Two New York Metropolis governmental departments are utilizing the picture of Kansas Metropolis Chief star Travis Kelce screaming in coach Andy Reid’s face in the course of the Tremendous Bowl to entrance their public warning campaigns.
NFL followers will recall that early in Tremendous Bowl 58, Kelce was seen on the sideline getting in coach Reid’s face and bashing into the aged man in frustration. Kelce has since apologized for his ignorant actions.
Travis Kelce gotta do higher manpic.twitter.com/hsGlesIiQm
— Dave (@dave_bfr) February 12, 2024
Now, the New York Metropolis Division of Transportation has used the picture to push its anti-car agenda, the New York Submit reported.
Utilizing Kelce’s screaming face, the division wrote a submit on X studying in all caps, “OUTDOOR DINING TAKES UP LESS THAN .5% OF STREET PARKING IN NEW YORK CITY. PUBLIC SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST CARS.”
OUTDOOR DINING TAKES UP LESS THAN .5% OF STREET PARKING IN NEW YORK CITY. PUBLIC SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST CARS. pic.twitter.com/HVfM0gYT1w
— NYC DOT (@NYC_DOT) February 12, 2024
Many X customers discovered the entire marketing campaign odd. One commenter puzzled why it needs to be left to the individuals to tell the DOT that roads are made for transportation, not restaurant tables.
Loopy that we’ve to inform the ”Division of Transportation” that streets had been made for vehicles.
— Meredith (@Opportunitweet) February 13, 2024
Others puzzled why the DOT is weighing in on political points when it isn’t their job to steer debate on coverage however solely to implement it.
@nick_benson, @vinbarone, @ydanis…
Right here’s the deal…Personally, I like the concept of extra out of doors eating, but lots of people don’t. It’s not your job to push the opinion a technique or one other and even have an opinion in any respect. This submit occurs to be a couple of matter on which we’re…
— C. E. Panoff III (@cepanoff3) February 18, 2024
That is the official DOT account? I suppose there isn’t any moral code at your company?
— Ascendant (@ascendent33) February 12, 2024
I bear in mind the times when the NYC Division of Transportation was involved about transportation. These had been the times !
— Joseph Bonner (@Bloodhound1013) February 12, 2024
The Dept. of Transportation is just not the one Massive Apple company utilizing Kelce to push an agenda.
The town’s Division of Buildings additionally used the picture to warn constructing house owners to cease participating in permitless building in constructing basements.
“STOP EXCAVATING OUT THE FLOORS OF YOUR BASEMENTS WITHOUT ENGINEERED DRAWINGS AND PERMITS,” posted DOB on X, additionally in all caps.
STOP EXCAVATING OUT THE FLOORS OF YOUR BASEMENTS WITHOUT ENGINEERED DRAWINGS AND PERMITS.
YOU ARE DESTABILIZING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF YOUR BUILDINGS… pic.twitter.com/gkeBGCH7Bj
— NYC Buildings (@NYC_Buildings) February 12, 2024
Some X customers accused the town officers of launching an antisemitic assault on Jews in mild of the story from weeks in the past that a number of college students had been digging beneath the headquarters of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch.
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