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October 22, 2008
Time to Report on the Best City Council Hearing Testimony
Noticing New York
Sometimes having the right look or the best one-liner is not enough, if you're not on the list. If you thought that getting past Studio 54's velvet rope was a feat, check out NNY blogger Michael D. D. White's account of what it took to get into last week's PUBLIC hearings on the extention of term limits.
We arrived at 11:00 AM and were turned away by City Hall security because we were too early. (Former City Councilman and Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, a more familiar figure, recounting about his own testimony in opposition to the Bloomberg maneuvering says he got in at 11:00 AM.) When we returned at 2:45 we were told by security that we couldn’t come in because we were too late; we would have to wait. Then, looking at our jacket and tie, the security guard paused, “Wait,” he said, “are you going to testify?” “Absolutely,” I told him and he told me that me that they could let me in if I was on the list of people who were supposed to be let in to testify. Though I made him check the list I was, of course, not on it.
Eventually White got in and delivered his testimony sometime after 10PM. As usual, he posted his testimony online.
Read on...
Posted by lumi at October 22, 2008 5:59 AM