Deflection “Squared”

We’ve written before about The Paul’s ability to deflect attention from himself to something, no anything, else. The media is complicit with this because he keeps saying he believes in open government, so they feign all over him. It’s actually pseudo open government. Don’t believe us? Just look at the decline of the Journal News. It continues to lose readership because they have stopped doing their job as the public’s watchdog of challenging our politicians actions, especially in the Town of Greenburgh. The Paul’s version of open government is when it’s convenient for him for you to know something, or it doesn’t hurt his developer friends, he’ll disclose the information. If it’s something he wants, and more importantly, wants to hide, that information will never see the light of day. Unless, of course, you somehow can catch him doing something wrong and expose him. Most residents know his take, “Sue me if you don’t like what I’m doing?” And they do!

His latest blog headline, followed by even more text saying the same, proves our deflection-squared headline. His headline, “ADVISORY COMMITTEE WANTED TO PREPARE FOR TZ BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION--TO INCLUDE RESIDENTS CLOSEST TO BRIDGE.” The Stop & Shop construction didn’t warrant an advisory committee. Hmm, so how sincere is this “idea”? The maintenance-free Tappan Zee Bridge should now be turned into a park rather than take it apart and recycle its components. The new bridge will have a walkway, bike lane and ultimately, a rail component. Why keep the old bridge if the new one will be accommodating the features the old bridge is being saved for? At what point will The Paul agree to have the Unincorporated Town finance the bridge maintenance?

The Paul and his developer-friends are pretty busy over-building what used to be green space in the unincorporated areas of the Town. Therein lies his dilemma. How can he appear to be green while assisting his friends’ blacktopping what precious little porous ground is left in Greenburgh? It’s an easy answer. Deflection Squared! If he talks about keeping the bridge he always begged to have replaced just a few short years ago, eventually the media will pick up his convoluted story. The Journal News’ Phil Reisman got it right about The Paul in one of his rants, while the rest of his colleagues from the Bird Cage Liner Company endorsed the lunacy. Do we really want to have two superstructures marring the view of an otherwise gorgeous river? ABG thinks not.

One day in America, and maybe Westchester, there will be a media of the people, actually reporting the news instead of creating it. Until that time comes, ABG believes we may be the only ones pointing out the real problems in Greenburgh without the spin. If the fish stinks from the head down, that would indicate its time to get rid of the fish. The Town administration stinks. It’s time for The Paul to go. We can only hope.