Is Bill de Blasio Trading Horses for Money?
Monday, 06 January 2014 21:00
Selwyn Duke

They used to hang horse thieves — now they elect them mayor. As many know, New York City’s new commandant, Bill de Blasio, has sworn that one of his first acts upon taking office will be to ban Central Park’s iconic horse-drawn carriages. He claims that forcing horses to work in downtown Manhattan is inhumane, but is he really just kowtowing to a big real-estate developer who heavily supported his campaign?
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Yet de Blasio doesn’t intend to leave the carriage drivers high and dry — he plans to replace the hansom cabs with “electric, vintage-replica tourist-friendly vehicles that provide jobs for current drivers.” And, of course, green concerns can change any leftist’s heart. What kind of green changed de Blasio’s heart, however, is the question.
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Gross then tells us that when Nislick finally gets to his real point, he writes, “Currently, the stables consist of 64,000 square feet of valuable real estate on lots that could accommodate up to 150,000 square feet of development. These lots could be sold for new development.”
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But de Blasio has perhaps accomplished one thing many thought impossible: making Little Big Gulp look good. As some may know, that’s the moniker I quite unaffectionately attached to ex-mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Menshevik who sought to ban large sodas and prohibited the donation of food to homeless shelters because the city couldn’t be sure of its salt and fat content. And now we have not “Mr. Ed” but “Mr. Red,” the savior of equines who can’t speak for themselves.

Well, at least de Blasio never said on the campaign trail, “If you like your horse, you can keep your horse.”

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