By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives February 22, 2021
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“The stunning policy reversal came after devastated skaters fumed over the weekend that they shouldn’t be kept off the ice due to Hizzoner’s beef with the Trump administration. “The Wollman and Lasker rinks will stay open under current management for the few weeks left in this season.” “But make no mistake, we will not be doing business with the Trump Organization going forward. Inciting an insurrection will never be forgotten or forgiven.”How big and generous—or plain mean and petty— of city council to give little kids a few weeks of this year’s skating, but throw politics in by stating they will not be doing business with the Trump Organization going forward. Like it’s up to a municipal council to give or take away the skating privileges of the young?
'When you see a crowd, when you see a line that's not distanced, when you see a supermarket that's too crowded, you can report it right away so we can get there to help fix the problem.’”
“Trump’s business group, run by his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, has operated the rinks for more than three decades.” “Lara Trump blasted De Blasio's plan to shut the rinks, calling it "disgusting." "Bill de Blasio has such a vendetta against a man that doesn’t even live in his city anymore, lives down in Florida now, that he is willing to take away these people’s jobs, people who have season passes are losing money on this, it’s absolutely disgraceful," she said on Fox News. "It is the worst kind of Trump derangement syndrome I have ever heard of," she continued. "It’s so terrible for the city of New York and this guy has a lot bigger problems on his hands, he might want to focus on getting that city back open because people are leaving as fast as they can. It is honestly so sad to see."
“New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife were heckled by locals as they walked through Prospect Park in Brooklyn over the weekend, despite living 11 miles away in Manhattan.(Daily Mail, April 27, 2020) “New Yorker Darren Goldner took video of the moment he scolded the Mayor for forcing an entourage of four SUV security vehicles to drive his family to the park for a nonessential recreational walk in a completely different borough. 'Seriously, you guys have a park. You live in park. You don’t need to non-essentially travel to Brooklyn. Come on you won’t even open roads for people of all backgrounds. I’m not going to give it a break. This is selfish behavior,' Goldner said. “At the end of the clip the Mayor and his wife walked to their cars followed by assistants and drove off. “De Blasio was seen waving his hand dismissively towards the camera as he walked away from his angry constituent saying, 'Come on guys, give it a break’.”Meanwhile, in de Blasio’s world some animals will always be more equal than others—but never the children of plebes.
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.