DailyHeights

Thank sje for calling to your attention the terrible, just terrible, the way New York Press just railed on Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President:

“Once upon a time, when the Board of Estimate ruled graft and contracts in New York, the five borough presidents had power. Today, it’s a no-show job. The bad news with Markowitz is that he shows up, and so do his 116 employees, his multi-million-dollar budget and his four SUVs equipped with police sirens. Not content with doing nothing, Markowitz finds time to advocate for the downtrodden, such as Ikea, Home Depot and developer Bruce Ratner in their noble quest to cannibalize mom-and-pop neighborhoods. The porcine oaf is also known for racing around the city in HOV lanes with police lights flashing, en route to handing out a plaque. Markowitz is up for reelection next year. Instead, he should save taxpayers millions of dollars and fire himself, fire his employees and turn Borough Hall into a methadone clinic. At least then we’d have a better class of people hanging around the place.”

PICTURED: Marty Markowitz and “AB2IZ”

OF NOTE: Markowitz narrowly edged out Weblogs, Inc. chairman Jason Calacanis, who is #23 on the list: “His is a blog company that will make money from advertising while allegedly paying his army of typers a pittance in a ‘partnership’ that promises a payday from future earnings. Hmm, where’ve we heard that before? … it’ll be tough to find talent out there when all of the naive bloggers holding their breath for their big breaks will have long since reconciled themselves to temping.”