Tiger Team V: the hits just keep coming
This press release came across the transom late this afternoon. Looks like Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is having another traffic news conference Tuesday morning. If I'm counting correctly, that's four in the past week in which transportation was the topic.
This one concerns the Tiger Team, or more specifically Tiger Team V. These are traffic officers who drive around town and tow people who are illegally parked and blocking traffic during rush hour.
Nothing wrong with that, I suppose. But I do think it's worth pointing out that someone in the mayor's office clearly loves assigning Roman numerals to traffic programs . Last weeks' traffic signal news conference was for Operation Bottleneck Relief IV. And now we've got Tiger Team V.
To put it in more cinematic terms, if Mayor Villaraigosa was a boxer, last week he would have had to take on Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV) and this week Tommy Morrison (Rocky V). That's a lot of getting hit in the head in a week's time -- be sure to wear headgear, Mr. Mayor, and remember it's all about the footwork!
Besides from the terrible acting, by the way, Rocky V was much better than Rocky IV, IMO. But neither was as good as Rocky Balboa, the sixth Rocky movie (above photo). Feel free to show support for my excellent taste in movies on the comment board.
Press release from the mayor's office follows the jump.
