LEGIT POLITICAL SPEECH OR THUMB ON THE SCALE ?

By Bob Walsh

 

Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani 

 

Back during the great depression a political party cropped up in CA.  The name was $30 Every Thursday.  The idea was they wanted a living wage paid to working men.  It gained some popularity, to the point it scared some people.  A fair number of businesses had a sign at their employee entrance coming up to the election stating something like this.  IF $30 EVERY THURSDAY WINS THE ELECTION NEXT WEEK DON'T BOTHER COMING BACK IN TO WORK BECAUSE WE WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN.  They didn't win anything.  Whether the signs had anything to do with it or not I have no idea.  

Dagastino's is a large grocery operation in, among other places, New York City.  The CEO has just announced that, if Zohran Mandani wins the election next week he will be shutting down.  One of Mandani's pet projects is government owned and operated grocery stores all over the city.  

So, is this legitimate free political speech or a rich guy trying to protect his turf?  Maybe both.  right now Cuomo is running ahead in six of the seven major polls by anywhere from 8% to 13%.  Zohran, who at 33 is half of Cuomo's age and who bills himself a a Democratic Socialist, is a reasonably close second.  It will be interesting to see what shakes out.  I would be willing to make a small wager on Cuomo winning, but he is such a dick it is hard to tell which way the independents will break.