Soaking the Riff Raff...I'd rather soak in the tub

Fortunately, the powers of stagnation in New York always overcome the bad ideas for change.

Mayor Bloomberg, who almost foisted an albatross of a stadium on the west side of Manhattan in 2005 before he was stopped just in time to save his chances for a second term, was at it again with his big ideas that hurt little people, when he promulgated the congestion pricing for Manhattan south of 86th Street, a measure which would have crippled out of town commuters, uptown commuters, outer borough commuters, small businesses with vans, neighborhoods which would have been dumping grounds for motorists seeking free parking, and businesses that thrive off of all of the above.

Thankfully there is a man named Sheldon Silver, much maligned, who has what the Jews call "seichel"--common sense. He has been our David with a slingshot saving Bloomberg and the other big thinkers from themselves.