The well balanced de Blasio

As far as Mayor Bill de Bla­sio is con­cerned, New York City won’t be ink­ing any new business deals with Don­ald Trump.

“We’re cer­tainly not look­ing to do any busi­ness with him go­ing for­ward,” Mr. de Bla­sio, a De­mo­c­rat, said Mon­day in ref­er­ence to Mr. Trump, a Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial can­di­date whose real es­tate em­pire holds a siz­able port­fo­lio in New York. Excerpt: Wall Street Journal 7-21-15

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Free speech you say? Not in the world of the politically correct or in the quest to cajole a voting group. Trump may be a loud mouth and whatever else you want to call him, but he still has a right to speak his mind and baring him from business is an inapproriate and short-sighted declaration … especially if he is the best resource for a job the City needs done. 

De Blasio should explain why he pals around with a well-known tax evader and charalatan if he is worried about integrity, but of course, that is not what he is concerned about.