The Issue: A state supreme court judge’s ruling on Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on large sugary soft drinks.
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Bravo to State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling for his decision to block Hizzoner’s ridiculous ban on large sugary soft drinks (“Mike’s Ban Goes Pop,” Editorial, March 12).
Every time we get a new mayor, he feels the egotistical urge to impose upon New York City his own personal pet projects.
After Bloomberg’s legislation banning smoking, transfats, salt, etc., one wonders just how far a mayor can be permitted to go to take the liberty of taking away our liberties? Tara McMunn
Staten Island
It occurs to me that Mayor Bloomberg’s time would be better spent by addressing the problem of education, or lack thereof, in the city, rather than trying to control the citizenry’s choice of soda size.
When 80 percent of community-college students require remedial instruction in order to be successful, common sense should tell us that the size of a soda portion pales in comparison.
For shame, Mr. Mayor!
Barbara Dolan
Wappingers Falls
As a lifelong resident of New York City, I have followed cases ranging from bank fraud to murder in The Post.
I am hard-pressed to find a bigger sore loser than Bloomberg, who lost his case to ban sugar and totally lost it.
Bloomberg said that the ruling was “clearly in error” and seemed very upset by the outcome.
As individuals, we can all take steps to promote self-health. However, a lopsided, haphazard sugar ban that would have threatened small businesses and confused consumers would have been a loss for New York City.
Not one more cent of the city’s money should go towards appealing the verdict. I’ve defended Bloomberg on this page in the past, but now it’s time to say “bye-bye.”
Howard Meyer
Brooklyn
When it comes to banning large drinks supercharged with sugar, Justice Tingling says: “Fat chance.”Chris Bischof
Brooklyn
Well thank goodness a judge was able to stop the ban on the sale of ridiculously large sodas.
Now young children, teenagers and overweight adults can continue to do something that’s really unhealthy.
I don’t see any reason why we wouldn’t want as many people as possible having the opportunity to get diabetes.
In fact, let’s repeal some of the smoking bans as well, making sure as many people as possible have a chance to get lung cancer.
Good job everyone.
Joseph Devanna
White Plains
Emperor Bloomberg is certainly not bashful about the evisceration of the NYC legislative process. It was the will of the people that enacted legislation to have no more than two terms of Bloomberg.
Then, as always, Bloomberg knew better. He had to have his way and maneuvered past the term-limits law, awarding himself a third term.
His overreach and decree on soda portions was properly judged as being beyond his authority by Justice Tingling and freedom-loving New Yorkers everywhere.
John Dell’Isola
Staten Island
If Bloomberg were serious about reducing obesity, he could just ban remote controls.
Just think of the calories overweight folks would burn as they walked back and forth to watch the Kardashians or “The Biggest Loser.”
Such a ban wouldn’t be “arbitrary” or “capricious.” It would apply to everyone in the city.
Peter Tylenda
Windsor
Bloomberg is a colossal hypocrite.
He claims that he’s trying to do right by children and citizens.
Then why is he supporting natural-gas fracking in New York state, which will kill far more people than soda?
Unlike drinking soda, the public does not get to decide if it wants to breathe polluted air or drink polluted water contaminated by gas-fracking wells.
Mike is deciding for the public, and its health be damned. It’s called hypocrisy.
Robert Lederman
Manhattan