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Originally Posted by El Blanco
Seriously, my main issue with this is the timing. We are in the middle of a budget crisis. Bloomberg is cutting firehouses, police, sanitation, and the schools are floundering. Somehow, he is finding the funding to enforce this law which does nothing than tell grown adults how to behave.
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Well, in Bloomberg's defense, he was left a city budget in 2001 that left him few options but to cut services AND raise fees. I oppose the fair hike, I can agree to a commuter tax, though.
I don't see his justification for this act, other than a moral crusade. However, since the state is already persuing it themselves as well, he may have been left with little choice. Maybe he wanted to install his own version, thus having more of a say over it. I dunno.
But I digress....