Why waste time with this issue? Why not address the fact that the R train continues to operate at peak capacity, yet TAKES FOREVER to show up at 59th street in Brooklyn going south? Why not address the fact that there are too many damn sushi restaurants, even in Brooklyn. Why not address the fact that Arabs and Mexicans should be banned from making pizza, yadda, yadda, yadda...
PIZZA BY PISANOS ONLY!
My take on this thing is that he feels the city is running reasonably well and wants a 'BIG ISSUE' he can trot out a couple times a year. The PBA likes it, the Upper West Side likes it, everything he needs to know is on a single sheet of paper. And, best of all, there doesn't need to be any movement on the issue.