I thought Democrats liked the environment

Upsetting news from New York today.

Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to overhaul New York City traffic was besieged in the State Senate by Democrats who, en masse, decided they would oppose the measure.

From the NYT:

In a tense meeting on Monday, testy exchanges erupted between the mayor and the Democratic state senators he was trying to win over. At one point, according to several people present, Mr. Bloomberg told the senators that his administration had sent plenty of information about his plan in the mail, and that it was not his fault if they had not read it.

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So angered were Democrats that they decided to vote as a bloc to defeat the measure, and there were not nearly enough votes among the Republican senators for it to pass.

Guys. Congestion pricing for a city the size of New York makes a lot of sense and will be an incredible boon to the environment as it gets more people out of their cars and onto mass transit. I can understand that there might be concern about how the measure would affect poor families but, let's face it, if you live in the New York metropolis region and commute to Manhattan in a car, you're probably not poor.

It taxes rich people, which you like; it helps the environment, which you like; it's awesome, which you should also like. But the idea came from an ex-Republican, which you don't like. Why is it that Arnold and Bloomberg are greener than all of you in the New York State Senate? Why is it a Republican governor in Florida is on the bandwagon and you're not?

Oh, right. You don't like Bloomberg. That's just dumb.