Posts by Alex Moore3

Jack Hill2 said:I actually decided to look up the Department of Sanitation online.

This is what I found:

- No new trucks have been purchased in five years, yet they’re running them through two or three shifts
- 45% of the fleet is out of commission
- They are short at least 25 trucks
- Regular maintenance hasn't been performed for years
- Debt from repairs and parts has been piling up for years
- Way too many administrative staff, not enough actual workers
- Young, capable people are leaving because the pay is too low, and they can find better work elsewhere

To me, these don't look like issues that started yesterday... and they won't be fixed within a single term.

Honestly, it sounds like the classic symptoms of a corrupt mindset:
"Who cares if we skip a service interval? We can just pocket the cash, and nobody will notice."
"It doesn't matter if we swap a new part for a used one on a city truck. Nobody will catch on." plus "The city/state/county won't go bankrupt over $0.33"
"No big deal if we pay double for a part, nobody will notice."
"Doesn't matter if we hire one more person for administration, it won't kill anyone."
"Who cares about ten years from now? As long as we grab the money while we can."
"You'd be crazy not to take advantage of the situation while you can."
"I'm not going to be the only honest fool left."
Etc.

A lot of what was written might actually be true. It probably worked that way for a long time, but...
Didn't we elect him to improve things? Not to make them worse. And the situation is significantly worse after just one year.
In one of your previous comments, you mentioned that trash pickup works great and you don't see bags by overflowing bins, plus even the new Director of Sanitation admitted there are issues. Are you suggesting he's lying?😁
And one more thing. During his first year, our Mayor brought in a new director from Indianapolis. He gets a pretty decent salary and a $0.00 housing allowance. How did he earn that? Through successes in his old job in Indianapolis? Or is it something else?

Following the recent New York City Council meeting, where an amendment to the employment contract for the head of the local Sanitation branch, Davor Vić, was announced—which was signed with him on December 31st by the head of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Ivan Novaković—it was revealed to the public that this Democrat from Indianapolis is being granted a monthly housing and utility allowance of $1667 on top of his 26,000 gross salary. That's nearly double what members of Congress or other officials get, plus a company vehicle that he uses to drive back to Indianapolis every single week. That travel alone costs about $1000 a month, which is roughly what an "average Joe" working for the Department of Sanitation would pay if he used his own car to visit family in Indianapolis.

This is reaching a whole new level of disrespect. Insisting on protecting a compromised Attorney General—someone who was caught lying to Congress twice and tried to shield former Secretary Zelal—is a total slap in the face to every citizen. It’s a joke.
What will it take for the people voting for them to actually open their eyes?
Are we really supposed to wait until the European Union steps in and demands the Republican Party be removed?

hollowmason64 said:The only thing that ruins your little lie about the law not being voted on a week prior is the fact that it was actually passed after a two-week special session of US Congress.
Next time you decide to stretch the truth, maybe try inventing something that isn't so easily debunked by checking the official US Congress website.
And yes, I am very satisfied with the answer.

What are you talking about when you say they don't care?
Looking at the rest of your post... man, do you even realize what you're writing?
Are you saying that voting for the law gave Plenković and Horvat the ammunition to play it off and point fingers elsewhere?
Is it really that hard for people who actually think for themselves to see that this is just standard Republican nonsense?
If you see it, you see it. If you don't... well, the Republicans could have stayed home on election day and we'd still be stuck with people believing Plenković.
On the flip side, if they hadn't voted for it, Plenković would just be accusing them of not giving a damn about people sitting without roofs over their heads, claiming the reconstruction would only be halfway done if everyone hadn't supported the law—it's all just a bunch of garbage...
..which brings us back to the main point: Republicans will always find a way to blame someone else for their own screw-ups. It's the same deal whether you recognize who is responsible or not.
Anything else is just silly spinning and twisting things in a way that only serves to make you look foolish.

Quincy:

What bothers me is how often I see these Republican-style excuses popping up on this forum from Možemo and their mistakes. They voted, but it doesn't matter. They lied, but it doesn't matter. It feels like reading an epic poem written by two opposing machines.🙂

Sure, they voted for that law. They were out there protesting in front of US Congress all night right before the dissolution and elections because they wanted that law passed first.
The whole point was to get that damn law on the books so the reconstruction could finally start.
The idea was to pass it, then tweak and adjust it as problems popped up on the ground—but the priority was just to get moving.
I can say this with total confidence: even the harshest critics of the Republican Party—and I count myself among them—never thought they would sit on their hands for over a year while these people didn't give a single damn about the fact that another winter was coming.

What lie are you talking about???
Maybe this one?
https://www.telegram.com/politics-news-on-reconstruction/amp/

Look, I'm actually feeling a little embarrassed for you right now. 😁

Christian Torres3 said:Thanks a lot, party loyalist. That was all you were asked to do. The rest of your rambling is completely useless.

To the analyst trying to play judge on which opposition side is right or wrong...
Why did you cut out the part where it explains how your party and the Progressives are actually responsible for passing that terrible law that's stalling all the reconstruction efforts?
Do you really think people will forget just because you cherry-picked the comments?
Plenty of people know how your party operates, especially when they back criminal legislation. It's a pattern—your party always jumps in to bail out its own wing whenever it suits them.☕
Anyway, Mr. Aspiring Analyst, 😁 do you honestly still think you're the right person to be grading the opposition after getting slapped down by the facts like this?😁

Are the typos just because you're stressed? What's got you so worked up?
A week before the vote, they didn't even have 76 votes in the chamber, so the bill didn't pass.
Which opposition was Andrej Plenković talking about? The group that actually helped pass that law, or the ones who were against it or abstained?

hollowmason64 said:Wait, "a little tougher"???
Seriously, please tell me how passing a law becomes just "a little tougher" when you already have the 76 votes you need to make it happen?
I am dying of curiosity here, please, I really need to hear an explanation for that logic. 🙂

Quincy:

So, are you saying the Democratic Party and the Progressives voted for a disastrously bad law, but they aren't responsible for it???

Of course not. How can you be held accountable for managing something when you don't have a single lever at your disposal—not even a tiny bit of influence over any of them?

Your logic is a bit shaky 😵 — on one hand, you're arguing that if the opposition hadn't supported the law, citizens would notice, but now that nothing is getting built, citizens don't seem to care?
Are you saying back then it would have been obvious the law was bad because the opposition rejected it, but now nobody knows who to blame for the lack of progress?
You're being a little contradictory here.

They couldn't pass that law a week before.
On the second attempt, they actually put in some effort and passed a controversial, poorly designed, and unworkable law, and they even had help from the Democratic Party and the Greens.
Satisfied with that answer?

Quincy

Christian Torres3 said:Let me ask you something (and I know you won't answer), are the Democratic Party and Možemo actually responsible for how the law is carried out? And is Horvat some minister appointed because of a Možemo or Democratic Party quota?

Mr. Analyst, do I really need to prove you wrong again? Fine.
Nobody was questioning who is responsible for the (lack of) enforcement of this law, but since you asked, yes, the Republican Party is responsible for that, and Smith is a Republican minister. Satisfied?
But just in case you didn't catch it, let me repeat: the Republican Party is responsible for both passing this bad law and its implementation, while the Democrats and the Greens share responsibility for voting it through. This is the opposition that you, our "expert" analyst 😁, labeled as the "real" opposition while calling the others "fake," so I'm showing you exactly how much nonsense you're talking. You're getting ahead of yourself.☕

On a more serious note. The opposition needs to unite at least regarding the elections to take power back from a corrupt administration. They should set aside ideological differences until those issues actually hit the agenda. What you and the other former Democrats are doing is counterproductive. By pushing these foolish and untrue claims, you're creating division within the opposition before the election even happens. You don't even realize you're just helping the corrupt party.
Back when the Democrats were in power, you tried to shut down legitimate criticism of bad moves—moves that ultimately led to the Republicans returning to power. Instead of criticizing those mistakes yourselves, you deflected and insisted everyone else was to blame rather than your own party.
Now, after the split in the Democratic Party and their path toward becoming a marginal group, you've jumped ship to join the Greens and are making the exact same mistakes. You haven't learned anything, and you could easily end up with the same result.
Of course, that is unless you change your approach.
It is necessary to criticize the bad actions of your own favorites so they can improve and correct their course in time.
If you've understood anything at all, you won't be angry at this critique; if you haven't, just keep going until Adams eventually asks you to defend him.😁

hollowmason64 said:So, you're basically admitting they cheated, just like this... What do you think they'd be doing if there wasn't anyone left to watch them?

That attempt of yours to shift the blame onto other parties is completely missing the mark, because the Republican Party would have pushed this through regardless.
And yeah, sure, they criticized the flaws in the bill before the vote, but the biggest failure of this whole thing—something absolutely nobody could have seen coming—is that even after more than a year and a half since the disaster, not a single house has actually been built.
And that right there? That is the sole responsibility of the Republican Party.

You're absolutely right that the Republican Party would have passed that law on a second attempt even without opposition. It might have been harder, and they would have taken the full blame, but since the Democratic Party and the Progressives helped them out, the responsibility is naturally shared.
If anything is being weak here, it's your effort to justify why the Democratic Party and the Progressives aligned themselves with the Republican Party in this instance.
It’s funny how you explain that they criticized the proposal so heavily, only to end up voting for the very thing they opposed. I guess Joe Biden just forced their hand.😁
Another interesting point from the link above is that some parties were extremely critical and warned the law wouldn't work. Their representatives didn't even vote for it.
Wait, so the Democratic Party and the Progressives voted for a disastrous law, but they aren't responsible???
Let me try rephrasing that: The Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the Progressives are ALL responsible for passing a terrible law that has delayed recovery for over a year and risks us having to return EU funds, all while citizens are stuck waiting through another winter in temporary housing. How does that sound? ☕

hollowmason64 said:I tend to stay pretty vigilant about safety just because I’m acutely aware of exactly where I live and what I’m seeing and reading every single day. Honestly, you have to be completely disconnected from reality to claim that everything is perfectly secure.

If you actually cared about casting a vote, you would have shown up to the polls. Period.
I really have to disagree with the idea that this can just be applied to everything else. It feels like a bit of a reach to me because you're starting from the assumption that everyone is actually using the federal digital ID portal. In reality, that's just not how things work for most people out there.

People who aren't on board with the Republican Party honestly couldn't care less about the upcoming elections. They have no intention of getting involved again, mostly because they have enough decency to realize they don't have any right to dictate how everyone else should live their lives.

Goodness, trying to have a real conversation with someone who acts like a toddler... that’s just where your logic is sitting right now.
I don't really feel like sitting here and listing every single specific difference between the two right now, so I’ll just give you the bottom line. It comes down to the end result. When someone robs you blind like that, you realize it pretty much instantly, and you can actually start looking into ways to fix it or take action. Around here, you're just left totally in the dark—you have no clue if you've been cheated or not.

They kept saying "we can handle this today," just like they always do. They weren't the only ones making those promises either, but honestly, six months had already slipped by. At that point, I figured any version of the Reconstruction Law was better than nothing at all—something we could just tweak and fix as we went along. I mean, I don't think even the biggest pessimists or the most hardcore critics of the Republican Party (and trust me, I count myself among them) actually expected these incompetent fools to fail at rebuilding even a single house after a year and a half.
I spent a lot of time wondering how much they’d embezzle or how many homes would end up being shoddy, half-baked jobs, but the idea that they wouldn't have finished a single house after more than 18 months? That never even crossed my mind.

The Republican Party proposed that law, and both the Democratic Party and the Progressives sided with them. Those are the facts. Part of the opposition even claimed the law was flawed and unenforceable, which turned out to be true.
Now, the Democratic Party and the Progressives are distancing themselves and making valid demands for changes, but it would be decent of them to admit fault and apologize to the citizens who will spend another winter in shipping containers thanks to them.
It would also be fair if certain forum members who defend them would acknowledge this. But I know that's not realistic.😁
Or at least explain the differences between these three parties based on how they voted on this law. Is the Republican Party solely responsible, or are the Democratic Party and the Progressives also to blame?

driftingtinker said:Man, just look at the absolute drama Plenković is whipping up over a few days' delay...
makes you wonder what kind of total circus we’d be dealing with if the opposition actually managed to tank the passing of this law.

Oh, I see. So according to this "expert analyst," true opposition means siding with the Republican Party to help them pass bad legislation just to avoid their theatrics. Meanwhile, "bad opposition" is anyone who actually stands their ground or abstains from voting?
Got it..
But an outsider might look at this terrible law and blame both the Republican Party and the other parties that voted for it (like the Democrats and the Progressives). We should probably explain to them that the fault lies solely with the Republican Party and the specific part of the opposition that fought against the bill—certainly not the part that helped the Republicans.
They only did it to avoid the circus. 😁

driftingtinker said:Here’s the deal with this law:

Plenković is spinning the narrative pretty well: ‘The opposition broke quorum and turned their backs on earthquake victims’
https://us.telegram.org/politics/reconstruction-act/amp

Quincy:

“We had an open discussion with all our partners. They showed us strong support,” he says, before pivoting back to attacking the opposition. “They turned their backs on the people hit by the earthquake. It’s immoral; you just don't do that. I was naive enough to think they weren't that kind of people. You don't forget that. If you needed help from those people, they wouldn't give it to you. That’s not a threat. If they were the majority and one representative was sick, I would never break quorum in a situation like this. They did this from the heart and they're happy about it. Meanwhile, they're lying. They are immoral people who are capable of breaking quorum to stop important things from being passed,” thinks the Prime Minister.

So, I guess that one week of delay was actually the reason why absolutely nothing has been rebuilt yet.

Yeah, that's the law. But that single week isn't why the reconstruction has stalled. The real issue is that the law was passed after a week of delays, despite all the warnings that it was flawed and wouldn't actually work in practice.
The Republican Party majority pushed it through with help from the Democratic Party and the Green party.
As for the opposition—which this "expert analyst" claims barely even exists—they were either voting against it or abstaining during the vote.
Reconstruction Law Passed
Congress passed amendments to the Reconstruction Law on Friday. These changes extend the law's application beyond Washington, D.C., to include Sisak-Moslavina and Karlovec County, which were hit hard by the devastating earthquake on December 29th. The vote saw 113 representatives in favor, three opposed, and 25 abstentions.

Within just a few months, it became clear the law was unworkable, which is exactly why they are currently trying to amend it.

Following the reconstruction debacle, The Administration is planning to amend that infamous law less than a year later.

Christian Torres3 said:Says Nina, who was out there publicly whining with her partner about how she can't get a seat at the table in city hall. 🤣

Nina also added this:

"We have the moral high ground to criticize this act, unlike some others—it's strange to hear the Green Party claiming the law is flawed now. Why did you vote for it in the first place? The Greens fueled the moral panic, pushed for its immediate passage, and supported it right along with the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. They are complicit and owe the public an apology. This law is poorly written and impossible to enforce," said the Bridge representative in Congress.

Here is a little more, just so you don't think Nina is out there making these accusations all by himself:

The disaster involving the Reconstruction Act, which they are already changing after only a year, is a perfect example of how this Government operates.

https://www.telegram.com/politics/disaster-of-this-government/

And that brings us to the amendments to the Reconstruction Act passed by the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the Greens.

But if you want to claim they are the only opposition, go ahead. You're quite the analyst. 😁

Christian Torres3 said:Yeah, right, like we need to move the goalposts...

Mostovac is only opposition in name; in reality, they’re just loyal Republican helpers whenever things get messy.

It's a good thing we at least have the Democratic Party and the Progressives to oppose the Republicans.

The Progressives and the Democrats are both to blame for that terrible recovery law since they voted for it right alongside the Republicans.

https://www.nytimes.com/news/politics/progressive-party-updates...ati-citizens/

Just a quick question for the group. How many members of the Republican Party actually felt ashamed enough to walk away from that criminal ring after the final court ruling? Was it one, two, or absolutely nobody?
I’d bet my money on none of them.😁