Marathon is power mad! (Bloomberg diverts generators, NYPD from Staten Island to Manhattan)

NY Post ^ | 11/2/12 | NY Post Editorial Board

[fortheDeclaration]

I think this race will have the surrealism of Escape from New York!

[pabianice]

I do not understand most home owners. Cost of new Briggs and Stratton 5000 W (6200W peak) gas generator: $1,000 - $1,500. Cost of new breaker panel with generator plug-in for whole house power: $1,300 installed. That’s $2,300 - $2,800. Amortized over fifteen years: 51 cents a day for uninterrupted electricity for your home. My wife and I only wish we had installed ours years earlier.

[mongo141]

Mad Mayor Mike is every bit as narcissistic as the Kenyon punk.

[tophat9000]

WHAT KIND OF F!!!ING MORON IS RUNNING THAT TOWN!!!???

[Errant]

Let me guess, you’re from a “blue” state... ;)

[Venturer]

I don’t see whattelling the truth has to do with it, but Yes I live in Md.

[bmwcyle]

NYC needs to tar and feather their Mayor.

[TurboZamboni]

to really prove their endurance they should run with a full can of gas while being chased by a mob of people without fuel.

[Teacher317]

As another FReeper pointed out, the Mayor did not divert the generators because he did not rent them. The private company that runs the NYC Marathon did. The Marathon is NOT a public service run by local government. The ONLY way one could say "Bloomberg diverted" is to assume that he can and should control any private generators in the Tri-State area, and anything he doesn't grab by immediate eminent domain or emergency order must mean that he doesn't care. This is the reasoning of an inane liberal. We should be above such "thinking".

IF the NYC Marathon organizers decide to donate THEIR generators to the cause, that would be rather awesome... but it STILL would not be to Bloomberg's credit.

[Teacher317]

and 400 homes... where Staten Island has 400,000 people alone... would not make as big a difference as having the Marathon run smoothly. Maybe NYC doesn't want to go the 'Nawlins route of whining about how terrible things are for 15 years, and they want to show that they will get past Sandy ASAP. Having the Marathon would be a good way to start down that road.

(Speaking as a Long Islander, by the way.)

[anton]

“to really prove their endurance they should run with a full can of gas while being chased by a mob of people without fuel.”

I am rolling on the floor.