Potholes And Bandit Signs

The police department finally got around to citing Mayor Pothole today for crossing three lanes of traffic and blitzing some poor SOB (as if the potholes aren't enough of a hazard, now we have to avoid the damn Mayor AND the potholes when out and about).

I just love the Mayor's excuse, though. Was he boozing it up? Distracted by his cell phone? Just not paying attention? Nope, he was on very important city business:

Brown said he was looking for "bandit" signs planted along roadways without permits.

"A lot of the time I will get in a car and check out the city," he said.

Ah yes, that ever present problem of "bandit" signs. Doesn't it feel good to have such an activist mayor working on the major problems of the city?

[Posted at 23:15 CST on 08/13/02] [Link]