Rules for thee but not for me

That's what I've said in prior threads, and got downvoted for it. He never really wanted to win, he was just trying to live the lifestyle he thought he deserved off hard to trace donor dollars.

I was like, I'm sure this author lives in Brooklyn - sure enough, they do. Doubt they've even been to Queens unless someone put a gun to their head.

I think the other commenter raised a great point - a national transit agency is also susceptible to national politics, and then you risk transit dollars being diverted to where they're not needed. Also, the federal government can't just do whatever the hell it wants where it wants - they still have go through regulations, they might face lawsuits from state and local groups, they still have to contract companies to do the construction.

They mention that the original LIRR tunnels to Penn haven't been repaired since Sandy, and then completely ignore the fact that worst comes to worst, now they could shut them down to repair them and still have LIRR service into Manhattan.

I mean then you would get projects designed and executed by people with even less knowledge of the local community and its needs. I agree the red tape and beauracracy in NYC is ridiculous but I don't think a federal agency is the solution. This coming from someone who still believes the federal govt can do good things.

They also act as if at Jamacia and Atlantic Terminal you are magically whooshed from the LIRR to subway instead of having to walk a fair distance.

Same playbook.

My conspiracy theory is that he just wanted to pocket the money for his campaign (which he obviously spent on living a lavish lifestyle) and wasn't really interested in winning, I don't think many people thought he had a chance. If he hadn't won, I don't think people would have dug into his history and he could have just kept living the con.

Pros in every contact sport play through a ton of pain and discomfort every season.