How Quickly Douchebag Boston Mayor Menino Forgets

From the "Wait a minute. Isn't he the guy who...?" files, Mushmouth Boston Mayor Tom Menino has found the enemy, and it is the PS3. But not because of the usual angle.

A furious Mayor Thomas M. Menino vowed yesterday to bill Sony Corp. for the chaos that swirled around the release of its PlayStation 3 machine after Boston police had to quell crowds grown frenzied and unruly by the hype surrounding the coveted consoles.

"We had to rush in 12 police cars with officers there and take them off the streets of our city where they’re doing their patrols, to squelch the crowd that we had there,” Menino said, referring to a throng of 500 at Copley Place.

Wow. 12 police cars. What a waste of resources. Wait a minute. Isn't Menino the guy who didn't have anything bad to say about 160 Boston cops shuttling around a bunch of drunk cops for a few days during a police convention in town last month?

Yes, indeed.

From last month's Boston Herald (via mAss Backwards):

Boston taxpayers face a staggering police overtime bill to cover hot spot city neighborhoods after roughly 160 cops were pulled from their beats to work as security, chauffeurs and porters at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, officials confirmed yesterday.

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A spokeswoman for Mayor Thomas M. Menino said he had no comment on the overtime costs last night.

Who's he going to bill for that one? Himself? Not likely.