The polls have closed, and the people have spoken.

An overwhelming majority of our readers (72%) desire solid Richard Martin blogging, with a robust 15% of you voting for serious blogging – edging out ‘whore blogging’ by just 2 votes, at 11%.

Two of you [understandably] voted for no blogging whatsoever.

Sadly, as with all of life’s great disappointments, no sooner did Richard Martin’s eccentricities establish Bay Ridge among New York’s ‘weird but true’ – than did Martin’s controversial trash cans return to their lawful curbside mantle.

With his signs now gone – the glass entry door they once adorned clean, and streak free…

It’s as if all evidence of the “stupid, retarded sissy” era has been erased.

Martin, dubbed the cranky Bay Ridge super, while still believed to live in the building – it’s speculated he’s been asked by his employers to permanently remove his abrasive signage.