Whose ass is Council Speaker Christine Quinn kissing?

Quinn (D-Manhattan) started a bill giving motorists a five-minute grace period at electronic parking meters. The grace period would apply only at muni-meters, which issue paper receipts that motorists display on dashboards to indicate how much parking time they've purchased. Motorists couldn't be ticketed until after more than five minutes had elapsed past the end of their parking time. What the... [more]

Quinn (D-Manhattan) started a bill giving motorists a five-minute grace period at electronic parking meters. The grace period would apply only at muni-meters, which issue paper receipts that motorists display on dashboards to indicate how much parking time they've purchased. Motorists couldn't be ticketed until after more than five minutes had elapsed past the end of their parking time. What the heck is this? This is how our council speaker wastes time and energy. Unless she's just grandstanding against the Mayor and jockeying for position. What a waste at such fiscally tense time. While we are on the subject...how about $25 bucks for new plates. That sounds like a good plan and a way to close the short fall. How about if we poo poo the $25 bucks let's just skip salting the streets this winter...that seems fair. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/quinn_parking_valet_for_mike_pUl6ZKK2rHSzy6fFpWKE2O#ixzz0X4803FWI [less]