Oh no. It may actually come to pass now that Spitzer finds himself on the wrong side of a press conference about a prostitution ring:
Posted: March 10th, 2008 | Filed under: Insert Muted Trumpet's Sad Wah-Wah Here, Political, See, The Thing Is Was . . .Mr. Spitzer, a first-term Democrat who pledged to bring ethics reform and end the often seamy ways of Albany, is married with three children.
If you mess with the candymaker, the candymaker will hit back, hard:
Posted: March 5th, 2008 | Filed under: See, The Thing Is Was . . .The giant blue M&M that was banished from two video billboards for imitating Times Square’s Naked Cowboy has come back swinging.
Mars, the maker of M&Ms, has filed a petition with the Patent and Trademark Office accusing the Naked Cowboy, whose real name is Robert Burck, of committing fraud when he obtained his trademark.
Not mine. Yours? Nope, not mine, either:
Posted: February 1st, 2008 | Filed under: Queens, See, The Thing Is Was . . .Despite what the popular colloquialism may have led Sunnyside residents to believe, some rocks just won’t roll. Quite the opposite, in fact, as many neighbors have been perplexed by the neighborhood’s recently acquired inconvenient landmark: an enormous boulder that on 44 St at the intersection of Greeenpoint Ave and 47 Ave. Though it was intrusive and graffiti covered, the boulder quickly became an accepted part of the Sunnyside landscape and city and neighborhood agencies received few if no call on the matter. Its removal this weekend was as quiet and unnoticed as its arrival.
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Although neighbors and city officials are unsure of exactly when the boulder first appeared on 44 St, it has been there since before the first of the year. Jutting out length-wise from the Easter curb of 44 St just north of the intersection, the boulder blocked traffic only slightly more than a typical parked car.
According to the Mayor’s office, the boulder was excavated during emergency sewer work by Maspeth Construction. A number of boulders were excavated during the work, but this particular one was simply too big to be removed, and was left at the intersection.
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Another more minor problem that the boulder has created is that it has been marked with graffiti. One side of the boulder said in green writing, “paddy rock,” while another side was covered in an illegible white scrawl. A large orange road barrier was place in front of the rock to increase its visibility and prevent cars from slamming into it at night.
City officials are unsure of how long it had been there, having only been notified about the problem at this month’s meeting of Community Board 2, but reports indicate that it first appeared shortly after Christmas. Once the issue was brought up at the meeting, the City quickly responded to complaints and dispatched Maspeth Construction to remove it, which was done on Saturday. Today, all that remains of Sunnyside’s own natural oddity are small patches of rubble and scratches on the ground from its removal. Just as its sudden appearance went unnoticed by the neighborhood, so has its removal, and as of Monday afternoon, few neighbors have even noticed its absence.
Michael Bloomberg is the greatest secessionist mayor since Fernando Wood there’s not a damn thing Kevin Sheekey can do to stop it:
Posted: January 31st, 2008 | Filed under: See, The Thing Is Was . . .Lending lighthearted support to a City Council proposal that the city secede from the state, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday the plan makes a point that is “well taken.”
The city sends the state about $11 billion more each year than it receives back in services, an imbalance that is prompting Council Member Peter Vallone Jr., a Democrat who represents parts of Queens, to introduce legislation to lay the groundwork for the city to break away from the state.
“I can’t believe he thinks it is going anyplace, but I think he’s right in joking about it,” Mr. Bloomberg said yesterday.
The mayor warned that if the state tries to squeeze too many tax dollars out of the city, it would no longer be a cash cow.
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Mr. Vallone told The New York Sun that his idea is “most definitely not a joke,” but added that he is encouraged that the mayor “likes the fact that I am thinking about it.”
Posted: January 19th, 2008 | Filed under: See, The Thing Is Was . . .Sgt. Michael Arenella and Police Officer Jerry Bowens arrested a thug — actually an undercover officer — in November, seizing $250 and 40 bags of crack cocaine in the bust, officials said.
The undercover agent was sent in by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau with the drugs and money after they suspected the two of skimming from the drugs they seized on other occasions.
Sometime after they busted the undercover agent, Arenella and Bowens allegedly gave one of their informants $40 and two bags of crack in exchange for information, officials said.
