It's possible McLaughlin actually believes the crap he wrote, but he's always acted as a shill for the city regardless of the truth. He quotes Lipper-Garabedian's rhetoric of "pouring through" documents as if it means something. There are no facts in her article. Only rhetoric, and he tries to support it.

Medeiros has always called out at budget meetings that the most important information isn't on the table. It's always fun when she asks Dello Russo questions about information he misrepresented because you get to watch him on TV squirm while giving his slippery responses. When he's really in trouble he goes into his self-righteous indignation.

Although I wish Medeiros would vote against the budgets, I don't fault her for voting for them, while holding her nose. She tries to make the City more responsible, but can't do it alone. By voting for it, she agrees to keep the city going another year. Perhaps she hopes things can change. It seems they never will.

McGl is totally full of it. This string was about Medeiros, though, and included Festa's thing, too. Where is MCGl's piece (full of excrement though it is)? Perhaps it should be listed, along with your correct response, in another new string.