Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.
Monday, July 10, 2017
Elected Officials Often Use Wrong Metaphors and Can Cause Anxiety Among Citizens
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been quite verbal in describing the situation at Penn Station as the "Summer of Hell". This has created much anxiety among commuters including myself as you can read in my last journal entry. The media has exacerbated this by constantly repeating "Summer of Hell" in news reports. I think the governor should have been a "cheerleader" by asking commuters to be patient during this period of repairing track at Penn Station. There have some hellish situations on mass transit, especially in recent months. The recent derailment at 125th Street was an example. There were some accidents on mass transit that caused deaths. There have been long delays causing great inconvenience for many in all types of weather.
Andrew Cuomo is smiling in the photo above, But, would he be smiling if he regularly had to take mass transit to work?
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