NYC Blizzard Story Was - ANOTHER - GOP Political Fabrication

[kpete]

Evidence Elusive on Charge of a Blizzard Slowdown

City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran, center, at a Jan. 10 hearing on the storm cleanup. At left is Councilman Mark Weprin.
By RUSS BUETTNER and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
Published: January 25, 2011

The story rocketed around New York City when streets went uncleared after the Dec. 26 blizzard: Sanitation workers, angry about job reductions, had deliberately staged a work slowdown.

An allegation made headlines.


It resulted in wisecracks on “Saturday Night Live,” fiery denunciations of unions on cable news and four criminal investigations.

And it occurred because one man, Councilman Daniel J. Halloran, Republican of Queens, said five city workers had come to his office during the storm and told him they had been explicitly ordered to take part in a slowdown to embarrass Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

But the more that investigators look into Mr. Halloran’s story, the more mystifying it becomes.


the rest: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/nyregion/26snowman.html?_r=1
MORE: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/26/938981/-NYC-Blizzard-Story-Was-Another-GOP-Fabrication

[SpiralHawk]

1. Anyone paying attention understands now about Republicon lies

Lies lies lies are at the heart of almost everything they say.

Never has a body politic been infested with souls of such low honor.

[Brickbat]

2. Someone lied to make unions look bad? NO WAY!! And then a bunch of people believed it? AMAZING.

What's amazing is how many on this site believed it.

[malaise]

3. DIng ding

We have a winner

[hlthe2b]

4. Sad, isn't it?

[Brickbat]

9. On so many levels.

I was done being surprised a long time ago, though.

[tanyev]

5. Grandstanding Opportunistic Politicizers.

[Renew Deal]

6. I think the problem was that it was the day after Christmas

And people were all over the place. Not focused on work.

[Brickbat]

7. I'm just going to give this a kick so those who were FREAKING OUT about this can maybe see it.

Maybe.

[peacetalksforall]

8. He's not ready for a Rovian position though he has studied Rovian.

Do you think Koch money funnels down to him? Or is the source more local?

Tea Party money - of cours. Not Bloomberg.

[gratuitous]

10. Four criminal investigations?

Gee, I hope none of them lead to Mr. Halloran or cause him any trouble. Because that would be unacceptable criminalizing of his political grandstanding, and we all know how distressing that is for the likes of Mr. Halloran. It would oh-so-wrong for Mr. Halloran to pay any price for trying to smear city workers.