tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post1300453280228206080..comments2023-07-25T09:36:02.227-04:00Comments on Carriage Horses - NYC : DON'T GET TAKEN FOR A RIDE!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-17639306092159704272009-02-14T09:44:00.000-05:002009-02-14T09:44:00.000-05:00This post is right on the money. Bloomberg is alwa...This post is right on the money. Bloomberg is always yammering about revenue this, revenue that. Last night I watched the broadcast of his weekly radio show, in which he was talking on and on about very slick ways to squeeze every bit of revenue. However, this overcharging and unsafe cash-only industry does not provide any direct revenue to the city. How about replacing it with a money-maker that would bring authentic revenue--on the books--to the city? And jobs that benefit individuals as well as the city (and the IRS can get some of the action too).Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346060664322233070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-72761409734440939242009-02-14T07:19:00.000-05:002009-02-14T07:19:00.000-05:00John: please explain how you think this is a "che...John: please explain how you think this is a "cheap and false allegation" when this information comes off the web sites of your colleagues and there is also proof (from the Youtube video) that some drivers overcharge on the street. Some of your colleagues are blatantly and illegally making money hand over fist and they have the nerve to plead poverty and ask for a raise. That takes chutzpah and shows me that they know the authorities look the other way. It is highway robbery. If you are not one of them, I, too, would be very angry. But maybe your anger is misdirected at us. <BR/><BR/>Drivers do not muck out stalls, nor in general do they brush their horse or do any kind of maintenance on him (hooves, teeth). Stable hands and other (hopefully) professionals do this. Drivers get in their cart and pull tourists around. They often read magazines and talk on cell phones while they work... a distraction to what is on the road... an accident waiting to happen. If drivers were required to have a NYS driver's license, they would not be allowed to do this. <BR/><BR/>When they do not have passengers, they have plenty of time to shoot the breeze with fellow drivers, while ignoring the horses. Remember Smoothie who was unattended, spooked, ran into a tree and died in September 2007. If her driver had been aware of her reactions, he might have been able to control her spooking. An experienced horseperson can often stop a horse from going into a total crazed spook. Unfortunately, this was not the case with Smoothie because the drivers were too far away and not paying attention. <BR/><BR/>And please, put a sock in it about "park avenue elite" who"never met a working man or woman." The people I know in this movement do it out of love and respect for the horses; out of a sense of protecting them from a life of exploitation; out of wanting to right a wrong; out of a gross injustice. They are working people from all walks of life and do this on their own time. If you never met any of us - then you truly have never met a hard working and dedicated man or woman.Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398424377642068867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693697089040184548.post-77383195073392537942009-02-14T02:25:00.000-05:002009-02-14T02:25:00.000-05:00JUST ANOTHER CHEAP, AND FALSE ALLEGATION BY THE PA...JUST ANOTHER CHEAP, AND FALSE ALLEGATION BY THE PARK AVENUE ELITE THAT NEVER IN THEIR LIFE'S...EVER MET A WORKING MAN OR WOMMAN!<BR/><BR/>JACK NYCUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749580774824791649noreply@blogger.com