B, D, F, N, R, V, W and 6 trains all stop within two blocks of your firehouse. This isn't tough-to-reach outer Brooklyn or Queens; it's a central location in downtown Manhattan. So you park your Jaguar with an FDNY Union permit two feet from a bus stop in a No Standing zone.

And what do the taxpayers think of your behavior? Shameless. Your Jag sticks out like a sore thumb, an insult to law-abiding citizens. Last week a few spaces down from this firehouse, three fire marshals displayed new union permits that say POLICE in big three-inch letters on the front. Absolutely shameless, and an insult to law enforcement. Other uniformed services take the subway, and sure don't use a permit in their Jaguars. Up Lafayette at Great Jones, you'll also note a Jag with FDNY permit from time to time. If you've got it, flaunt it, right?

Five hours later, this Jag was still there. Proof that some bad apples spoil the crate, or that a few flagrant violators of permit parking should lead to total abolition of permit parking?