Bloomberg to taxicab owners: “After January, I am going to destroy all you fucking guys.”

Having lost a court decision over his “Taxi of Tomorrow,” Hizzoner isn’t about to give up: his new plan is to destroy the cab industry after leaving office, as he explained to Taxi Club Management CEO Gene Freidman when the two met at Madison Square Garden’s private 1879 Club during last Thursday’s Knick playoff game.

According to one witness, Mayor Bloomberg promised to “destroy your fucking industry.”

I could mock him for losing his cool, revile him for being a sore loser, or nominate him for BITE ME’s Man of the Year Award. I think I’ll just quote Jon Bon Jovi: “You’re an asshole.”

Taxi king says Bloomberg threatened him with curse-filled rant – NYPOST.com.

NYC transit workers want to “Stand your ground”

Seeing how well it worked for Trayvon Martin and, for that matter, George Zimmerman, NY State Senator Eric Adams now wants transit workers to be armed with Tasers. And the transit workers’ union agrees.

Here at BiteMe.Me, we think that anyone who attacks a transit worker should be punished to the full extent of the law, but handing out weapons in a major city is just plain stupid.

Brooklyn state Sen. Eric Adams wants transit workers to be armed with Tasers   – NY Daily News.

Note also: Holy Spit! Bus Drivers Got Average Of Two Months Paid Leave For Getting Spat On

Highway bill divides Republicans

House Speaker John Boehner is having trouble getting the needed votes to pass a highway bill. One problem he faces is that the plan lacks earmarked funds for lawmakers’ pet projects, which previously numbered more than 6,000 in the last highway measure.

” ‘In the past people were bought off with earmarks or some special provisions,’ Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica, a Florida Republican, told reporters this week. ‘We don’t have that luxury. What we have to do is to discuss policy; that takes longer.’ ”

Oopsies! It turns out that those hated earmarks (and I don’t care for them any more than the conservatives do) help grease the wheels of government.

Former Highway Bill Foe Boehner Scavenging for US House Votes | Tea Party Patriots Online.