While Mr. Ferrer often attacked Mr. Bloomberg, Mr. Carrion has aligned himself with the mayor, particularly on big development projects. He did not, however, shy away from criticizing the so-called pay to play legislation Mr. Bloomberg and Ms. Quinn joined together to pass, which caps campaign contributions from those who do business with the city."If I were a billionaire 13 times over, I would be able to easily say what he says," Mr. Carrion said. "I have great respect for Mike Bloomberg. I think he's been a great mayor, but the suggestion and the implication that political contributions corrupt the process flies in the face of American history from the beginning."
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The Bronx president said that while he believes the attempts to improve the system were sincere he took the politically conservative position that "the free market" should not limit anybody's participation in the political process.
"It essentially implies that all political contributions and all political activity, unless it's giving from their household budget, is fundamentally, I don't want to say corrupt, fundamentally corruptible, and that's insulting," he said.
Mr. Carrion has taken some criticism for accepting campaign contributions from developers and for backing projects that faced community opposition, including the Gateway Center, which critics said was a sweetheart deal. Last year, he drew ire when he replaced several community board members after they voted against the Yankee Stadium plan.
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"It essentially implies that all political contributions and all political activity, unless it's giving from their household budget, is fundamentally, I don't want to say corrupt, fundamentally corruptible, and that's insulting," he said."
Here is another bright light that dozed through American history, political science, and civics.
Maybe before someone runs for office they should be given a standardized test on their knowledge of government dynamics.
Someone should start to ask canditates for office on their suggestions to streamline the election process: making the season smaller, making all donations from the public purse (and a tiny fraction of what they cost today) and opening up the process so more canditates can run (and less get thrown out by machine appointed judges because the applications were completed in the wrong shade of blue pen)
This guy is already a bore. His position on contributions is tiresome.
The Bronx is right up there with CB1 in Queens when it comes to putting community preservation first.
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