Mayor Gutless Should Look In The Mirror Before Lashing Out At The Council

Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg really must be ensconced in his own heavily protected bubble. It may not be as thick as George Bush's, but when you whine to the press that a minority of Councilmembers rejected his property tax increase and call them gutless, there has to be some element of delusion there. He cannot possibly imagine that some Councilmembers want to find another way to fund the budget instead of raising property taxes yet again.

From The NY Daily News:

As far as Mayor Bloomberg is concerned, the 18 no-sayers took the cowardly route, not taking responsibility for assuring essential services and workers - such as cops, firefighters and sanitation workers - are maintained.

"It's not an easy vote whether to raise taxes," the mayor said. "Those that didn't are really trying to slap the uniformed services and others .... And it's just gutless if you really want to know."

"Gutless" is rather harsh an adjective, especially coming from Mayor Bloomberg. If not gutless, a certain degree of cowardice was involved when the Mayor undemocratically swiped term limits off the books two months ago, allowing him to run again without the public's consent. Of course, that applies to at least a few of the 18, those that voted to extend term limits. They weren't only gutless, they were just as big a coward as the Mayor who perpetrated the whole thing.