From the Queens Courier:One thousand new trees would grow in Queens and government rooftops would be painted an energy-saving white should Melinda Katz win her bid to lead the borough.
The former legislator outlined her “Plan for a Green Queens” on Tuesday, September 3 with her newest supporter, the New York League of Conservation Voters.
“With a total absence of federal legislation on environmental issues, there is a real need for local leaders to step in and fill the vacuum,” Katz said.
The candidate said she would use her borough presidency to allocate more park space, make Queens government buildings more energy efficient and lead regular electronic waste drives.
Why does this sound like Bloomberg 2.0?
27 comments:
She is clueless
and self-serving.
No imagination whatsoever. Just what Queens does NOT need.
Nice legs and butt ! The crapper fits perfectly
no meaningful trees can be planted in queens due to the low height at which overhead wires are strung. Take a tour of your borough, Melinda.
Planting trees and painting roof tops.....some platform.
Is she for real?
Unfortunately, there are no good candidates in the BP race.
Vile
You wanna see Bloomberg 2.0 ?
Here it is - soon coming to a community board near you!
Vallonia, bastard child of Bloombergia.
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121219/astoria/hallets-point-development-may-include-new-school-on-nycha-campus
http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2009/06/massive-development-projects-make.html
For bonus points, see if you can pick out Mr. "Those Millstones Are Just Rocks" Upzone himself!!!
Compared to that crowd, Melinda is a pathetic piker.
Before you know it, she'll be the new BP and will be Crapping all over Queens and her constituents. Not a decent candidate in the bunch. Queens is screwed.
Katz: potential Marshall clone air-head pro-development.
Vallone: pit viper.
The difference?
An air-head is seldom lethal.
In that photo you get to see her best side.
Sorry, but airheads can be very, very lethal if they have any power.
Katz is as much a pit viper as Vallone. She aint stupid.
Right you are Queens Crapper
Katz is as much a pit viper as Vallone. She aint stupid.
Her brother, Matt, works at York College, managing their Performing Arts Center. And Comrie's wife, Marcia, works there in Marketing (Public Relations). Would have been interesting if Leroy had stayed in the race - what do they do/say when they pass each other in the hallway? At least there are no Vallones at York (yet).
Vallone is like Giuliani II
Katz is like Bloomberg II
It's depressing to have to choose between these two asshats, but honestly, I'd take Bloomberg.
"It's depressing to have to choose between these two asshats, but honestly, I'd take Bloomberg."
If you would take Bloomturd over Giuliani then I have one word for you... moron.
I'm sorry, but despite the (many valid) reasons not to like Vallone, Melinda has the county endorsement from papa Crowley, and I would bet my bottom dollar that if elected, she will do more damage borough-wide than Vallone in needing to pay that back.
I'm sorry, but despite the (many valid) reasons not to like Vallone, Melinda has the county endorsement from papa Crowley, and I would bet my bottom dollar that if elected, she will do more damage borough-wide than Vallone in needing to pay that back.
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Whoever wins, we lose!
It's like choosing between the electric chair and a firing squad.
Oh Melinda momma-baby mines. Youse can shit on my kisser any ole time.
I'm sorry, but despite the (many valid) reasons not to like Vallone, Melinda has the county endorsement from papa Crowley, and I would bet my bottom dollar that if elected, she will do more damage borough-wide than Vallone in needing to pay that back.
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The underlying tone here in favor the lil Pete while brother Paul's name is vilified is nothing short of amazing.
With a resume called 'Astoria', it is abundantly clear that lil Pete will Astoriafy your community while Paul, kept at arms length by the organization and the evident distaste by his constituents, will never gain traction and will be a one hit wonder.
I simply cannot see by any stretch of the imagination how Katz has done as much damage as lil Pete who has an entire community for you to see what he will do.
With him in boro hall along with his band of brothers from Astoria (Calendo as boro planning Czar anyone? Constinople & Vallone as the gateway to getting anything done?), you will sustain far worse damage to your communities than Katz who will have only the addled Marshall's tired hangers on for staff,
your community boards will resemble CB1 with any degree of local resistance or unscripted thinking marginalized,
your civics will resemble UCCA and Dutch Kills,
and the borough will become even more invisible and will fall further behind the rest of the city just like Astoria in the past 36 years, went from a place of choice as one of NYC's best kept secrets to, under the Vallones, a distant memory all but vanished except for listings in real estate ads.
There has to be something about the Vallone clan that causes even the machine to shun them - something that should raise a red flag for you.
Now perhaps some people here cut a deal with the Vallones - that is the way they operate under rocks and in rooms filled with smoke and the shades drawn.
But the crowning achievement for your support is the almost certainty that with lil Pete sitting in that big comfy chair in borough hall will appoint Paul in some capacity over you as one of his first official acts.
That is the way they work. That is the way they send a clear message who is calling the shots.
For the rest of us, we will laugh our collective asses off.
Poor silly stupid Queens.
Duped again.
I thought this was a picture of one of the admins of this page until I read a little closer. Sad that this isn't actually a joke. Fantastic site you have here. Bookmarked. Never realized how much Queens Crap™ bothered me until recently.
Why are people against planting trees in Queen? On any hot day walk down a block with no trees, then walk down a bloc wth trees and you immediately notce the tree lined block is cooler and has better air quality. A house shaded by trees is cooler inside during the summer. I do think there are some locations that could use trees that wont interfer with powe lines. How about the center island on Atlantic Ave? It's wide, has no power lines. Regardless of how many trees are planed and where, they need to be maintained....and they're not! parks stil has not rmoved a hanging limb on Atlantic ave and 116 st. that I reported several times since January. I reported a limb on 115 st between 89 ave and Jamaica ave that is about to fall into traffic...311 says parks has 8 DAYS TO RESPOND. In that time someone could get killed!
If Vallone was Giuliani II, that would be a great reason to vote for him.
Anyone who doesn't recognize that Giuliani was among the best mayors the city ever had is an idiot.
Why are people against planting trees in Queen?
"Even elected officials who profess a love of trees say they fear that the city may not be putting the necessary resources into caring for the trees once they are planted. They cite instances of premature deaths, as well as a pruning backlog, made worse by recent budget cuts. The regular pruning cycle of street trees is now once every 15 years to 20 years, down from once every 7 years."
For the rest of the article, see the NY Times.
Katz will advance all of the prior office holders ideas so quickly that you will have wondered how much shi* has hit you! Yes, by the time you realize all that it will be all too late in moving away from it all because your property values will have sunk to afford doing so.
Vallone will get in because NE Queens thinks they are cut from a better cloth and he dare not do to them that he did to his own neighborhood.
After all they have COVENANTS!
Naw, Archie and Edith, horrified at Katz's lifestyle, will vote for the "next Giulliani".
(snicker)
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