Most Of The Time Having 51 Councilmembers Is An Unwieldy Mess . . .

. . . and yet sometimes it comes in very handy:

Councilman [Dan Halloran] was on his way to hid district office in Whitestone Monday when he says he saw Officer Daniel Chu zoom by, talking on a cell phone with his lights blazing.

“I know the traffic agents have no emergency they have to run to,” Halloran said. “It immediately set my radar off.”

He said he followed the car as it blasted through two stop signs while weaving in and out of traffic before illegally parking in front of a Dunkin’ Donuts, where the officer went to get coffee.

Halloran says he pulled over and began snapping pictures of the officer’s vehicle parked at the corner of Clintonville St. and 11th Ave.

“[Chu] comes walking out with his iced coffee in his hand,” Halloran said. “He then sees me taking pictures and starts yelling at me.”

Halloran said he told the surly officer that he was a city councilman.

“He said, ‘Oh yeah? You want to take pictures of me? I’m going to give you a ticket,'” Halloran recalled.

Another argument for term limits, by the way . . . more eyes on the street!