It's one thing to be out in the countryside with no power - Even the suburbs are manageable - But over 250,000 people in an eight square mile area - many in high rises and some elderly and disabled?

Major holes in the city's promise to turn the power back on soon that no one seems to be willing to talk about.

Some truth about the 14th Street Substation I'd like to believe then, but I don't...What the city could be doing - and is not.

Beyond the immorality, of knowingly feeding over 250,000 people, a line of bullshit about a serious public health and safety issue, what is the city, and state, doing for its citizens in downtown Manhattan?

About as close to nothing, as humanly possible.

There are a few cops directing traffic at a few intersections and that appears to be it.

How about going door to door and seeing if there are people behind those doors who need help?

I guarantee there are:

Right now, as you read this, there are thousands of handicapped and frail elderly people in lower Manhattan trapped in high rises without elevator service, without water, without light, without news, and possibly without food and needed medicine.

Ever been in an apartment hallway or stairwell with the lights shut off? It’s blacker than black.

So why isn’t the city going door to door to find these people and offer them help?

Is it too hard?

Well, they did it in New Orleans. They went door to door harassing law abiding citizens to take away their guns after the levee failures in 2005. There was no shortage of enthusiasm for that government door-to-door campaign.

It is too expensive?

Give me a break. Some water. A flashlight and/or electric lantern with batteries if they need one. Some food. Toilet paper. Medications as needed. We’re talking chump change. Probably a fraction of what anyone who needs the help pays in sales taxes in just two months.

Who is going to do it?

How about the cops taking the doughnuts out of their mouths, getting out of their cars, and doing some work.

And the city’s meter maids (there are 2,000 of them.)

And the restaurant inspectors. And the legions of other people the city employees to enforce and harass and generally make life difficult for people.

Some of them, like restaurant inspectors, literally have nothing to do right now as everything south of 38th Street is closed.

This is the Convention Center at New Orleans all over again, except this time the people cut off without water, food (and heat) are isolated and don’t make for a photo op.

Andrew Cuomo and Michael Bloomberg are intelligent men. They have to know the consequences of leaving thousand of handicapped and frail elderly stranded for an indefinite period of time. They also have to know that the Con Ed story is wishful thinking at best and a con job at worst.

Is it to much to ask for them to take minute or two from their endless grandstanding and self-congratulation to look after some of the people they’ve been extracting taxes from?

Source: http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/government-corruption-1/some-tru...