“Politicians and diapers have one thing in common: they should both be changed regularly… and for the same reason.“

Naturally, in fighting the fascists, there certainly are no instances of corruption among God’s chosen protectors of Democracy, right?. All are White Knights, not the KKK version, of course. But, consider this. While the Republicans blunder and thunder through destroying our waning civil rights, all around us we are steeped in Democratically inspired and controlled corruption.

How can you say that — you say?

Well, in SoHo you need only look around to understand. You see, the Democrats are just sneakier about screwing you. Hiding behind organizations claiming to help us. Like the most recent fraud called the Hudson Square BID that doesn’t even answer the phone.

Our elected officials are no longer responsible or accountable. Assemblywoman Deborah Glick has been in office a long time. She keeps getting elected because she has a Village base, not because she does anything. Senator Kavanaugh got into office through a power play in Brooklyn — contrary to the will of voters. Schumer has his hands full in D.C. and Nadler is on his way to the golf course.

None of them want to face the power brokers who run Downtown.

It’s the Hudson Square BID, the SoHo BID, Trinity Real Estate, and Transportation Alternatives that run Downtown. They do what they want and answer to no one. And, the politicians don’t even answer the phone, an email, or a letter. They are unaccountable and don’t give a shit about anything but collecting money to get re-elected.

The Community Board, for example, never even brought up the fact that Downtown is being overtaken by Citibikes, bike racks, butchered streets and impediments to Seniors and the Disabled — pandering to BIDs that are power-players from elsewhere — without giving a damn about residents. The Community Board no longer represents the community, only its own campaign-donation self-service machine. The BIDS have bought the cooperation and fealty of the politicians and the Boards.

Fuck the residents!

We are overrun by bikes that hit us doing 40 MPH, we lose parking spaces to bike racks and junk installed by the BIDS, are ignored by NYPD and Traffic Agents, and interrogated rather than assisted by police after experiencing Hit & Run drivers — while the BIDS collect their extortion money allowed by do-nothing politicians.

The Hudson Square BID has a nice website but the vest park around the Holland Tumnel, the bike racks, the so-calle beautification — has replaced the gritty commercial anonymity with corporate gentrification that is self-serving and tone-deaf. Not to mention ignorance of what seniors and long-time resients want.

“The BID was unanimously approved as the 64th BID in New York City by the City Council on January 28, 2009. The BID is funded primarily through the payment of an annual assessment on commercial property with an annual budget of $3.2 million.”

President Samara Karasyk did not grow up among the “Tunnel Bunnies” and I can assure you that she is ignorant of the fact that 25 years after not being able to safely cross Canal or Broome Street, which I wrote about in 1999, the BID is disinterested — even though it is still true. Flowers are nice but the BID is a self-justifying, gratuitous fake.

Is it time to invite the fascist Clowns in and overturn this little club to clean up the corruption? Would taking over Manhattan, like Washington, be an answer?

Stay tuned.