Why Does Andrew Gounardes Want People to Vote For the Ballot Initiatives?
Andrew Gounardes wrote an op-ed for the newspaper rather than helping the homeless people on the R Train. (See here and here)
What’s Andrew’s interest in the four initiatives that will be on the back of the ballot?
#1 The first measure is for a bond for the environment. It has a huge price tag. It will pass because people see it’s for the environment and think that is good.
Hundreds of trees were removed from a park in Manhattan this year – not one politician, including Andrew Gouanardes or any environmental group in Bay Ridge or NYC cared. (Info here) Let’s face it, there aren’t many environmentalist in this city.
Who would get the money for these environmental projects?
Gounardes has not fought for equity for this neighborhood, so equity can’t be important to him.
Andrew’s been in office for almost four years and most home owners in his area pay 2x’s the property tax of Park Slope home owners because Gounardes won’t speak out for them.
Some ballot initiatives were started during Bill de Blasio’s team – Statement of Values and a Racial Equity Office. It’s not surprising Gounardes is pushing that. Find out about them before election day here!
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Hugs,
marlene
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