"Isn't that right? Little Roger started running around again..."
The forest fires intensified, and Ronald's family couldn't stand it. Finally, at the invitation of Aunt Karen's phone call, the family ran to New York to temporarily escape the bad air pollution.
Just as the special effects shooting for "Forrest Gump" came to an end, Ronald also needed to rest for a few weeks before getting back to the editing work.
Little Doug and Donna had returned to New York after their honeymoon, and they both came over to have dinner with Ronald. Donna and Diane chatted about some intimate topics together, and little Doug invited Ronald to enjoy the food he purchased from Europe.
Brandy.
"Rudy's people have come to bring a message, asking for our help..."
Of course, in addition to the obvious reason to avoid the forest fire and the invitation from his aunt, Ronald came to New York for another important reason, which was that the New York mayoral election was about to begin.
Just like four years ago, the two candidates who are truly qualified to compete are Rudy, an Italian-born deputy attorney general, and Dinkins, a politician from the Black Donkey Party.
During the primaries, both of them defeated their opponents within the party with an overwhelming advantage and won the nomination. The other two parties in New York, the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, also supported Dinkins and Rudy respectively. The four major local parties in New York
Three of the newspapers, the New York Times, the New York Post, and Newsday, also selected their respective supporters just like the previous year.
The New York Post and Newsday endorsed Dinkins, while the New York Post still supported Rudy. Only the New York Daily News, which is controlled by Ronald, has not officially expressed its position.
Agents on both sides of the campaign are looking for people to communicate with each other. Ed Bastian's attitude has always been ambiguous. There are now widespread rumors that the New York Daily News may not endorse any candidate this time.
Because everything is almost exactly the same as four years ago, this election has been likened to a rematch between the Yankees and the Mets. The election situation is similar to the last time, with both Queens and Staten Island overwhelmingly
Supported Rudy. Manhattan and the Bronx both supported Dinkins. Brooklyn's support rates were evenly matched.
So for several months, the main work of both candidates has been in Brooklyn, the most populous district-level institution in America. The population of 2.3 million can be said to be decisive. Whoever can win here will basically win.
Become mayor.
Everyone feels that this situation seems to be a repeat of the last time, and they are generally more optimistic about Dinkins. Only the hatred between the two parties is more intense than four years ago.
The unemployment rate is rising rapidly. Four years ago, the unemployment rate was only 6.7%. After the economic depression under George Sr., it rose to 11.1%...
Urban security has also become worse. It is generally believed that robbery and theft are getting more and more serious. However, contrary to public perception, the crime rate is declining. This makes many people very irritated. People mainly blame Dinkins for manipulating the crime rate.
The calculation formula is used to gild the so-called ethnic palette governance model (where various ethnic groups live together in mixed areas).
This purely whimsical approach to governance has brought about deeper cases of racial hatred and crime.
At about the same time as the Los Angeles riots, racial hatred between Koreans and blacks also broke out in New York. A Korean-owned Red Apple grocery store was accused of searching and beating a black Haitian woman.
However, the Korean shop owner accused the woman of not paying for the goods, and after being caught on the spot, she even threatened to make it difficult for the shop owner and his family to survive here.
The black mayor Dinkins immediately issued a protest and called on black people to protest in front of the Red Apple grocery store.
However, New York is, after all, the most realistic, selfish, and smartest place in the United States. Everyone has long been tired of the black mayor Dinkins’s biased approach to black people, and no one from other ethnic groups believes in this "
In "Performance", black people are the righteous party.
A district judge ruled at a critical moment that the protest could not be held within fifty feet of the Red Apple grocery store.
Rudy's home base, the inspection system and the NYPD, did not implement this, and looked on with cold eyes, hoping that Dinkins' black base would cause a racial riot like the one in Los Angeles, and completely ruin the possibility of black people in the New York political circle in the next thirty years.
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This move also put Dinkins in a difficult position. He had to call for reconciliation when the incident escalated and Molotov cocktails were found around him. Instead, his reputation in the black community plummeted. His efforts to incite racial conflicts failed.
Erosion of rice.
Another incident that greatly cost Dinkins was the riots in Crown Heights. Black and Caribbean immigrants attacked the Jewish community and international tourists here. Many people were killed and injured, and New York was completely devastated.
Tourism.
The Jewish community was also extremely dissatisfied with Dinkins' favoritism for blacks and launched many protests. Their Italian and Irish allies, both white people in the broadest sense, joined forces, led by Rudy, to carry out large-scale arrests and arrests.
A group of black gangster leaders in Crown Heights.
Then Governor Cuomo (Italian) launched an independent investigation and placed the main responsibility for the anti-Semitic riots on the NYPD chief Lee Brown (black) appointed by Dinkins, forcing the latter to resign for personal reasons.
Behind the two consecutive incidents were blacks uniting with Latinos to fight against the alliance of whites, Italians, and Irish who have deep influence in politics and the police.
This year, it turned into a direct confrontation between Rudy and Dinkins. At a Police Benevolent Association rally, Rudy served as the main speaker against Dinkins.
Rudy spoke and said, "There is only one reason for the low morale of the New York City Police Department, and that is: David Dinkins!" The rally quickly turned into a riot, and nearly 4,000 off-duty police officers stormed City Hall and blocked Brook.
Traffic on Lin Bridge.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The mayoral election has become a personal grudge. Both of them have mobilized all their strength. This time it is either you or me. Not only will the losing party definitely be punished
A series of political pursuits including the investigation of corruption and abuse of power by the victorious side, this time the allies of both sides are also at risk of being pursued and eliminated by the other side.
This is also the reason why the political forces of Staten Island represented by Ronald and Doug Jr., and the media controlled by the New York Daily News, did not endorse the betting side.
The campaign has reached a critical moment, and the internal polls conducted by both parties are also very tense. Many media and experts predict that this may be the closest mayoral election in New York history, and the final vote gap may be larger than the last time's 40,000 votes.
Seven thousand votes is even smaller.
However, I don’t know why, just a few weeks before the crucial vote, Rudy suddenly came to Ronald and Doug Jr. for support as the two sides were fighting fiercely in Brooklyn.
"I don't know why, but I have experts who can consult..." Ronald and Little Doug drank brandy from a private winery in the Cognac area while waiting for someone to come to their door.
"Ronald...ah ha, you have something good here, give me one..." The first person to arrive was Roger, an election expert and political commentator who worked very hard on Ronald's talk show TV station.
Ayers.
As soon as he arrived, he happily smoked a cigar brought by Little Doug, drank some wine, and then gave some advice to the two young rich men.
Sure enough, the experts who have been deeply involved in the two presidential elections are not comparable to those who only watch public polling data on TV to "interpret" the electoral situation.
Ayers obtained the results of some polls conducted within the party, which are more fair and objective than media polls.
In this mayoral election, everyone is targeting the median voter, but both parties have similar funds. The results of everyone's investment cancel each other out, and the results are basically unchanged from the last vote.
For example, 70% of donkey party registrants, 90% of black people, and 70% of Latinos support Dinkins. 70% of white people, 60% of Jews, and more than 80% of elephant party registrants support Rudy.
This distribution is basically the result of policies on both sides. A large number of blacks and Latinos rely on welfare, while whites and Jews hope more for tax cuts.
Only two categories of voters have changed. The first is the blue-collar workers who support themselves. These people have suffered the most during the economic recession and deterioration of public security in the past four years. Their troubles are not tax cuts and children's education.
, but the problem is that simple manual jobs have been greatly reduced, making it difficult to survive in New York.
There is a very simple indicator for this group of people, that is, people who have graduated from high school. Unlike people who have not graduated from high school, they cannot receive unemployment benefits, nor are people with higher education who can find a low-level white-collar job in New York.
In addition to reduced job opportunities, lower wages, and rising prices, these people have little savings. Once a major change occurs in the family, they will face changes such as having their house taken away by the bank, living on the streets, or returning to their hometown.
Therefore, among this group of people, only 40% supported Rudy last term. This time the poll shows that it will be reversed, with 60% supporting Rudy. Their main demand is to fight crime (the main impact is
low-income communities), and develop the economy to create more radiant jobs in Manhattan.
Another voting group that has changed significantly is Ronald's hometown of Staten Island.
During Dinkins' four-year term as mayor, this place became a forgotten corner. Most of the various municipal public service subsidies, infrastructure renovation plans, and welfare expenditures for the lower class fell to Harlem.
District and Brooklyn and the Bronx, places where black people live the most.
Staten Island has not made a dime, and the intercity railways that run through the island are also in disrepair, causing many parking and delay accidents. For those depicted in "Working Girls", living in Staten Island, Manhattan
People at work cause a lot of trouble.
There is a joke that expresses this situation vividly. If you ask a person where he is from, and he says he lives in Manhattan, he is a rich person living in Manhattan. If he says he lives in the city, he is a queen.
If he claims to be a New Yorker, he probably lives in Brooklyn. If he says he lives in the five boroughs of New York City, then he is from the Bronx. If he claims to work in Manhattan, then he
Most likely a country boy who lives in Stanton.
Staten Island is a well-known rural area in New York City, the lowest point in the contempt chain. Therefore, many people are used to this kind of situation where good things come to them in the end. But having no benefits is one thing, and having too many disadvantages is another.
One thing.
Dinkins hugged black and Latino voters and dumped some unpleasant stuff on Staten Island like trash.
On the west side of Staten Island, there is a landfill called Fresh Kills. Under Dinkins, two landfills in Brooklyn, one in Queens, and one in the Bronx were closed, and almost all major landfills were closed.
Domestic waste and construction waste are thrown into this Staten Island landfill.
The Fresh Kills landfill is expanding so fast that it is rumored to be visible from the space shuttle, making it the only garbage dump in the world that can be seen by astronauts.
The people of Staten Island were full of complaints against Dinkins. Many people published public appeals in the Stanton Advance newspaper. Staten Island did not receive the benefits of New York, but suffered additional disadvantages. All the taxes they paid were used.
To subsidize black people in the Bronx, New York City tax dollars go to Staten Island.
Gradually, a call for the independence of Staten Island was formed in the Staten Island Congress and the people, calling for a referendum to break away from the jurisdiction of New York City. Whether it is to become an independent city, fall under the direct jurisdiction of New York State, or simply merge.
Even if you go to New Jersey, you can say that more funds can be used to improve the well-being of the island.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Of course, the city government of Staten Island will not like this referendum. In New York City, you can further enter the political circles of the largest city in the United States and gain a lot.
Financial support and exposure. If it becomes an independent city...how many people can name the independent cities in upstate New York?
"So, they most likely want to use this referendum to exchange benefits with us..." Roger Ailes explained clearly the key to this election and put forward the conditions that Rudy might propose this time.
Soon, Rudy's Italian political advisor also came. He and Roger Ailes were old acquaintances. After everyone exchanged greetings, they sat down.
This Italian consultant has a gourmet demeanor. After sitting down, he first enjoyed a cigar and a good wine. After a few minutes, he moved his fat body and made a straightforward offer.
Rudy hopes to promote this referendum that will be held at the same time as the mayoral election to achieve an independent outcome for Staten Island. This will allow voters to bring out their dissatisfaction with Dinkins when they vote. Let them vote in the market.
While the vote was being held, I was reminded of the feeling of being forgotten in Staten Island for the past four years. As for the result of the referendum, it still needs to be approved by the New York City Council anyway, and it will definitely not pass by then.
Of course, all this has to be arranged by local snakes like Little Doug. If resources are allocated properly and influential figures such as factories and churches raise their voices, the referendum will definitely pass with a high vote, giving Rudy the possibility of adding ten thousand or twenty thousand votes.
In this year's fierce competition, these 20,000 votes may be decisive.
"You can put forward any conditions you need."
"I think we can gain...and Rudy's friendship." Little Doug first talked to him about what he and Ronald hoped to get.
"Of course...what about you, Director Li?"
"Well..." Ronald thought for a while, "I personally don't have any additional requirements. Doug and I have always been advancing and retreating together. But... I want to fight for something for the voters of Staten Island..."
"Please tell me..." The muscles on the fat consultant's face shifted somewhat, and the expression he squeezed out made people uncomfortable. He was afraid that Ronald would put forward sloping conditions like Dinkins and fight for too many benefits for Staten Island.
, which is inconsistent with Rudy’s own ethnicity (Italian) and basic base (inspection and NYPD system).
"One is the commitment to close the Fresh Kills landfill..."
"Yes, but this will take time... Rudy can publicly announce the closure, and when can he come up with a specific timetable? Is there another two?"
"Secondly, I think he can subsidize the Staten Island ferry, preferably free..." Ronald was thinking of those secretaries in "Working Girls" who commuted by ferry every day.
"Huh?" The expression on the fat consultant's face immediately became exciting. This method is really adding a lot of votes to Rudy. As for the price, each passenger is fifty cents, which is not worth it to the wealthy New York City.
What the heck. But if voters are exempted from spending thirty dollars a month, can the lower-level white-collar workers breathe a sigh of relief?
"Genius, your idea is genius." After sending away the consultant, Roger Ailes also looked at Ronald in surprise, "Do you have any idea of running for the commander-in-chief in the future? If so, you can start now.