Posted on 12/14/2002 2:46:57 PM PST by qam1
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The Republican Party is supposed to be the party of personal freedoms, lower taxes and less government. With that being said the Republicans should NOT choose New York City as the site of the 2004 Convention because of the current & potential anti-freedom legislation promoted by the Mayor Mike Bloomberg that goes against everything the Republicans are supposed to stand for.
So far Mike Bloomberg has proposed and/or implemented an 18.5% hike in property taxes (and he originally wanted the hike to be 25%), The insane and unreasonable taxes on cigarettes that has already put many small businesses into bankruptcy and made black marketeers rich, Draconian laws banning the choice of the individual business owner to allow smoking on their private property (including restaurants, outdoor cafes, Bars, Pool halls, Bingo Parlors and even private clubs) and further smoking bans on beaches and in parks (Due to Bloomberg crazy war on smokers Delegates, Their family members or any other person coming or who would like to come to the Convention who happen to smoke will not be welcome in NYC), Cruiseships for the Homeless, Commuter taxes and cuts to the Police & Fire Department (Which at first including salaries but was later dropped) while at the same time he implemented a living wage increase for unions of city contractors..
And he has only been the Mayor for less than one year, God only knows what he will do between now and the 2004 convention.
Mayor Mike Bloomberg with his policies has totally alienated the Republican base in New York City and around the country and he is just as unpopular with all other groups. A poll taken on 11/22/02 has his approval rating at a dismal 43% and as his policies further ruin the economy and force more small businesses to close those ratings will decline even further.
Mayor Mike Bloomberg is and was always a Liberal Democrat and he only switched to the Republican Party to get elected and the thought of him sharing the spotlight with other prominent Republican leaders like George W. Bush, Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Rumsfeld, Marc Racicot, Etc. just sickens me. Mayor Bloomberg isn't the guy the Republicans should give a platform to but instead Republicans should be doing everything they can to distance themselves from him.
So I am urging all Republicans and all other freedom loving people to contact as many Republican leaders & groups as they can and tell them DO NOT CHOOSE NEW YORK CITY as the site of the 2004 Convention.
A statement saying that your "large" donation and attendance at the convention hinges on a proper location and Cuba as second won't cut it either.
He ran for mayor as a Republican to avoid having to compete in a primary.
Whats wrong with this picture, the Democrats love Bloombergingidiot and the Republicans hate him.
I agree, no convention in N.Y.
At least everybody knew what Mark Green was. Bloomberg, true to leftist Democrat form, deceived and led people to believe that he was something he isn't; I think people assumed that since Bloomberg was a "Republican" he would continue the ways of Guiliani. Bloomberg did nothing to disabuse voters of that assumption.
Talk about a shockaroo. Crime is shooting back up, ala David Dinkins, quality of life is plummeting, and a devastating increase in taxes that may very well be one of the final nails in the coffin of the New York economy is on it's way.
I wish now I had taken that trip to the city I planned when Guiliani was still mayor.
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