Yes To Buddha, No To Goat Tying
A new City Council sessions means a round of new, and re-introduced, legislation, from essential to ridiculous.
The full list is here. Some highlights:
Tony Avella wants to end "goat tying" and "horse-tripping."
He would also prohibit the resale of undergarments, which is "certainly repugnant to general standards of hygiene and responsibility."
James Genarro plans to add the birthdays of Lord Krishna and Lord Buddha to the no-alternate-side-parking list.
(I am signing on to another McMahon proposal: outlawing those horrible supermarket circulars that come in huge numbers in plastic bags. )
Our local government is more useless than your local government
It's actually not all that competitive, NY's City Council will be in the top 5 every time....
I can't think of a single more pressing issue facing New York City right now than the vile and discriminatory practice of reselling used undergarments. Except for possibly rodeo cruelty.
Avella is a moron.. His undergarment bill died in Council 2 years ago.. He stole in from Arnold Diaz, the Shame On You reporter.. What an idiot...
So cartoons defaming religion are protected by free specch and free press, but supermarket flyers can be suppressed?
So cartoons defaming religion are protected by free specch and free press, but supermarket flyers can be suppressed?
Supermarket fliers are, at best, commercial speech--no First Amendement issue there. Amen to that bill, what can I do to help pass that one?
Jim Gennaro is so great. He really cares about equal representation for all religions and ethnicities.
I think we're all missing the real issue here: What about the right to due process of the used undergarment resellers? We are depriving these people of their liberty to resell used undergarments, and thus make a living.
Lord Krishna looks hottttt in that picture.. What is she doing with the goat though?? I hope its not anything dirty
Tony Avella should be praised for his commitment to humane legislation.
There are several rodeos each year in New York City. A lot of people seem to forget that Queens is a part of the city.
Horses and other animals in rodeos are beaten to get them to perform. And at the end of their use, they're sent to slaughter.
Funny bill right?
I think it's a cow. But right before the picture was taken, Lord Krishna punched a horse in the face.
Avella needs to worry about his own constituents and not about a bill that will just waste time and money.
Lord Krishna looks like shecan realy play the flute.
4:35, I think you're missing the essential point here.
He saw it on TV one time.
The New York City Council, Working for You
With a new City Council session started, the council members have of course buckled down to take care of the...
Hey Now....
Respect.
Anything that increases the alternate-side parking days is good for me
As a driver in NYC, I support all extensions of suspension of alternate side. I believe Hinduism has scores or hundreds of gods and goddesses, so we should respect all of them and suspend parking rules. And what about Sikhism, Jainism, Bahai, Rastafarianism, Wicca, Scientology, Yankees-worship and the rest? I think we should certainly have the rules suspended on Ben Smith's birthday.
As a non-driver I'm glad that the streets are occasionally cleaned.
So, is this the sort of legilsation we can look forward to now that the professional Council staff has been fired to make way for the party hacks?
Did Rob Newman draft any of these? Can we look forward to more wasted overrides and the Mayor winning again and again? Talk about waste of government resources...
And, this is the point: what does Quinn really care about? Do Manton, Lopez, and Bronx have any issues that they want to push or press? Are there any issues of note in the Budget?
Ever wonder how all those ordinances are enforced? They are enforced against minorities, political opponents, or people who have someone harassing them, or not at all.
I'm sure you all know that under the zoning you have to be a state-certified artist to live in Soho. But how many are?
And did you know that in 1961 they decided block by block whether your local commercial street should be C1 and C2? There is no real difference on the ground. But anyone can be targeted at any time.
And did you know that stockbrokers are not permmitted to work out of their homes (but home discos are not specifically prohibited).
Did yoi know that every wood deck was illegal everywhere in NYC except Staten Island?
Love all those mostly unenforced rules. Always there to go after someone if you need to. I often said that if we wanted to get rid of them, we should try enforcing them against everyone. But there is no such thing as services for/restrictions on everyone in NYC. Our pols know some people are more important that others.
Happy to be out of that business, having warned some young fools away from public service before it was too late.
Eric Gioia hard at work leaking to the press
does this mean i can't sell dirty undies on craigslist anymore?
yottabekidding: actually, this was exactly the kind of legislation that the "professional" staff spent most of its time on. You think that the bills become different when the staff changes? No, the bills become different when the membership changes!
(actually, this is being a little unfiar; I'm sure that now, rather than getting well drafted pieces of stupidity, the quality of the bill drafting will match its content; I'm just not sure this is tragic rather than appropriate)
The McMahon legislation Ben refers to and other similar bills (probably not yet re-introduced) regulating circulars have strong support among Queens Civics. The Koch, Dinkins and Guiliani administrations generally opposed this kind of legislation. In Queens, an affiliate of Newsday's parent co. is the biggest offendor. If these companies would heed requests not to deliver to residents who wish not to receive the "trash" there'd be no need to look at legislation.
The McMahon legislation Ben refers to and other similar bills (probably not yet re-introduced) regulating circulars have strong support among Queens Civics. The Koch, Dinkins and Guiliani administrations generally opposed this kind of legislation. In Queens, an affiliate of Newsday's parent co. is the biggest offendor. If these companies would heed requests not to deliver to residents who wish not to receive the "trash" there'd be no need to look at legislation.
I suggest enforcing the rules against posters on poles against incumbent politicians first. Then we can move on to the rest of us.
BTW I don't like the circulars either. I just know enforcement will be sporadic, and discriminatory, just like it always is.
8:38P, if you spent as much time actually working as you do venting your beef with gioia, our city would be a much better place. it's obvious you've got an ax to grind, but give it a rest. your words are tired and you're boring the hell out of us.