dear mayor bloomberg

i've been thinking about your 3rd term and all of the incredible things you'll be able to accomplish. i think you have a special opportunity since you don't have to worry about another election, thus allowing you to take a risk or two and be a little out there in your thinking. i wouldn't be so presumptuous to give you a suggestion about finance or union relations, but i do have an idea for you about a new role. a volunteer position, of course.

i think the time is right for a deputy mayor of manners. has a nice ring, don't you think? manners, for some reason, seem to have become unimportant and optional. i'd like to help start a grassroots effort in nyc and have it grow throughout our country. we need to bring back manners so the children can have better examples set by adults.  also, with so much technology available with so many opportunities for mistakes at each click, we need a deputy mayor of manners.

if we agree that it's time for adults to start setting a positive example again, here's another area we can make more of an impact. we can take the lead from oprah on driving and texting, but you have the ability to go one step further and slap them with a significant fine - not a $130 mini-smack. and my personal pet peeves - i'm wondering what type of campaign would convince people that either walking down the street while texting and expecting others to move out of your way, or standing in a group blocking others from walking down the block, is just rude? 

wwcd: if you have another minute, can we talk about our public schools