People of NYC have short memories, or don’t you remember his first year in office? We called him Mike Taxberg then, because every tax that exists in NY was raised shortly after his election. From the 25% property tax increase, to the huge increases in parking fines (and meter maids to hand them out), to the increase in State sales tax that he was instrumental in bringing about.
Well, he’s a smart guy and he did the nasty stuff pretty early on, so he was able to live down the nickname of Taxberg in time to get reelected. But now he wants the sales tax to go up again, and who knows what else he will pick on if you reelect him – because he will have nothing to lose.
The only people whom he spared from taxes are the real estate developers. So the next time you see a 50 story high-rise building in Manhattan that is full of rich yuppies who paid $1-$2 Million+ for their loft/duplex/penthouse and who are straining the natural resources of NYC (think of your water bill now), realize that they and the guy who put up that building are living in a tax haven and the lost revenue is coming out of your pockets when he raises taxes. </rant>
But what do I care, anymore? 😉