>Bring back the commuter tax ! Plain & Simple. This policy of Congestion Taxing was very ill-though out & just a pet project for Bloomberg & his legacy.<<
Who played a key role in killing the commuter tax? Shelly Silver.
Why did he do it? To help the Democrats win *one assembly district* in Westchester.
And the moron thought he could get away with continuing to charge the tax to New Jersey and Connecticut residents (who aren't important, because they don't have any say in the success of the NYS Democratic Party) and wound up getting the city sued when Christie Whitman and John Rowland took New York State to court. And won.
How this nincompoop keeps getting elected over and over again blows my mind. Shelly Silver: What's best is what's best for my party, constituents be damned.
Who played a key role in killing the commuter tax? Shelly Silver.
Why did he do it? To help the Democrats win *one assembly district* in Westchester.
And the moron thought he could get away with continuing to charge the tax to New Jersey and Connecticut residents (who aren't important, because they don't have any say in the success of the NYS Democratic Party) and wound up getting the city sued when Christie Whitman and John Rowland took New York State to court. And won.
How this nincompoop keeps getting elected over and over again blows my mind. Shelly Silver: What's best is what's best for my party, constituents be damned.