fund, in the same fiscal year, are not directly related?
Instead of being his area's non-profit's advocate on the floor of the City Council and in public hearings, Mr. Fidler had to go talk to Christine Quinn, presumably in her office, presumably in an undocumented face-to-face meeting, to get that money appropriated.
That this money was most recently hidden as appropriations for phony organizations isn't what bothers me. What bothers me is that the City Council has, for two decades, taken an end-run around the open, public, and deliberately arduous process of handling taxpayer money -- and apparently its members see nothing wrong with this so long as it was for a good cause.
Well, who's good cause was it? We out here on the outside don't know. This end-around passed that transaction right over our heads without our purview, which, need I remind you, counts -- it's our money.
Respectfully, Mr. Fidler, if you think should we trust our elected officials enough to let them take our money out of our sight, then let's talk. Maybe I could sell you this tunnel to Jersey I've got.