Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Councilman Simcha Felder 'reallocates' filing cabinet from City Hall
Councilman Simcha Felder 'acquiring' a filing cabinet from City Hall
I wonder why he's hiding his face
Simcha tells a reporter that he thinks it's a great thing to take things from the garbage, even though the Mayor has just signed into law a bill that levies a $2000 fine to people that do so.
Here's Councilman Simcha Felder explaining how his recent liberation of an abandoned filing cabinet from City Hall, which is now being put to good use in his district office, wasn't theft but rather the constructive reallocation of a taxpayer-financed resource that was being wrongfully neglected.
He also confesses to being a big fan of garbage picking, which he calls "one of the best things about living in the city," but said (off-camera, sadly) he's no longer allowed to bring his curbside finds home as his wife is concerned about their provenance (and potential insect infestation).
Felder has become known as something of a garbage afficianado, proposing a number of sanitation-related bills, including the nuisance flyer ban and limiting the hours in which residents can be ticketed for having litter on their property.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2007/10/its_not_theft_its_reallocation.html
Councilman Simcha Felder 'acquiring' a filing cabinet from City Hall
I wonder why he's hiding his face
Simcha tells a reporter that he thinks it's a great thing to take things from the garbage, even though the Mayor has just signed into law a bill that levies a $2000 fine to people that do so.
Here's Councilman Simcha Felder explaining how his recent liberation of an abandoned filing cabinet from City Hall, which is now being put to good use in his district office, wasn't theft but rather the constructive reallocation of a taxpayer-financed resource that was being wrongfully neglected.
He also confesses to being a big fan of garbage picking, which he calls "one of the best things about living in the city," but said (off-camera, sadly) he's no longer allowed to bring his curbside finds home as his wife is concerned about their provenance (and potential insect infestation).
Felder has become known as something of a garbage afficianado, proposing a number of sanitation-related bills, including the nuisance flyer ban and limiting the hours in which residents can be ticketed for having litter on their property.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2007/10/its_not_theft_its_reallocation.html
Comments:
What is the issue here?
Apparently he took property the city discarded in the garbage.
Howe exactly is that "stealing"?
Apparently he took property the city discarded in the garbage.
Howe exactly is that "stealing"?
"garbage afficianado"???? LOL! I think the word stealing refers to the city's crackdown on recyling thieves who take cans and bottles from the curbside bags and then sell them for profit. The city considers it stealing because they depend on the money they get from selling cans themselves to fund the recycling program. I'm not sure if this would apply to old furniture.
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: October 18, 2007 9:50 AM
: October 18, 2007 9:50 AM
but simcha felder is one of the fiercest opponents to the entire recycling program! he even hates everyone's obsession with the garbage. is he projecting perhaps? or is it only certain kinds of garbage that felder wants to recycle?
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : October 18, 2007 12:12 PM
: October 18, 2007 12:12 PM
Who was the photographer that Simcha obviously was aware of? Probably his own staff member (due to the fact that he was clowning around). What was the purpose of him publicizing these photos?
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : October 18, 2007 12:48 PM
: October 18, 2007 12:48 PM
The impression I got from the picture was that he was not really trying to hide his face, but just joking.
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