“This is about putting New York City-based performers
on a level playing field. Day One when I was mayor I looked at the rule that
stated hometown players had an unfair disadvantage. Unimaginable. We were
treating our performers differently because they lived and played for home
teams. It's not acceptable.”
— New York City Mayor Eric Adams during his news conference rescinding the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the city’s professional athletes and performers, later talking about the economic boost such an action would bring to New York City as full teams would be fielded, not teams where players are not allowed to play because of their shot status, and how much money such a "level playing field" would bring into New York City coffers.
“Performers, athletes — mostly rich people — don’t have to show proof of vaccination to do their jobs in New York City, and I’m pressing back on that: how come not for the little guy? How come not for teachers, firefighters, police officers, so many of us that are on unpaid leave or lost our jobs.”
— Michael Kane, who taught in the New York City public school system until October, when his non-compliance with the New York City vaccination mandate cost him his job.
“If the mandate isn’t necessary for famous people, then it’s not necessary for the cops who are protecting our city.”
— Patrick J. Lynch, president of the Police Benevolent Association
“If the rules are going to be suspended, particularly for people with influence, then the UFT and other city unions are ready to discuss how exceptions could be applied to city workers.”
— Alison Gendar, a spokesman with the United Federation of Teachers
Journalism 101: never start off a story with a quote, unless the quote is substantial to the context of the story.
Well, I broke that rule, and I broke that rule pretty good here, because I had four quotes that I picked up from various news sources leading off my story, a story that is a continuation of yesterday’s story about New York City Mayor Eric Adams partial rescinding of the already idiotic “vaccination” mandate covering New York City workers.
He is exempting professional athletes and performers from this mandate, yet common people like cops, firefighters, hospital workers and teachers are still governed by the mandate.
About 1,400 such workers have lost their jobs because of this, and while I don’t believe that these workers were very smart in putting themselves into such a position—in fact, now more than ever, I believe that they are imbeciles—the mayor’s stance is completely idiotic, and clearly demonstrates that common folk don’t matter, but rich people do.
Reporter Marcia Kramer from the flagship CBS station in New York City asked the mayor about this disparity, and he double-talked her into near submission, not addressing the athletes vs. common folk dilemma that this can of worms has opened up, but put it in an athlete vs. athlete dilemma instead.
He stated to her that it was unfair for the city to allow athletes from out of town teams to play in city arenas if they haven’t been jabbed, and not fair to city athletes who haven’t gotten their shots to not be able to play.
But through the other side of his very big mouth, the mayor reiterated that he will not hire back the 1,400 workers who lost their jobs ue to their stance on not getting the shot(s), nor will he hire back others who are about to lose their jobs after they lost their hearings on things such as religious exemptions.
So, of course, this doesn’t answer the question she put to him, but, well, that is a politician for you.
When asked by others why the rich and famous appear to be getting a bye from rules and regulations governing others, Adams said that it wasn’t only the rich and famous that were getting this exemption, stating that “even your local comedian in your local club” would be getting this exemption.
So he is basically saying that if all the cops who were fired became comedians on the side, they could both make people laugh and keep their jobs.
Huh?
But here is a very clear bottom line here, as if anyone with a brain in their head doesn’t already know this:
• Yes the coronavirus exists, it is not going away, and we just have to learn to deal with it with the weapons we now have in our arsenal.
• Those city workers who put themselves into such a circumstance by their refusal to get their shot(s) continue to be imbeciles for doing so, because not only didn’t they really think about what they were doing and how it would impact their futures, but they have been dealing with two mayors—both Adams and his predecessor, Bill deBlasio—who are both not grounded in any reality whatsoever—and they should have known that before making such a life-changing decision.
• The handling of COVID-19 on all levels of government--from the get-go—has been tainted by greed and corruption, period. To have shut down a world for two years, as we did, which gave time for those to profit off of this to do so, was never grounded “in the science” as we have been told by the president, federal, state and local governments, the medical community, and others; it has been nothing but a money grab, a way to control the population, a way to bring up supposed disparities, and a way to pit one American against another ... and a way to make money for pharmaceutical companies and others.
You can bet that there are going to be lawsuits flying all over the place now that the decision has been made that selfish people like Kyrie Irving are more important to the lifeblood of New York City than the police are, and rightfully so.
If I lost my job because of this idiocy, you bet I would want my union to sue, and if I was an individual, I just might launch a lawsuit myself.
But there is another bottom line here that no one will mention, but I will:
• You get what you pay for, New York City voters.
This is who you voted into office to be your mayor.
How did you not learn anything from voting in—twice—Bill deBlasio, probably the worst mayor in the city’s history?
Sorry, you brought all of this onto yourself, and in dong so, you made all the cops, firefighters, hospital workers and teachers and others who have lost their jobs because of this idiotic mandate into nothing more than collateral damage.
You have yourselves to blame, and no one else.
Period.
Have a great weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.
— New York City Mayor Eric Adams during his news conference rescinding the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the city’s professional athletes and performers, later talking about the economic boost such an action would bring to New York City as full teams would be fielded, not teams where players are not allowed to play because of their shot status, and how much money such a "level playing field" would bring into New York City coffers.
“Performers, athletes — mostly rich people — don’t have to show proof of vaccination to do their jobs in New York City, and I’m pressing back on that: how come not for the little guy? How come not for teachers, firefighters, police officers, so many of us that are on unpaid leave or lost our jobs.”
— Michael Kane, who taught in the New York City public school system until October, when his non-compliance with the New York City vaccination mandate cost him his job.
“If the mandate isn’t necessary for famous people, then it’s not necessary for the cops who are protecting our city.”
— Patrick J. Lynch, president of the Police Benevolent Association
“If the rules are going to be suspended, particularly for people with influence, then the UFT and other city unions are ready to discuss how exceptions could be applied to city workers.”
— Alison Gendar, a spokesman with the United Federation of Teachers
Journalism 101: never start off a story with a quote, unless the quote is substantial to the context of the story.
Well, I broke that rule, and I broke that rule pretty good here, because I had four quotes that I picked up from various news sources leading off my story, a story that is a continuation of yesterday’s story about New York City Mayor Eric Adams partial rescinding of the already idiotic “vaccination” mandate covering New York City workers.
He is exempting professional athletes and performers from this mandate, yet common people like cops, firefighters, hospital workers and teachers are still governed by the mandate.
About 1,400 such workers have lost their jobs because of this, and while I don’t believe that these workers were very smart in putting themselves into such a position—in fact, now more than ever, I believe that they are imbeciles—the mayor’s stance is completely idiotic, and clearly demonstrates that common folk don’t matter, but rich people do.
Reporter Marcia Kramer from the flagship CBS station in New York City asked the mayor about this disparity, and he double-talked her into near submission, not addressing the athletes vs. common folk dilemma that this can of worms has opened up, but put it in an athlete vs. athlete dilemma instead.
He stated to her that it was unfair for the city to allow athletes from out of town teams to play in city arenas if they haven’t been jabbed, and not fair to city athletes who haven’t gotten their shots to not be able to play.
But through the other side of his very big mouth, the mayor reiterated that he will not hire back the 1,400 workers who lost their jobs ue to their stance on not getting the shot(s), nor will he hire back others who are about to lose their jobs after they lost their hearings on things such as religious exemptions.
So, of course, this doesn’t answer the question she put to him, but, well, that is a politician for you.
When asked by others why the rich and famous appear to be getting a bye from rules and regulations governing others, Adams said that it wasn’t only the rich and famous that were getting this exemption, stating that “even your local comedian in your local club” would be getting this exemption.
So he is basically saying that if all the cops who were fired became comedians on the side, they could both make people laugh and keep their jobs.
Huh?
But here is a very clear bottom line here, as if anyone with a brain in their head doesn’t already know this:
• Yes the coronavirus exists, it is not going away, and we just have to learn to deal with it with the weapons we now have in our arsenal.
• Those city workers who put themselves into such a circumstance by their refusal to get their shot(s) continue to be imbeciles for doing so, because not only didn’t they really think about what they were doing and how it would impact their futures, but they have been dealing with two mayors—both Adams and his predecessor, Bill deBlasio—who are both not grounded in any reality whatsoever—and they should have known that before making such a life-changing decision.
• The handling of COVID-19 on all levels of government--from the get-go—has been tainted by greed and corruption, period. To have shut down a world for two years, as we did, which gave time for those to profit off of this to do so, was never grounded “in the science” as we have been told by the president, federal, state and local governments, the medical community, and others; it has been nothing but a money grab, a way to control the population, a way to bring up supposed disparities, and a way to pit one American against another ... and a way to make money for pharmaceutical companies and others.
You can bet that there are going to be lawsuits flying all over the place now that the decision has been made that selfish people like Kyrie Irving are more important to the lifeblood of New York City than the police are, and rightfully so.
If I lost my job because of this idiocy, you bet I would want my union to sue, and if I was an individual, I just might launch a lawsuit myself.
But there is another bottom line here that no one will mention, but I will:
• You get what you pay for, New York City voters.
This is who you voted into office to be your mayor.
How did you not learn anything from voting in—twice—Bill deBlasio, probably the worst mayor in the city’s history?
Sorry, you brought all of this onto yourself, and in dong so, you made all the cops, firefighters, hospital workers and teachers and others who have lost their jobs because of this idiotic mandate into nothing more than collateral damage.
You have yourselves to blame, and no one else.
Period.
Have a great weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.
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