Jessica has an excellent solution to the current difficulty in New York City, though I doubt Mayor Bloomberg has the balls for it. Terminating ashtrays is more his speed.
However, it's day two and Governor Pataki wants more negotiations. We'll see if that million-dollar-a-day fine gets them back to the table.
They might as well make the fine $1 billion a day, because no one's going to be paying it. Payment of the fine will be one of the first things that gets bargained away. The solution — firing the bums — is as obvious as the need to drill in ANWR. Unfortunately, it's also about as likely to happen.
Posted by: Van Helsing at December 21, 2005 01:42 PMI didn't know that. I thought the court was in charge of the fine. Isn't it?
Posted by: Donnah at December 21, 2005 03:35 PMIf the fine is/is not taken care of...I wonder if there will be an increase in bus/sub fare?
$7 for an MTA "Fun Pass" my...
Posted by: kyer at December 22, 2005 01:36 PM