NY Daily News reports that the NY City Council is not even going to listen to public debate prior to voting for an 18% property tax increase. They quote Councilman David Weprin (D-Queens), who heads the Finance Committee as saying "It's not like we haven't heard from the public. The public would rather not have a property tax increase."

Well isn't that just dandy. I hope his constituents remember his unwillingness to even listen to them when election time rolls around.

They also note that the NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is upset because the four Republican Councilmen have already gone on record as saying they are not going to support the Mayor. While they didn't actually quote them, I imagine that when asked by Bloomberg to support the massive tax increase, their response ended in something like, "...and the horse you rode in on."