Closing Bell: Windshield Spam Backfires

Here’s one thing we learned today: If you want people to vote for you, you might not want to put political fliers designed to look like parking tickets on their windshields. “Thank you for giving me a very clear favorite in this election – your opponent,” one South Slope resident wrote to Gothamist about Council candidate Joe Nardiello’s marketing tactics. A Brooklyn Heights resident who emailed us was equally peeved — and surprised when he got the following email response from Nardiello:

What would you do? if the media is allowing our local pols to ‘stick a spigot in your back’… without featuring the story? Do you want a defender and a fighter of your rights — or not? I went straight to YOU. You would have simply received an annual bill, in the Spring if I’d not done this. Think twice. Your local government is plotting over the next few months to charge YOU and everyone that visits you, real $$ — which may amount to $400-500 per car owner. Everyone that visits you, will need a Temporary Residents Sticker, etc. I’m sorry to have shocked you, and clearly upset you. But, Squadron-Lander-DeBlasio have set the stage for a HUGE payday for the MTA on our backs, and ONLY our backs. The only person in NYC government that can stop this — is me. The choice is yours.

Bad idea jeans.