MEMORIAL DAY

So there we were, the wife, the daughter, and myself, enjoying the oldest Memorial Day parade, when we saw Richard Mr. Cranky Martin. He had his dog on the mechanical pony and an American Flag behind the dog. Martin then declared, "Ten dollars a picture."

And me without a camera or ten dollars.

Thankfully the Rover has an old picture of the spectacle - sans American Flag.

God bless the USA.



Photo pilfered from the Rover

YOU'VE MADE IT, MATTHEW LYSIAK

Matthew Lysiak is a Bay Ridge resident and a writer for the Daily News. He's a fine writer and a heck of a nice guy. Just don't tell that to crazy superintendent Richard Martin.

Evidently Dick isn't enjoying his 15 minutes of fame anymore. Now that most of NYC knows Martin is a hypocrite, a bigot, and an all-around tool, he's now lashing out at Matthew by calling him a "moron," "jackass," and "shit."

In a photo from the always enjoyable BeehiveHairdresser, you can see that Dick, never wanting to take the blame for anything he does, writes

"the Daily News is a shit paper along with all there (sic) writers and reporters Do not buy this paper any more it's garbage. Matthew is shit

Again Richard, if you're going to berate the tenants for not being able to read English, the least you can do is spell the words correctly.

And Matthew, congratulations on making Dick Martin's wall of hatred. I'm mighty proud.

A DICK BY ANY OTHER NAME

Oh Dick, Dick, Dick. Richard Martin, the Ridge's wackiest superintendent, is back in the news. In an article in today's Daily News (written by the Ridge's own Matthew Lysiak) Richard -

has gone from Brooklyn's crankiest super to Oscar the Grouch.

Dick has now moved nine garbage cans into the lobby to teach his tenants a lesson.

"If they want to live like trash, now they can live with trash."

For those of you who don't know, Dick has been in a war with the tenants of the building for about a year. He doesn't like them and has been leaving up signs calling them "retarded" and "stupid." (For the complete sign anthology, click here.) He thinks they're dirty.

"Maybe now that these slobs are swimming in their own trash, they won't just throw it all over the place."

Dick isn't worried about getting fined because the landlord pays the fines and evidently he lives in Syria.

And Dick is also a hypocrite because he was caught throwing his dog's poo into the street. Does he care? No.

Dick, you're not Oscar the Grouch. You're an a**hole. There's no accountability with the building and there's no accountability with your life. You do what you want and don't care what others think.

I say the tenants should withhold paying the rent until this jerk treats them with respect.