It Has All The Makings Of A Perfect Bloomberg-Era Police Sting

The NYPD should stop the scourge of “loosies” — it certainly seems like they need more stuff to do. Besides, it would combine two of this administration’s favorite things — cracking down on cigarettes and fining business owners:

Bathroom attendants in several posh drinking spots are selling individual cigarettes, or loosies, for a buck a piece. It’s a misdemeanor under city and state law, but some wonder if the city is looking the other way when it comes to cracking down on loosie sales at upscale locales.

More than 5,000 people have been arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes and tobacco products in New York City since 2008, 247 so far this year, according to the NYPD. […] [A]n attorney with Legal Aid that often defends people who hawk loosies on the street, said he has never heard of a bathroom attendant being charged for the crime.

“It’s an interesting enforcement question. Why is one tolerated and one is not?” he said.

NYPD Paying Its Detectives To Go White-Water Rafting Upstate

What kind of impressive counterintelligence success merits this kind of snide attitude? Maybe he can explain that one:

Mayor Bloomberg defended the NYPD’s spying on Muslim students at Yale on Tuesday — but only after taking an odd trip down memory lane.

The Associated Press reported Saturday in an ongoing series that an undercover detective went white-water rafting with the students upstate.

“The only white-water rafting I’ve done, I did with my daughter,” Bloomberg said. “I don’t think she had a lot of information that I was interested in.”

Finally, An Elected Official With The Vision To Make The Most Of The Office Of The Comptroller

Reaching new heights of whoring:

It also did not escape notice that Mr. Liu’s address — called a State of the City speech, mimicking the mayor’s traditional prerogative — was something that had apparently never been delivered before by a city comptroller.

Did we mention his vision?

But perhaps the loudest applause came when Mr. Liu twice praised the Knicks star Jeremy Lin.

Excellent News! Here’s My Application For A Bar Geared Toward New Parents, With A Focus On Near Beer . . .

CB3’s novel new approach in the East Village:

New bars and restaurants hoping to serve booze in the most nightlife-saturated parts of the East Village now have almost no chance of winning the local community board’s support for their liquor license applications — but that could soon change.

Community Board 3 is considering easing its restrictions on new liquor licenses in areas that are already packed with bars, as long as the newcomers close early and serve only beer and wine — not hard alcohol.

It’s Amazing What That Little Machine Can Do

Good to see that the Mayor’s advisers haven’t lost faith in the dream:

“Michael Bloomberg has the ability to be the best parts of Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates all rolled into one.”