Shame
is one of society's most powerful motivators (except when you're a billionaire). Mayor Bloomberg knows this, and that's why he told reporters yesterday that he will veto legislation that bans those giant yellow sanitation stickers the Sanitation Department slaps on scofflaw vehicles. "Stickers are an enforcement tool that have shown that they keep our streets clean and if you take them away there's no reason to believe that we won't go back to the dirty streets that we had before," Bloomberg said. Indeed it's a shame that Errol Morris' documentary, The Thin Yellow, Sticky Line, wasn't given the Oscar nod this year.
Nevermind, as the Daily News reports, that the legislation had unanimous support from the city council and thus enough votes to override Bloomberg's veto. We're talking about life and death and murder and orphans, here! "I'm disappointed but not surprised the mayor opposes legislation which would make life a little less frustrating for New York City drivers," the law's sponsor councilman David Greenfield says. Maybe the Sanitation Department needs a subtle new design for the stickers? Allow us.
