Comments on: Driving Mrs. Kelly http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Tanya http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-29294 Tanya Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:40:15 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/#comment-29294 Shame, shame, shame on Police Commissioner Kelly. If he runs for mayor, this will come back to haunt him. Shame, shame, shame on Police Commissioner Kelly. If he runs for mayor, this will come back to haunt him.

]]> By: Spud Spudly http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-28516 Spud Spudly Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:46:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/#comment-28516 Of course, it the Commissioner's wife tells you to do it, it's kind of hard for a cop to say no. Seems like Mr. Kelly needs to have a talk with Ms. Kelly. Of course, it the Commissioner's wife tells you to do it, it's kind of hard for a cop to say no. Seems like Mr. Kelly needs to have a talk with Ms. Kelly.

]]> By: Spud Spudly http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-28514 Spud Spudly Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:44:30 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/#comment-28514 Bloomberg put the clamps on lights and sirens use around two years ago after one of his deputy mayors was observed on camera by channel 2 news using them every day to bypass traffic during her daily commute down the Henry Hudson Parkway. The cops driving Ms. Kelly surely feel that it's appropriate because they're...you know...they're cops and anything they do is OK. Bloomberg put the clamps on lights and sirens use around two years ago after one of his deputy mayors was observed on camera by channel 2 news using them every day to bypass traffic during her daily commute down the Henry Hudson Parkway. The cops driving Ms. Kelly surely feel that it's appropriate because they're...you know...they're cops and anything they do is OK.

]]> By: Sean http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-28440 Sean Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:35:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/#comment-28440 You are <i>so</i> not getting a baby gift from the Kellys. You are so not getting a baby gift from the Kellys.

]]> By: tmcmh http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-28437 tmcmh Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:58:43 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/#comment-28437 In the case of the Commissioner's wife, it seems to me the security argument carries a lot more weight. The lights-and-sirens is clearly not right, but I want the city's Police Commissioner to be very confident that his or her immediate family is safe. In the case of the Commissioner's wife, it seems to me the security argument carries a lot more weight. The lights-and-sirens is clearly not right, but I want the city's Police Commissioner to be very confident that his or her immediate family is safe.

]]> By: AD http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-28429 AD Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:22:36 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/#comment-28429 The more congestion there is in the city, the more one who has lights-and-sirens installed in his or her car is tempted to use them inappropriately. There is a reason why we have been hearing about more scandals like this. And that reason is another thing that would be fixed by congestion pricing. The more congestion there is in the city, the more one who has lights-and-sirens installed in his or her car is tempted to use them inappropriately. There is a reason why we have been hearing about more scandals like this. And that reason is another thing that would be fixed by congestion pricing.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-28403 ddartley Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:14:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/#comment-28403 I wonder if Kelly would have the rank and file behind him, if this story blows up the way it did for Hevesi. The lights and sirens business is a serious breach of the public trust. Heck, wasn't it the Mayor himself who cracked down on that a couple years ago? I observe it going on all the time these days--don't feel like waiting for that light? Sound your woop-woops. You're above the law. (I'm serious, I see it almost every day these days) I wonder if Kelly would have the rank and file behind him, if this story blows up the way it did for Hevesi.

The lights and sirens business is a serious breach of the public trust. Heck, wasn't it the Mayor himself who cracked down on that a couple years ago? I observe it going on all the time these days--don't feel like waiting for that light? Sound your woop-woops. You're above the law. (I'm serious, I see it almost every day these days)

]]> By: anonymous http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-28396 anonymous Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:11:38 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/#comment-28396 Kelly's rationale will be security, as was Hevesi's. In his case, he's got the security people to back him up. Kelly's rationale will be security, as was Hevesi's. In his case, he's got the security people to back him up.

]]> By: Mike http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/comment-page-1/#comment-28392 Mike Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:58:44 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/07/driving-mrs-kelly/#comment-28392 time for a new commish... time for a new commish...

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