New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who hasn't yet come across an aspect of life that he didn't want to micromanage with government, last year signed into law one of the most restrictive anti-car-idling laws in the country.
Is he following the law himself? Of course not:
"The Associated Press has found his SUVs idling all over the city, from about 10 minutes to over an hour. In one week, the AP spotted the mayor's Chevrolet Suburbans idling for long periods at least eight times."
Suburbans, as in multiple running behemoths sitting around befouling the "pristine" city air with their noxious, children-killing exhaust while the good politician kisses babies and shakes hands. Anyone else caught doing so would get absolutely papered with tickets. His "Honor"? Here's the weak excuse they come up with:
"The mayor's SUVs are driven by his police detail and are classified as emergency vehicles"
That's not the point. We thought all idling by big, bad SUV's was horrific atmosphere-killing behavior, hence the draconian regulation. Bloomberg's shuttling around to different photo-ops around the city certainly doesn't seem to count as "emergencies", so why doesn't he have to comply with his own Nanny-state legal creation?
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I have to agree, though, that it is an emergency when a tax and spend liberal gun hater like Bloomberg applies that worldview to his job. :^)
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