New York Post

Time to chuck DeB & vote groundhog

- CHARLES G. HOGG II

He’s going to make New York great again, one burrow at a time.

A groundhog that has been casing City Hall this week revealed himself on Thursday as Charles G. Hogg II — and confirmed his intentions to unseat Mayor de Blasio in 2017.

Hogg, who has polled likely voters and sized up his future digs while the current mayor is on vacation in Italy, laid out his Green Lawn Party platform exclusivel­y for The Post.

I’M stepping outta the shadows — and my forecast is for a landslide win in next year’s mayoral election. Allow me to extend a clever little paw by way of introducti­on: The name is Charles G. Hogg II. My friends call me Chuck. Mayor de Blasio can call me declared. That’s declared, not declawed. My week at City Hall has been quite educationa­l. The grass is delicious, there’s a tasty assortment of bugs in the ground — and the thought of running wild in that grand building makes my fur stand on end.

I’ll just have to work on that “shirt and shoes required” policy.

My motive for taking out de Blasio will come as no surprise to the Big Apple: Revenge. Sweet revenge. Us Staten Islanders do not for- get — and as soon as I am elected mayor, my first order of business will be to make sure Big Bill faces justice for the 2014 bludgeonin­g death of my dear, dear friend, Charlotte.

There is no statute of limitation­s on hoggie-cide!

As for my platform, I am still hammering out the details with my top advisers, but here are some thoughts:

I only live three to six years, so I won’t seek a third term like that marmot-bitten bum Mike Bloomberg.

I will not rest until the Bronx Zoo is closed for good, #freethebea­sts.

I won’t do away with de Blasé’s stance on public urination, but I will move to make all trees and bushes gender-neutral.

I will ban use of the word whistlepig by city employees. Early springs every year!! I will encourage proactive policing by the NYPD, with instructio­ns to be more “stop-and-frisky.”

I’m 99 percent vegetarian — which should help my popularity with the tofu-eating hipsters in Park Slope and Williamsbu­rg.

I’m no bean pole like Hizzoner. Sitting up, I’m just 20 inches tall. But that’s a plus, since all of our best mayors were short. Just look at 5-foot-7 Bloomberg and 5-foot-2 Fiorello La Guardia!

Since my expertise in tunneling far surpasses anyone at the MTA, no candidate will better help the city’s undergroun­d infrastruc­ture.

Finally, as a respected meteorolog­ist, I have a lot of experience in promises and prediction­s that wind up being completely wrong.

Of course, like any candidate, I have attracted some criticism.

Yes, it’s true that I do hibernate for three months per year. But still, that’s a lot less sleep than de Blasio gets.

Also, it’s true that I’ve been seen canoodling with different females each mating season, but that hardly makes me different than many former mayors (I’m looking at you, Rudy.)

But remember, a vote for the Hogg administra­tion means just 75 more weeks of de Blasio.

My motive for taking out [Bill] de Blasio will come as no surprise to the Big Apple: Revenge. Sweet revenge. — Mayoral candidate Charles G. Hogg II (pictured scurrying across the lawn of City Hall on Thursday)

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