NYC Ballot Proposals – 4 No’s and a Yes
There are several ballot proposals this coming election. Usually I like ballot proposals, but most of these are just sneaky. See ballot proposals here and read opinions here.
We’re voting 4 No’s and then a Yes to the last one.
a) The first ballot proposal is to rank your voting choices. While this sounds great because it gives you choice and saves the city money since there doesn’t have to be a runoff election. Yet, this proposal can be exploited by a political party. The Democrats can pack the ballot with candidates. As they eliminate candidates from the bottom of the ballot, their second choice will go to the next candidate. Essentially, the Democratic Party will push this proposal because they will get the votes from the losing Libertarian, Socialist, Green Party Candidates. These pols are slick! (This proposal is going to pass because no one is talking about the abuse of this proposal).
b) The second proposal has to do with the NYPD. While we supported the firing of Daniel Panteleo, we still believe in the NYPD. Did you see the 68th Precinct’s Fail this week? There are problems in the NYPD, but that’s because there are few bad police officers in the job. Yet, there are soooooooo many great officers and Commission James O’Neill does a good job. Problems are in certain precincts and all officers shouldn’t be penalized with this proposal because of the few bad cops that exist in the system. Attacking the NYPD as a whole needs to stop. (This proposal will get voted in because NY has too many people that are anti-NYPD).
c) The third proposal has five unrelated issues together on the ballot. The proposal started out well, but they hid some items in the proposal. It was purposely done to push something through without people noticing. (This will probably pass because NY’ers won’t reading everything).
d) City Council has already been doing a rainy day fund. I heard Corey Johnson mention this twice already. We are taxed like crazy in Bay Ridge, so no you can not have a rainy day fund.
e) The last proposal gives Community Boards power over development. Hell Yeah. Critics claim this will slow down affordable housing……PLEASEEEEE there is nothing affordable about affordable housing – it’s just politicians and developers having a relationship in your community like this. Developers love to push things through during the Winter when no one is watching, so slowing them down is a good thing.
Hugs,
marlene
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