MAY
7, 2004 --
That was an exciting
announcement in Manhattan, May 5th, near the spot where right turns
on green are illegal- that G.O.P. convention delegates will go
to Broadway shows, August 29. There was no mention of protests
planned that day opposing the president and the Republicans. You
mentioned that delegates will be getting discounts at a number
of establishments during their New York stay. If United for Peace
and Justice adds this bit of delegate favoritism to its poster
protests, you might find its numbers interesting.
There was no
mention if discounts will be offered at Yankee Stadium, where Cleveland
will be the visiting team the last three days of the Convention,
September 1 and 2.
A twenty percent
discount will, however, be extended at Mickey Mantle's, the restaurant
on Central Park South -- but not to plain New Yorkers.
On the other
hand, imagine the support for the G.O.P. if you told the man in
charge of Fine City, Finemeister Bloomberg, that savings that go
to delegates should not be denied the people who live and work
in the five boroughs, and get bullied by the bureaucracy just about
every day.
Also, it is fair
to wonder if you have been promised waivers from the parking and
traffic fines that crush motorists every day, hereabouts. (It is
assumed that some delegates will drive to New York City for the
Republican National Convention.) If not, some delegates are likely
to take home sour memories.
Here are some
suggestions for delegates intended to make their visit a pleasant
one, and to be free of taxes pretending to be fines.
1) Be very careful
about making right turns on green. This is suggested by the right
turn ban on 46th and Broadway. Who knows? This might just reflect
liberal loathing for any moves to the right.
2) Never take
a policeman's word that you can park in midtown. LPR did when attending
the Broadway Show announcement on May 5, and received a ticket
in the amount of $115 issued by an agent of the Parking Ticket-Meister
Bureau.
3) If you put
coins in the meter and it does not register payment, you will get
a ticket if you park in this spot.
4) If a delegate
goes to Central Park with a dog, do not drop the leash or you will
be required to return to Manhattan for a hearing to determine how
much you are to pay the city.
Be advised that
this writer speaks from experience on the aforesaid matters.
G.O.P. CEO Harris,
there is not the slightest doubt in this writer's mind, were President
Bush to declare, accepting the nomination: "Finemeister Bloomberg,
tear down those parking fine schedules," his re-election would
be assured. Stay silent and we will understand that the G.O.P.
has not argument with officials who send out "swarms of officials
to harass the people and eat out our substance," to cite from
our Declaration of Independence.
If Republican
party officials do not act on advice unless received from a high-paid
consultant, LPR will cheerfully accept big bucks, which, anyway,
will be taken by New York City by way of all manner of creative
fines. Anticipating, then, a hefty consulting payment, LPR urges
the G.O.P. to act on the counsel of Federalist 57 to work for "the
common good of the society" and to hold "communion of
interests and sympathy of sentiments" with the people, "without
which every government degenerates into tyranny." (This counsel
is flouted at present by Finemeister of NYC.)
On May 5, speaking
with the media near the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenues
in Manhattan, you expressed confidence in the city's security plans
for the Republican National Convention. If such plans lead to an
updated version of Chicago 1968, the G.O.P.'s campaign |