[sinanju]

Isn’t Bloomie borrowing that idea from London Town’s “Red Ken” Livingstone?

[neverdem]

It'll be too soon if I never heard of Bloomberg again.

There’s Gas in Those Hills NY too!

FReepmail me if you want on or off my New York ping list.

[Rudder]

Something's amiss here with Bloomberg's traffic reduction scheme. First the idea was to charge all drivers so as reduce traffic entering the area.

But now, since Silver has nixed the plan, Bloomberg proposes taxing miliionaires for the purpose of...? I 'm lost again. What the hell is he up to, merely raising money?

[razorback-bert]

Ms. Sadik-Khan’s

When I see Ms. and a hyphen, I know I am dealing with liberal.

[xkaydet65]

Liberal rich guys usually have the attitude that they know best and we are ignorant rubes. Still I would have enjoyed seeing it pass, just to watch two liberal rich guys go to war. Corzine was going to use the commerce clause of the Constitution to prevent the fee from affecting Jerseyites.

He had a credible case that it unfairly charged New Jersey drivers, truckers, and businesses doing business across state lines. It clearly states in the Constituion that Congress is the only entity that can regulate interstate trade and that states may not charge or tax goods or traffic entering their state. Bridge and road tolls are usage charges for particular venues. Manhattan below 60th street is a destination and cannot be treated as a bridge or highway. It would have been fun to Mike smacked down in SCOTUS and have Antonin Scalia deliver a stinging sarcastic opinion.