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Demand that Mayor Bloomberg resign
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    88 out of 10,000
    Petitioning
    1. Mayor, New York City (Michael Bloomberg)
  2. Created By
    Alex Torres
    New York, NY
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When parents, teachers, and students protested school closings and questioned Cathie Black's qualifications, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "it's embarassing for New York City, New York State, for America.  This is not democracy, letting people yell and scream."

Mayor Bloomberg, this is a democracy.  In the United States of America we have the freedom to speak our minds and to peacefully assemble.  With a lack of understanding of the foundation of our country and obvious lack of Constitutional knowledge, we the people of New York City, ask the Mayor to respectfully resign and leave our city.

Mayor Bloomberg's latest budget cuts 4,666 teachers, closes down firehouses, ends child care for thousands of children, and closes 100 senior centers.  It's obvious the Mayor cares nothing for the average working and middle class.  He must go.

Also, having appointed a Chancellor of Education with absolutely no teaching experience who has shown a poor understanding of the school system and has disrespected the people of New York, we also demand that the mayor take Cathie Black with him.

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Mayor Bloomberg, please resign

Mr. Mayor,

The people of New York stood by and watched you, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and the City Council of New York gift themselves a third term against the will of the people. Since then we have helplessly watched the appointment of a Chancellor of Education with no background in education. The mayor has called the people of New York "embarassing" for speaking their minds at PEP meetings.

I'm writing to ask you, Mayor Bloomberg, to resign and take Cathie Black with you. You have shown a complete and utter lack of respect for the United States Constitution by stating that protests at public meetings are embarassing and not a democracy. Our US Constitution not only protects the right to speak freely, it also defends the rights of the people in this country to peacefully assemble.

The people of New York will continue to assemble and speak up, regardless of your lack of Constitutional understanding. You, however, must resign.

Since her appointment, Cathie Black has shown a complete disregard for the parents of New York; making off-color jokes about birth control and mockingly booing the crowds at PEP meetings. The children of New York deserve better than what you have given them.

In your latest budget you claim that the layoff of 4,666 teachers is inevitable. Your budget would also close down firehouses, cut thousands of child care services, and close down 100 senior centers. It is obvious that you care very little for the most vulnerable in our city.

Your budget, your actions, and your words show the working and middle class people of New York how much you really care for them.

We demand your resignation.

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