Dee;
While I am sure there are denizens of that warren called New York City who are not happy with what the planning commission has done, still one has to understand that city. it is somewhat of a San FRANCISCO EAST. They pride themselves on being "open minded"...so open minded that their brains fell out long ago. That place is an entity unto itself, with many there believing it to be the navel or heart of the world. Others, living in the rest of NY State often would give it a quite different anatomical title.
I live in a rural part of NY State(and a surprise to many, most of it is rural) about as far from NYC as is Richmond, VA or Morgantown, WV.
That town should be considered more to be part of the east coast megalopolis, stretching from Washington, DC to Boston, MA. Some research group has estimated that something like 70% of the population lives within 50 miles of the seacoasts. Those folks are a "different breed of cat". Starting 50-50 miles westy of NYC, people are much closer in character to midwesterners.
Why would not someone living in the "grape belt" on the shores of Lake Erie, Ontario or the Finger Lakes not bother going to NYC to protest their foolish actions ? Ask me how much good I suppose it would do, for a rancher or dairy farmer in northern California to drive to San Francisco to parade and protest "Gay marriage" ?
The east coast liberals and their left coast counterparts live in their own little world, which they consider to be THE WORLD. They look at the places where you, I and folks from Utah, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and all other points between east and left coasts to be simply "flyover country".
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TM7;
I am pleased that you should mention Bridget Gabrielle, referring to her as a "nutter. Here is a woman who is a former anchor person for a news network. A lady who has fled the oppression which the middle east has become. Surely we must decide between her and the Muslim women who you claim, are the driving force behind the 9/11 mosque...and decide just who the "nutters" are.
I would rather present her in an interview, so each here can decide as to her nutter status;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPmLP5BD63Q&feature=related