Alternatives in the Mayoral Election

I hope many New Yorkers who will vote this November won't think they are limited to simply the Mayor and the Democrat who wins the Primary this September. There will be other candidates on the ballot and you really need to think about expressing your true voice and not throw your vote against the candidate you like least.

Tom Ognibene may have lost his chance to challenge Michael Bloomberg in a Republican Primary, but he will be on the ballot as your Conservative Party candidate. If you are a conservative New Yorker, whether your registered with the Party or as a Republican or Democrat, you should protest your displeasure with the Mayor and his challenge to freedom of choice. We do not live under communism where all dissentors are silenced in an election.

Audrey Silk is running as the Libertarian candidate. If you loathe anything Republican or Conservative and can't bring yourself to vote on a candidate that sits on the "right" of the political spectrum, and all your Democratic choices appear weak in your opinion, Ms. Silk is a good choice for you. The Libertarian Party is for your civil liberties, your privacy and lower taxes to boot. If you feel Mayor Bloomberg will simply walk into the City Hall this election and hate your Democratic choices, protest with Audrey Silk. Let the media open their eyes in surprise.

As for the Democrats voting in the Primary, from my standpoint, your two choices are Gifford Miller and Anthony Weiner. Forget about Fields and you should certainly forget about Ferrer. A two-time loser in the mayoral elections, Mr. Ferrer has already stated he intends to raise your taxes in more than one area just so our City Budget is larger than what it already is. Our City Budget is already at $50,200,000,000 a YEAR! Think about that for a minute. Think about how big that is. Can't get a good idea? Well just think of it this way. The City of Detroit runs a $1,500,000,000 annual Budget. That's 33 1/2 times smaller than NYC. Think Detroit is a bad example? How about the State (STATE) of New Jersey. Their annual Budget is roughly $27 billion a year. That's almost half the City of New York. And Mr. Ferrer wants more money taken from New York taxpayers to make the City of New York even bigger. Not good. You remember his Two New Yorks motto? Well, apparently, he is completely ignorant to the fact that his ideas will only expand the "divide" he's trying to fight against.

At this point, do I believe Mayor Bloomberg will win? Likely. But maybe if enough of us play our own game with this election, he will realize he's not as loved as he thinks.