Balloon ban advances

Business with MTA and other stories led me to not comment on Robert Hong's story on Sen. Scott's balloon ban bill.

My favorite part:

"This is not banning Mylar balloons," Eng noted. "Anyone
can still buy and use a Mylar balloon, as long as they attach it to a stick" and don't fill it with helium.

My first visual reaction to that was a totally deflated balloon stuck to a stick being held by a really sad child (a Proctor fake $1 offer goes out to anyone who can find a non-copyrighted picture of this online somewhere).

After some news room discussion, it became clear that you could fill a balloon with air and it would still look OK. But something about that Eng quote (maybe dictating the careful conditions under which you can enjoy a balloon) sounds really sad.

Still, I thought the whole idea of "protesting" the balloon ban was pretty absurd. Of all the things to get worked up about....