Opinion

Bloomberg’s taxi tussle: He’s got a hail of a nerve

The Issue: Mayor Bloomberg’s alleged threat to “destroy” a city taxi-fleet boss after leaving office.

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At least cab king Gene Freidman has until January to prepare for an all-out assault from Mayor Bloomberg (“Mike’s Reckless Driving,” Editorial, May 23).

The mayor’s been destroying the school system for 12 long years.

J. B. McGeever

Brooklyn

Bloomberg is telling Assemblyman Vito Lopez to pack it in?

If ever a person should heed his own advice, it’s Bloomberg.

He’s rammed higher taxes, astronomical water-bill increases and various other levies down our throats. He bought his way into an illegal third term. He has dictated to people what they should eat and drink while people are losing their homes and going bankrupt.

He has flaunted his wealth, which has more than tripled since he took office. He has overseen the CityTime payroll scandal — still not explaining what happened under his watch — and has worked alongside a police department that has committed as many crimes as the people it has arrested.

Now he threatens a taxi-fleet owner because the man dared challenge his royal edict.

This man really has nerve. James Panzo

Brooklyn

I almost had a stroke when I read the line “I will destroy your f—ing industry.”

I thought he must be talking about the National Rifle Association, or God forbid, the fast-food industry.

I wondered what I would do without my guns or my quarter-pounders. What a relief, it’s only the taxi industry. No harm done — you have all those bike lanes and bike-share programs to compensate for the loss of the taxi companies.Floyd Moon

LaFayette