New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who in June abandoned the Republican Party, criticized the order recently, as did former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani:
"Governor Spitzer should not give licenses to illegals...[i]t doesn't make sense."The profile of the issue was escalated last week when the Monroe County legislature defied the governor and ordered its county clerk to require anyone seeking a driver's license to provide a valid Social Security number.
In addition, 29 clerks, all but one a Republican, voted to oppose the plan, with 13 vowing to directly disobey the governor, even if ordered to comply.
This should be a very interesting legal battle, since New York is probably the most liberal place -- other than San Francisco -- in the country.
Keep an eye on this one, I'm sure it will be back in the headlines before too long.
There's my two cents.
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