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New York

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Sep 2, 2014, 07:30 PM Sep 2014

ERIN DURKIN

Mayor de Blasio expects New Yorkers to change their minds and come around to supporting his ban on horse carriages.

A Quinnipiac poll Tuesday showed 61% of voters oppose the ban, a large majority that has not budged over several polls.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/mayor-de-blasio-new-yorkers-oppose-horse-carriage-ban-change-minds-blog-entry-1.1925450

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Mayor de Blasio: New Yorkers who oppose horse carriage ban will change their minds (Original Post) hrmjustin Sep 2014 OP

People don't generally change their minds just because, information. Kalidurga Sep 2014 #1

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1. People don't generally change their minds just because, information.

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 07:49 PM

Sep 2014

It takes a bit more like a completely compelling reason and even then not so much. I have seen smokers toting around air tanks.