(Cross-posted at The Albany Project)
A friend of mine whose father, Larry Hanley, is the President of the Amalgamated Transit Union on Staten Island alerted me to this gem of a video from 2001 where he confronts then-Mayor Rudy about giving city subsidies to a private bus company, the Atlantic Express Bus Company, that coincidentally put Rudy's political advertisements on their busses.
The video is not special so much for the substance of the conversation but rather its revealing of Rudy's nasty personality.
For those not from New York who might be be familiar with Rudy's reign of terror, classic Rudy personality traits are revelaed through some things he said:
3:07: "You're acting like a bunch of immature idiots."
3:13: "You all look too irresponsible to be bus drivers."
4:27: "You're a bunch of idiots."
4:59: "I know a kindergarden who does better than these morons"
And at 4:20, Rudy starts shushing the crowd like a an arrogant prick. And in what would make Bill-O proud, he has security take the microphone away from Mr. Hanley.
As for the Atlantic Express Bus Company? Lately, they have been involved in Union-Busting and perhaps non-coincidentally, a large accident.