Let\’s start with the obvious. Any mayor who thinks the first two months of his mayoralty – during which his policies either have not gone into effect at all or have not had nearly enough time to be measured – shows that his policies are a success, is doing one of two things: He is either:
– talking like a fool, or
-talking like an amoral politician who hopes that the people he is talking to are fools.
Excerpted from Jennifer Fermino\’s article in today\’s New York Daily News:
Pushingback at critics who said his policies would be a boon to criminals,Mayor de Blasio said crime has fallen during the first weeks of hiswatch – with homicides dropping 21%.
“Somenaysayers suggested you couldn\’t bring down crime while bringingpolice and community back together,” de Blasio said “I thinkthese last 10 weeks show, yes you can.”
Speakingat a press conference with NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, themayor said crime overall is down 2% since he took office on Jan. 1through March 9, with a 14% drop in shootings compared to the sameperiod last year.
Can you believe the cajones of this man?
Did he happen to notice the WEATHER in New York City for January and February? Like the fact that it was among the most frigid and snowy January/February periods in the city\’s history? Does Mayor de Blasio understand that when the weather is bad, people don\’t go out — not even criminals?
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton certainly does. To his credit, Bratton did not have the stomach to lie about those statistics the way de Blasio did. His quote? “Jack Frostis the best friend of a police officer”.
Bingo. Exactly right.
Maybe it is that Bill de Blasio is stung so bad by the fact that his poll numbers have taken a dramatic nosedive since he was elected (talk about buyers\’ remorse!). Maybe that is why he felt compelled to, however ridiculously, try taking credit for a tiny window of statistics within a time period where external conditions would virtually guarantee a lowering of criminal activity no matter what policies were in place.
Or maybe we should just eliminate the “l” and “a” from his name, and start calling him Bill de BS-io.
Tell you what: let\’s revisit the crime statistics later in the year, when criminals are more easily able to go about their, er, chosen profession, and see how they stack up then. Fair enough?
There\’s a little something for you to worry about, Mr. Mayor.
