There was one in Bushwick yesterday. Wonder if Bushwick BK was at Bloomberg’s press conference.
(Photo: Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)

Graffiti, bad smells, noise, bad garbage, potholes and other infractions: the city is dispatching 15 adorable golf cart type thingys driven by inspectors with nifty GPS-wired Blackeberry devices hooked into the city’s 311 call center.

They’re called NYC Scouts and they’re pretty adorable.

The City says they’ll be on every street once a month and generate 1,000-3,000 repors a day. Huh? That’s a lot.  The Daily News reports that Bloomberg had this to say:

"We want a system that is responsive to the public. Being
responsive to the people you work for is the hallmark of any successful
organization and I think for too long government has been able to hide
the problems and not have everybody see the real data and make sure
they respond," he said.

Dang. You gotta love this mayor for a myriad of reasons. Here’s how these cute golf carts take 311 one step further.

"It is easy for you to a report a problem but you shouldn’t
have to do that. We’d love to have you do it. But it is government’s
responsibility to find the problems and fix them. Not to sit there and
say ‘Duh! We didn’t know.’ That’s not what good government is all
about."