Posted on 11/25/2011 4:30:39 PM PST by BenLurkin
The city Department of Health & Mental Hygiene has sunk its claws into another beloved New York institution — The Algonquin hotel’s lobby cat.
Matilda III — the latest in an illustrious line of free-roaming Algonquin felines — has been banished from the lobby lounge, leaving guests fruitlessly searching for her under chairs and sofas.
Prodded by Nanny Bloomberg, the DOH has been socking restaurants with steep fines for minor violations — and slapping dreaded “C” ratings on places where no one was known to get sick.
Some places are taking no chances, eliminating popular features before the DOH can strike them down. The party-pooping agency recently nudged Sardi’s to eliminate cheese snacks at its bar.
The city’s favorite feline, a blue-eyed ragdoll, took up residence last winter. She’s the 10th Algonquin cat since Rusty, a k a Hamlet I, moved into the hotel, legendary home of the “Round Table” literary salon, in 1932.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/meow_trage_at_algonquin_73LjLIUVYEdf5HITLCeroJ#ixzz1elZrv6IX
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Ugh!
I stayed at the Algonquin years ago in the 80’s. Remember ‘Morris the Cat’? He was shooting a commercial in the lobby when we were trying to check in. Had to wait half an hour for the taping if I remember right. Didn’t mind, tho. It was pretty funny to watch.
BTW.....best cheesecake.....EVAR!!!!
*still wish I’d gotten the recipe*
The people in blomberg’s administration seem to be people with a lot of time on their hands. I wonder what they are costing the taxpayers............
Freak Bloomberg strikes again!
I remember carrying a cocktail to a friend and tripping over the open kitten litter box in that great, beat-up old lobby.
I thought you’d be interested.
Hey New Yawk-ers......you voted the stupid bastard(s) in. Reap it. So sorry, Charlie....but I won’t be shedding any crocodile tears for ya.
Ain’t it a bitch when you get exactly what you ask for?
Freak Guiliani wouldn’t allow ferrets even in private homes.
So Bloomie goes after harmless kittehs, but lets the vile OWS run wild? Sheesh.
That said, Bloomberg has outdone any of Guiliani’s bad ideas. Guiliani allowed smoking in private clubs - crazy Bloomberg outlawed them.
And for his goons to go after the Algonquin cat is childish and despicable.
ping....
Stupid, nanny-state, cat-hating, people-despising, sucking-life’s-pleasures-away, control-freak, butt heads need to be shown the door.
I wasn’t connecting you to Guiliani in any way. I apologize for not making myself more clear. The point I tried to make is that normal people don’t get to be mayor of NYC.
Bloomberg in reality is a nasty little coward.
May Bloomberg wake up with a hairball on his pillow.
See post #17.
LOL
Are you from NY? I see you now live in Oklahoma.
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