Local government and politics | NYC et al, RIP?

[Miss_Faucie_Fishtits]

the moor things change, the moor they remain the same......

[NapLajoieonSteroids]

[Doc]

Had a look at Times Square, NY live.

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Given that it is early afternoon there, still seems rather empty.
Very little pedestrian and road traffic.

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[NapLajoieonSteroids]

Let's take a quick look in on the subway stations

[NapLajoieonSteroids]

The MTA is run at the state level, so this is more of a Cuomo problem than DeBlasio.

But not good, even during a tropical storm.

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It's not the water/sewage for me. It's that the rats of the NYC subways will do everything necessary not to drown.

Rats are so common that ex-Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer quipped in 2013, "The rats don't scurry. They walk right up to you and say, 'How are you, Mr. Borough President?'"

[Simple Minded]

Let's take a quick look in on the subway stations

Free access to an indoor pool during a heatwave and the spoiled white Yuppies are still complaining?

[Simple Minded]

The MTA is run at the state level, so this is more of a Cuomo problem than DeBlasio.

But not good, even during a tropical storm.

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It's not the water/sewage for me. It's that the rats of the NYC subways will do everything necessary not to drown.

Rats are so common that ex-Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer quipped in 2013, "The rats don't scurry. They walk right up to you and say, 'How are you, Mr. Borough President?'"

Not to worry. The alligators will take care of the rat problem!

[Doc]

Scott Smith the father of one of the rape victims was thrown to the floor and arrested after he was not allowed to speak at a June, *public* Board of education meeting and he objected.

https://www.ntd.com/loudoun-county-supe ... 89718.html

Loudoun County Superintendent Appears to Admit District Violated State Law by Not Reporting Sexual Assault

The superintendent of a Virginia school district on Friday appeared to admit the district violated state law in failing to properly report alleged sexual assaults, as a state official confirmed the matter is under review.

Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler made the admission during a brief appearance before reporters, where he read a prepared statement and took no questions.

Ziegler said that the district made “errors in our state reporting regarding disciplinary incidents in schools,” adding that it “inadvertently omitted some information in the past.”

“That is extremely concerning, and we are taking steps to make sure that process is improved. I will say that I have no reason to believe at this time that any missing reports were due to an intent to hide any information from the Virginia Department of Education,” he said, blaming an alleged “lack of oversight” that was in place before he was appointed in June, even though he served as interim superintendent starting Jan. 1.

Ziegler appeared to be responding to a report by The Daily Wire that the district failed to record multiple instances of alleged sexual assault even though it’s required to by state law.

Ziegler said during a school board meeting on June 22 that he was unaware of any record of assaults happening in the district’s restrooms, nearly a month after a girl was allegedly raped by a male in a bathroom at Stone Bridge High School.

State law says that reports “shall be made” to school and district authorities regarding all assaults on school buses, on school grounds, or at a school-sponsored activity.

State law also directs district superintendents to annually report such incidents to the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). But a public database of reports showed at least one assault that was not reported to state authorities.

A Loudoun County Public Schools spokesperson declined to comment on Ziegler’s Friday remarks but did not dispute the characterization that Ziegler acknowledged state law was not complied with.

Superintendents who fail to comply or secure compliance with the reporting requirements are subject to sanctions.

A VDOE spokesman told The Epoch Times in an email that the agency has reviewed the submissions made by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) concerning discipline, crime, and violation “and is in communication with LCPS regarding the accuracy of their reports and whether the division is in compliance with state reporting requirements.

The spokesman confirmed that the submissions are required annually and that superintendents are required to certify their accuracy.

“This is a matter that VDOE takes very seriously and is actively investigating discrepancies in the LCPS reports,” he said.
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Attendees are seen during a school board meeting in Loudoun County, Va., on June 22, 2021. (Terri Wu/The Epoch Times)

In his statement, Ziegler said he made misleading comments during the June meeting. He said his remarks came after wrongly interpreting a question about incidents in bathrooms as only involving transgender or “gender-fluid” students.

“I regret that my comments were misleading and I apologize for the distress that error caused families. I should have asked Board Member Barts clarifying questions to get to the root of her question, rather than assuming what she meant. I will do better in the future,” he said.

He also apologized for how the district handled two recent alleged assaults. “Let me say to the families and students involved: My heart aches for you, and I am sorry that we failed to provide the safe, welcoming and affirming environment that we aspire to provide,” he said.

A spokeswoman for father Scott Smith said in a statement to news outlets that Ziegler’s statement on behalf of LCPS “is the first acknowledgment that we have had that they are in fact responsible for their bad decision-making and policies that resulted in the two sexual assaults that happened in our high schools.”

“Today, Superintendent Ziegler said what we already knew: that the actions of the Loudoun County School Board and Administration ‘failed to provide the safe environment’ for the Smith’s daughter,” an attorney for the family added, before accusing LCPS of prioritizing “misguided policies of political correctness over student safety.”

Ziegler’s statement came as the county’s education leadership is under heightened scrutiny, in part because the board passed a policy that forces LCPS staffers to address students by any pronoun they choose, and lets students who claim to be another gender use that gender’s facilities.

The policy drew a fiery response at the June meeting, which was disbanded after Smith and another parent were arrested.

Smith recently revealed that his daughter was allegedly raped by a male inside a girl’s bathroom in her high school. He has described the male as utilizing the softness toward transgenderism to get inside the facility.

Smith has accused district leadership of covering up the assault.

The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to The Epoch Times an incident took place in May at Stone Bridge High School but declined to provide more details, citing an ongoing investigation. It also declined to confirm reports that the same male was behind a sexual assault that took place at a different LCPS high school in October.

A Freedom of Information Act request seeking more details on the incidents and the arrest of Smith was sent.

LCPS told The Epoch Times earlier in the week via email that school board members “are typically not given details of disciplinary matters” and were not aware of the alleged rape until it was reported on in media outlets.

A member of the school board facing a recall petition resigned from the board on Friday, and attorneys for the Smith family filed a lawsuit this week against the district.

[Typhoon]

Well, Times Square in NY looks far more busy now than it did at the end of 2021 - June.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdUw5RdyZxI

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[Typhoon]

LA Times | Brutal, brazen crimes shake L.A., leaving city at a crossroads

Some wonder if this could be a turning point for California, which for decades has been at the center of the movement for criminal justice reform, rolling back tough sentencing laws and reducing prison populations.

Polls in 2020 showed that California voters largely support many of these measures, and both San Francisco and Los Angeles have elected district attorneys with strong reform agendas. However, those concerned about crime and those who believe liberal policies have contributed to its rise have grown more vocal.

It is a discourse defined by glaring differences of opinion and, at times, a yawning disconnect between the perception of local crime and the reality on the ground.

To paraphrase Joseph de Maistre,

"Every state has the government that it deserves."

[Nonc Hilaire]

Maybe a tourist promo with someone covering Petula Clark’s, “Don’t Swim in the Subway”.

[Typhoon]

Substack - Shellenberger | As Violence Arrives in Rich Neighborhoods, Liberals And Ex-Radicals Buy Guns And Mobilize To Oust Progressive D.A.s

A report from the frontlines of Beverly Hills

Brazilification - reminds me of my experiences in São Paulo a few decades ago.

[Parodite]

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So they are pieces of architectural art or "art" as a safe deposit for billionaires' money. So what? I prefer those over the abstract of stocks, numbers, bank accounts.

From the left-wing bench: "Created by the same system that produces slums". Uh, no. Poverty is the result of a badly-sadly configured complex incentive structure of which nobody is in full control.

[Typhoon]

The Spectator - Michael Shellenberger | San Francisco is sick

How the Golden State can grow up and fix its crisis of disorder

Many of the people who enjoy some of the highest levels of prosperity and freedom in human history are also the least grateful, and least loyal, to the civilization that made it possible.

[Mr. Perfect]

Democrats are going to Democrat.

[Typhoon]

The Spectator | The school board recalls that shook San Francisco

The left is dealt a blow in its most supportive city as fed-up tiger moms target the woke

[Brecher]

The Spectator | The school board recalls that shook San Francisco

The left is dealt a blow in its most supportive city as fed-up tiger moms target the woke

It’s about time!

[Mr. Perfect]

SF city government not allowed to do business with or travel to 28 states. Tolerance.

[Typhoon]

Wirepoints | Rise in Chicago carjackings

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[Heracleum Persicum]

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https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/we-ha ... sman-says/


Senator Rep. Darrell Issa said : ‘WE HAVE’ HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP

GOP is in possession of Hunter Biden’s laptop, and is poring over the “treasure trove” of data within it

https://newonnews.com/we-have-hunter-bi ... sman-says/

“It’s gotta be followed all the way back to the big guy,” Issa said, referring to an email from the laptop that described a business deal in China where “the big guy,” apparently a reference to Joe Biden, would stand to gain 10%.

“We’re going to need a special prosecutor, but in the meantime we’re investigating it,” he continued. “We have the laptop, and the laptop is a treasure trove of obviousness.”

Issa said that the computer contains evidence of direct communication between Joe and Hunter Biden while the former was serving as vice president, evidence that Joe Biden was making “sure his business deals went forward,” including in Russia and China, and evidence of Hunter’s drug use that could have made the VP’s son vulnerable to blackmail by foreign intelligence agencies.

that thing hittin the fan

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[NapLajoieonSteroids]

Some homeless guy missed landing a haymaker on my father while he was walking the streets of Manhattan. The guy ran up, wound up and whiffed, falling to the ground in the process. He proceeded to pick himself up and ran right off. This a week or two after another guy tried to pull a "let's go to an atm" routine on him.

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That's pretty much where we are with NYC as far as I'm concerned.

[noddy]

Some homeless guy missed landing a haymaker on my father while he was walking the streets of Manhattan. The guy ran up, wound up and whiffed, falling to the ground in the process. He proceeded to pick himself up and ran right off. This a week or two after another guy tried to pull a "let's go to an atm" routine on him.

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That's pretty much where we are with NYC as far as I'm concerned.

twice a week I leave my little paradise 1 hr from the edge of suburbia to catch up with my office work and whatnot.

the world is full of angry people, stressed people, desperate people, I get overloaded.

i do my bare minimum "verbal grooming" on my workmates and runaway.

[Heracleum Persicum]

Some homeless guy missed landing a haymaker on my father while he was walking the streets of Manhattan. The guy ran up, wound up and whiffed, falling to the ground in the process. He proceeded to pick himself up and ran right off. This a week or two after another guy tried to pull a "let's go to an atm" routine on him.

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That's pretty much where we are with NYC as far as I'm concerned.

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You lucky


https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles- ... e-on-guard

. . at least 17 gangs, most of them based in South Los Angeles, have been independently staging robberies, sometimes using spotters to target people wearing high-end watches or driving expensive cars.

On Monday, a woman was followed by criminal suspects after she left a jewelry store in the Jewelry District of Downtown Los Angeles, police said. After stopping at an intersection, one of the suspects got out of a car and smashed the woman’s driver-side window. The woman abandoned her car and was chased by the suspects who struck her with a vehicle, held her at gunpoint and stole her watch, police said.

[NapLajoieonSteroids]

Yes, we are lucky.

My father has been through it before, so I'm not too concerned. No one is saying it is as bad as when the city last hit rock bottom, but it's all creeping back in. For us, the goal is just to make it through these next few months. He keeps pushing back his retirement but the end of the year is the hard out.

[noddy]

heres hoping it all improves, or atleast you guys can extract yourselves to greener pastures.