Rachel Trachtenburg Goes to City Hall 10/16/08

14 Year old, Rachel Trachtenburg speaks out at City Hall public hearing against extending Mayor Bloomberg's term limits. Proud press, council members, politicians, mother, friends and cheering public are impressed with Rachel's confidence and eloquence as she states her position. Rachel, the daughter of Tina and Jason Trachtenburg of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (http://www.slideshowplayers.com/) is an artist, musician (plays drums, ukulele and keyboards), singer and songwriter. She spoke of how her artist family was forced to move from their home in the East Village (due to the high cost of living and rent increases) to Bushwick, Brooklyn a high crime neighborhood. Their home was robbed within a month of the move. As an artist/musician she and her family tend to come home after dark. The problem is that in such a high crime neighborhood, there are many young girls who do not feel safe when they go home at night. She feels that this poor awful neighborhood would not exist if there was justice in our NYC society and if Bloomberg was doing a good job. In what is considered to be a great country, all children should feel that when they go home, they're going to a safe, secure neighborhood. Rachel feels that Bloomberg has prioritized spending $15 million on a waterfall art installation and an exorbitant amount of money on Yankee stadium when minorities and artists, who also pay taxes are stripped of their rights to a safe living environment. Bloomberg should not be given the right to extend term limits when the people spoke twice and voted for term limits.