No one is going to change New York's liberal attitudes towards the way people live, reprehensible as some of those activities and passions may be. It would be like pushing string or preaching in Sodom. But in some ways, that's one of the great thing s about this city -- you can still do pretty much anything you like. Golly, I can even advocate free markets in bars full of Democrats and nobody thinks its any more weird than sniffing bicycle seats. That's how tolerant we New Yorkers are.
. The thing the city needs is a good, honest, beholding-to-nobody manager. The schools need to be fixed. There can be no more Dinkins-style racial indulgences. The cops have to be kept honest and active. The health inspectors need to be reminded that they shouldn't take bribes from restaurant owners, nor should elevator inspectors, building inspectors, or sanitation officers shake down citizens.
Give New York its head, and it goes to hell in a hurry.
If the Bloomberg News Service is any indication, the soon-to-be mayor can supply that guidance.
And my property taxes probably won't go up, either.