Jimmy mcmillan founder of the rent is too damn high movement/ party Quit - walking away due to the lack of support of the people.— JIMMY McMILLAN (@Rentisto) December 10, 2015Speaking of high rents... East Village resident Jimmy McMillan has announced his retirement from politics, specifically the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, under which he ran for mayor, governor and, for a moment, president.
According to The New York Times:
In a news release infused with misspellings and other errors that was dated Tuesday, Mr. McMillan said voters had been “totally brainwashed” and criticized Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, both Democrats, for not securing “a rent reduction for the people in the cities of Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Manhattan and Queens.”
“Rent is too damn high is an international crisis,” he wrote. “There are many questions the people should ask themselves. I which them the best — I’m out.”
And we're not sure about what came of the eviction battle over his rent-stabilized apartment of 38 years on St. Mark's Place. We saw him get in his car on the block earlier this week.
Meanwhile, on Nov. 29, McMillan published this Merry Christmas message/song on YouTube...
2 comments:
Definitely a character. You could always see his van parked on St. Marks somewhere. I wonder if he'll take off the decals now.
I guess the rent ain't too damn high.
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