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Such spin. This is the truth. If Spartacus spooked due to a bus, tried to run away and fell over - HORSES SHOULD NOT BE IN TRAFFIC AND THE TRADE NEEDS TO BE BANNED. But if the carriage wheels got entangled, it means that THE DRIVERS ARE INCOMPETENT AND BAD HORSEMEN, DROVE MUCH TOO CLOSE AND THE TRADE NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED.

So matter what happened, this inhumane and unsafe business must be shut down. Horses falling over on the street like that is simply not acceptable. They say that Spartacus was fine. But we do not buy for a minute that Spartacus was not bruised from his fall with the carriage landing on him.

So what is really going on? The Daily News, owned by conservative billionaire Mort Zuckerman, endorsed Speaker Christine Quinn in the race for mayor. Zuckerman, a friend of Mayor Bloomberg, had entree to City Hall and it is assumed if Quinn won, that would have continued - enabling him to influence policy. But Quinn had a lot of baggage -- slush fund scandal, killing term limits, dictatorial control over the City Council -- among other things. She was already on the hot seat. Then Anthony Weiner entered the mayoral race and began to poll very well. New Yorkers have always loved Weiner and forgave him his first round of indiscretions. But then it came out that he had never stopped "sexting" and his fate was sealed. Google Daily News coverage of deBlasio before the election -- you will see they tried to crush him every day on numerous issues. It did not have an effect and he handily won the November election. Although they reluctantly backed him against Joe Lhota, something changed and they now want to kill him off -- politically, that is. The people did not want Christine Quinn to be mayor and her slide in the polls began well before the anti Quinn ads were aired. The DN can spin it to serve their purposes, but the Defeat Christine Quinn was begun by Donny Moss in 2009 and had begun to have an effect, being covered in the news as early as January 2013.

This is the DN spiel: "Save the carriage horses because Mayor deBlasio wants to send them to slaughter and because of campaign contributions from Steve Nislick, real estate developer, wants to turn convert the stable property to luxury housing. " This is not true, but it is very difficult for the average person to get the correct information.

• THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE DAILY NEWS HATCHED JOB.
• 4/25/14 - NYCLASS proposal for carriage horse ban calls for drivers to buy $175G electric cars, pay 10% to animal shelters
• 4/25/14 - EXCLUSIVE: FBI investigating claim Christine Quinn was threatened for refusing to support carriage horse ban during the mayoral race

TEAMSTERS: The Teamsters "represent" the drivers in Local 553. It is not a real union shop and any authentic union member should be upset about this. They collect $60 per member for monthly dues. They do not provide health care benefits, vacations or sick time. They are solely a lobbying group for the drivers - we call it a "fake union." Not all drivers belong to the union and owners / non-owners are part of the same local. The Teamsters are taking a strong stand supporting the carriage drivers, but they are making a HUGE mistake in going after deBlasio who is pro union and whom they supported in the election. Siding with the right wing Daily News and right wing/Tea party Cavalry Group -- if they manage to cripple deBlasio, they may not get a pro union mayor next time. They should be looking into job alternatives for the drivers - they can still maintain their union. Any strong union supporter or member (as we are) should reach out to their union representatives and let them know you oppose what the Teamsters are doing. The Teamsters and the Central Labor Council are making a monumental mistake opposing deBlasio on this issue. This is a tiny industry - what is this all about Teamsters?

Politicians who favor this trade do not understand that they are putting people at risk. This is a list of the accidents that happened recently:

1. Charleston - 4/22/14 - horse spooks and bolts; crashes into market
2. Oklahoma - 4/22/14 - Horse spooks, carriage over turns injuring nine kids
3. Belgium - 4/12/14 - 2,200 pound carriage horses spooks, slips and falls.
4. Savannah - 4/14/14 - terrified carriage horse spooks and bolts; notice at the end of the video, passenger jumps from carriage and gets clothes caught
5. Santa Barbra -4/15/14 - two men injured after carriage horses spooked and bolted, turning over carriage
6. Cleveland - 4/18/14 - horse spooks, slips and falls; appears exhausted

Thanks to all of you who have donated to our campaign. It is much appreciated. This is from a new series Enough is Enough.

Contact Mayor deBlasio - tell him that you want a ban of horse-drawn carriages THIS YEAR. If he delays it for three years or if there is another accident, it will hurt him politically. Tell him that you voted for him because he promised to ban the trade - and even on the first day he took office, which we knew was an impossibility. Now he has put a time frame on it until the end of the year. . Click Here. Please be respectful.

We ask you to boycott this radio station in its entirety. Carol appears to be the only disc jockey taking this position, but the radio manager is allowing her to do so - which is why we are asking for a total boycott. You can also find out who the advertisers are for her program and contact them. Unfortunately, none of the other disc jockeys are supporting a ban publicly. Shame on all of them. Please listen to something else.

This is the call to action. We ask that you please respond to our CALL FOR ACTION. Contact the Georgia Department of Agriculture Equine Division and the Department of Taxicabs and Vehicles for Hire demanding that they increase inspections and perform their enforcement duties. The horses deserve better. They certainly deserve no less.

This is an image of a retrofitted carriage by Andres Carriage Tours. It is much less costly than the electric cars.