New York Today: Changes for Preet Bharara

I don't want to follow your reporters on Twitter. I pay so you will keep me up to date without having to look at 10 different apps.

LYING WHILE BREATHING
Flub after flub
At the Florida hub,
At the country club,
At the golfing shrub
Over drinks & grub,
At a perceived snub--
Hoping that flubbing
Results in a drubbing.
Could it be this bub
Needs a belly rub?

I don't know Bharara. He seems like a decent person and a dedicated public servant. As much as I hate Trump and his minions (overlords?), in the wake of Bharara's firing I see a predictable narrative forming in which people like him are cast as unblemished heroes poised against the villains (who in this case, do seem to uniformly awful, unprincipled, and corrupt). Even the photo of Bharara (more flattering than usual) that the Times chose to accompany this column reveals its inclination.

But fake dichotomies are not helpful. Today's saints tomorrow end up having feet of clay. I hope for realistic coverage.

As a political appointee, Mr. Bharara should have gracefully resigned when requested to by the DOJ.

I hope someone, somewhere is keeping careful track of and recording each and every atrocity on justice, attacks on fairness, attempts to destroy ethical government, etc., in the demented service of promoting a self-serving , early Third Reich- like administration which is shamelessly entrenched in a demented tunnel vision illusion of what is really needed. I am expecting to see the Mad Hatter at any moment. There is a great book waiting to be written about these very sad days. Mr. Bharara will have a special chapter to add. I know he will still be fighting the good fight...as he has always done.

This man epitomizes what a true civil servant should be. He will be missed. Perhaps he should run for Mayor of NYC instead of the turkey who occupies Gracie Mansion now. At least he'll play fair and he understand how to govern.

"A lawyer who defends Muslim Americans has become a consultant to “Homeland,” the popular television show about terrorism."

I'm not sure anything can save Homeland at this point. I have fast-forwarded through the last two episodes.

The land of laws now fractionalized @ local levels United for corruption & bribes exposing their past historical migration roots with nationality. When we the voters hire thieves to protect our interests,be ready to loose all you have under their watches.

The National Weather Service says 14 to 24 inches in total for Central Park.

It's hard to believe that there is anyone left in NYC so naive as to believe the Donald could be trusted to keep his word. At this point it is almost the same las believing you can buy a certain bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn

Exit Bharara, a man of great integrity. Enter Eric Schneiderman into the fray, if he is not already investigating the goings-on at Trump Tower. Schneiderman is an active attorney general and Trump Tower is in the state of New York, after all. I look forward to the adventures of Eric and friends in the coming months.

What an incredible waste of time, money and resources this all is. All these positions that change potentially every four years. No wonder nothing works or gets done. Can you imagine if private organizations changed hands like this? Mass chaos would ensue and it has!

Per the Dept of Sanitation, ASP has been suspended March 14 and 15

No Blizzard can match the flurry of shock coming after the sudden dismissal of Preet Bharara.
Even though in 20/20 hindsight, we should've seen it coming.
Mr. Bharara, a star in his own right, dared to shine too brightly on the stage Donald Trump has carefully built for one.
But it also didn't help that Mr. Bharara is a no-nonsense federal prosecutor who never stops digging.
That may have made Mr. Trump uncomfortable -- How else do you explain the fact that only a few weeks ago he was glad to have him on board?
That is something we can think about as we dig ourselves out from under the snow.

PRAISE SPRING--& TAKE COVER
If spring comes, can winter be far behind?
Don't ask the weather man, who's in a bind.
Instead of blossoms and hocus-focus crocus,
We're getting a blizzard with tons of snow that'll soak us.

I think Trump is trying to pack his justice department with defenders not fair prosecutors of his many controversial issues from conflicts of interest, to emerging evidence on direct ties between his administration and the Russians – during the campaign, during the transition, and into this administration.

Yes I believe it exists to this day, which explains a lot of the more remarkable aspects to his almost phantom government. I also believe he is biding his time until such point as he can lift sanctions on Russia and make sure Congress would ratify.

Nobody knows more than Trump the power of the law and its ability to be used for one's own purposes. He is a master of this, using lawsuits and bankruptcies as business strategies. A man like Preet Bears would obviously be a danger because of his core integrity. I suspect we have not heard the last of him and he will become some kind of activist focused on exposing what is happening inside the Trump administration.

On March 8, FBI Director Comey met in private with the heads of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. No word was publically released on what they discussed.

On March 9, Trump moved for the resignations of 46 US Attorneys, including Bharara, who he said could stay on.

On March 10, Trump fires Bharara.

It looks like whatever was discussed on March 8 leaked to Trump, and it's not good for him, so he moved quickly to remove the most experienced US Attorney in the country, who also happens to be the one who covers the District where Trump resided.

One of those 'small counties upstate' is Rockland where the Southern District has been meticulously crafting the case against corrupt Town of Ramapo Supervisor, Christopher St Lawrence, Development Head Allan Troodler (who recently copped a plea in exchange for testimony), Town Attorney Michael Klein, and Town Tax Assessor Nathan Oberman; all of whom have been raping the taxpayers for over a decade. Those of us honest citizens have been awaiting the ouster of these four corrupt Democrats (I am usually a Democrat) and are deeply concerned that without Bharara to prosecute thiscwill go nowhere. I am sick of lining the pockets of St Lawrence and his cronies-so now what Mr Sessions?

I wonder if there is any way that Preet can become the special prosecutor when Justice finally returns to Washington and the purging of the halls of DC starts post-Trump impeachment.

Regarding the And Finally section on the ferry and the mayor:

The Ferry Song
Tune of The Trolley Song

Ching-ka-ching went the ferry
Ring ring ring for the boats
Up up up go the chances
For the Mayor to be getting those votes

Buzz buzz buzz went New Yorkers
Type type type went the press
Gripe gripe gripe went the public
But they'll vote for Bill nevertheless

All over town, more kudos spread
We hoped he wouldn't let success get to his head
The costs are set, we hear some cheers
They're looking for new deckhands and new engineers

Soon soon soon comes enjoyment
Now now now it's complete
Up up up went employment
As the boats start to float
With the town set to vote, it looks grand
As our tickets are scanned
And exactly as planned
We all stand, give a hand
As they've manned the whole fleet
And the Mayor can't be beat.

(ching ka ching went the ferry, we repeat)

The beauty of Mr Bharara's tenure -- and accomplishments -- was its apolitical contours: right or wrong, not right or left. Preet, we need you now more than ever.

Run for city office, Preet.